A Limited Run by Karen McQuestion

Author:Karen McQuestion [McQuestion, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: NIGHTSKY PRESS
Published: 2022-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Felix Worthington sat in the home theater of his Montana ranch, remote in hand, watching bits of the previous two days in Haven. Milo had offered to handle the remote, but Felix had said, “No, I’ll do it. I’m looking for specific behaviors.”

Specific behaviors. Milo nodded as if he understood, but actually he didn’t understand the reference at all. No matter. It was Felix’s show, and he was the boss. Milo watched as Felix fast-forwarded over much of what had been filmed the previous two days, stopping to watch Tom working on the fairgrounds and bonding with the crew over a shared beer and a smoke. Another point of interest for him seemed to be Dorothy’s flirtation with the doctor at the soda counter. Gerald’s encounter with the bank examiner was another scene Felix played over and over again. Stopping it at one point, he turned to Milo and asked, “Does he seem worried to you?”

“Definitely rattled,” Milo said. “His acting is superb.”

Felix continued, letting the scene play out until Gerald yelled, “I’m not lying!” right before Mr. Brown left the bank.

“Gerald seems to be in a really bad place,” Milo said. “How is it going to go from here? Is someone else going to come forth at the eleventh hour and admit they took the money?”

“Probably not.”

“Why don’t the others in the bank know about Mr. Muncie? Is it part of a dream sequence?” He’d been thinking about this for a while, and that was the only reasonable option he’d come up with. But it seemed unlikely. They’d never had dream sequences on the show before.

“You’ll just have to wait and see,” Felix said, a slow smile crossing his face. “I have all kinds of surprises lined up.” He rewound the tape and checked all three scenes again, Dorothy and Tom at their respective jobs and Gerald interacting with Mr. Brown.

His boss glossed over the scenes with Marion and Ann, even though the two women had been charming and stayed in character the entire time. The only commonality between the scenes he’d found absorbing involved jobs. A theme or just coincidence? He was clearly searching for something, but what? Milo asked, “Are you thinking Dominick went out of character by drinking and smoking? When I saw that, I wondered if it would disqualify him from getting the money.”

Felix, eyes still on the screen, shook his head. “Teenagers drink and smoke, especially in a work environment when it’s offered. And in the 1940s, the attitude toward cigarettes was completely different. Still, the way he’s taken to it isn’t in character. I would expect a newer smoker to cough or sputter.” He turned down the sound and watched the bank scene again.

“Has anything about all of this surprised you so far?” Milo asked.

Felix clicked on the remote, and the screen went dark. Automatically, the overhead lights went on, faintly at first and getting brighter until the room was fully illuminated. “Surprised me?” he repeated, drawing out the words. “In what way?”

“Have the actors done anything you haven’t anticipated?”

“Yes, actually.

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