"It's cold," she says, shivering.
"Yes," I'm saying. "You need to stay warm.
"I suppose so," she says abstractly. "I'm sorry about last night."
"Where's Bruce?" I ask. "What's the story, baby?"
"Oh Victor, please don't," Tammy sighs. "He went to Athens. I don't ever want him to come between us again. I'll tell him everything when he gets back. Everything. I promise."
"He already suspects," I say. "It doesn't matter."
"If I could only turn back time," she says, but not at all wistfully.
"Can I believe the magic in your sighs?" I lean in for a kiss.
"You know you can." This is said too indifferently.
The director calls "Cut." He walks over and kneels down next to Tammy again. "Baby?" he asks. "Are we all right?"
Tammy's unable to even nod, just keeps scratching a point on her back that she can't quite reach.
"It's all about a light touch, baby," he's saying, lowering his sunglasses.
Tammy sniffs, says "I know" but she doesn't and she's shivering too hard for the scene to continue, so the director takes her aside and as they walk away from the crew Tammy keeps shaking her head, trying to pull away. Freezing, I light a cigarette, squint at the Seine, the smell of shit everywhere, the Louvre sitting behind us long and boring, then I imagine a Saab with a poodle in the passenger seat driving by. My foot has fallen asleep.
Tammy keeps looking back at me, making sure I'm aware of the schedule, but I'm already checking the face of the watch I was given last night by a member of the French film crew.
In digital numbers it reads 9:57.
Someone from the French film crew Rollerblades by, then slows down, making sure I notice him before he nods and glides off.
I stand up, flicking the cigarette away, and walk over to the director's chair and pick up a black Prada backpack sitting beneath it.
"I have to use the rest room," I tell a PA.
"Cool." He shrugs, inspecting a tattoo, a staff of musical notes, emblazoned on his bicep. "It's your life."
I take the bag and wait at the museum's entrance until the watch hits 10:00 exactly.
As instructed, I place the headphones of a Walkman over my ears, adjusting the volume while securing it to a clip attached to the belt I'm wearing.