Jack took a few more moments to gather his breath before he thought of peeking his head out from the top of the tree to see if anyone was left on set.
Everyone was—and they were all looking up at him. The cameraman wiped sweat from his brow. The sound man seemed to remember he had gum in his wide open mouth and started up his chewing again.
“What’s up?” Jack said. Grady wriggled along the platform to crouch by his side.
With a beaming smile of satisfaction, Gerry marked off the final sentence on his multi-coloured copy of the script. “Cut!” he called.
A round of applause rippled around the crew. Pam handed Gerry his mobile phone. He held it to his ear. “Yes. Of course. Very successful. Yes, everything you wanted.” He nodded happily, then ended the call and peered up at Jack and Grady.
