CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN – ON SOMEWHAT GOOD TERMS

"Look...what happened between us on set today, it can't happen again. We can't allow our personal issues to bleed over and potentially derail everything we've sacrificed so much for already. This movie, our magnum opus - it deserves to be handled with more care than that." Madison felt a pang in her chest at his words, aggrieved that the very project once conceived as an emblem of their boundless creative passion was now being invoked as justification for further self-denial. And yet...she knew Sebastian was right. The well of hurt, betrayal, and disillusionment ran too deep between them right now. Attempting to dredge it up and exorcise their demons would only serve as another destabilizing force on the already chaotic production. For better or worse, they would need to sequester their personal grievances, tend to them in due time once this all-consuming undertaking was complete. The only path forward was to find a way to co-exist as cordial professionals, at the very least. "You'