She checked her phone. 2:47 PM. The audition was at 3:00.
The woman with glasses leaned forward. “Renee. Why did you come to LA?” LANewGirl.24.04.30.Renee.Rose.Modeling.Audition...
Renee tried. She thought about the first time she saw the ocean two weeks ago. How terrifying and infinite it was. How it made her feel like a speck and a miracle at the same time. She checked her phone
Outside, the LA sun was blinding. Renee pulled out her phone. She had a new follower—some bot account selling detox tea. But she also had a text from Leo: How’d it go? but it was real.
The silence stretched. Then the woman smiled. It was small, but it was real.