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“I’m not really good in front of a camera,” she says, eyeing all the equipment apprehensively.
“This is just for us,” I reply. “Don’t worry.”
“Yeah? It will only be for us?”
“I promise. I’m not going to show it to anyone else.”
“Okay.”
“Now stand there,” I say, and she gradually moves across the room to plant her feet on the mark.
And she stares at me.
“I’m trusting you with this,” Josie says slowly. “What is it all about, Victor? I’ve had a crazy day, and I don’t think I can take any more craziness.”
“You’re going to need to learn how to respond to interviewers now that you’re with me,” I instruct her. “You’re going to have to be comfortable in front of a camera because there’s going to be a lot of them thrust in your face from now on.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes. A lot of cameras.”
“I was afraid you’d say that...”
I take up my spot behind the camera, facing her. I turn it on.
“Okay,” I mutter. “Let’s do this.”
“What’s that camera for, then?” she asks.
“For you to watch back what you’ve done,” I say. “Trust me, it works for me to watch myself. It’s how I got better at acting.”
“Ah, I understand. And you honestly think that’ll help me?”
She’s still so uneasy.
“I think it will, don’t you?”
“Maybe,” Josie replies. “I mean, I’ll take anything that makes me feel comfortable in front of journalists and cameras and all that.”
“This will help.”
“I trust you, Victor.”
“Okay, so I’m going to be a journalist asking you a question, and I want you to answer,” I explain.
Josie nods.
“Sure.”
I stand up straight. Josie watches me as I become a different person. A journalist.
I’m playing the part of a hard-nosed interviewer like Van back at that factory.
“What initially attracted you to Victor Penmayne?” I ask her, my voice low.
She seems uneasy with that. Her eyes flicker from mine to the floor.
And then she looks at the camera.
