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Ward — Short list?
Spencer — Three possibles, two maybes. 1 - Alban Markey…second assistant director on the latest Destruction picture.
Annie — Can’t wait to see that…Rod Van Lander is hot
Ward — Is he smart enough to pull off the digital work?
Spencer — I’d say yes. He started on camera and sound, and has a degree in Engineering. Can’t confirm his location on date in question. No real social media presence.
Annie — I’ll ask around.
Ward glanced up. Della had moved on from old football stories to his kid sister. Samantha was fourteen. Did she like The Bellamy Sisters? She wasn’t crying or screaming at being in the presence of a pop icon. That was a good sign.
He wondered what they were talking about until they swiveled their heads in his direction and Della wiggled her fingers at him.
He scowled back down at his phone. He really wasn’t comfortable with Della learning intimate family details from his kid sister.
Ward — Who else?
Spencer — 2 - Yan Vitali. Model. He’s been a vocal Della fan for years. Huge social media footprint. Three months ago he tried to get backstage at a Bellamy Sisters concert without a ticket and got turned away. The scene was recorded for posterity.
Ward — Where was he during the concert in question?
Spencer — Unknown. His social media indicates he attended the opening of Brainwashed earlier in the evening. The next post is dinner two days later.
Ward glanced up. Aunt Martha and Samantha now clustered around Della, along with a couple of Sam’s friends.
He started toward them. Aunt Martha had a way of infiltrating anyone’s defenses to get what she wanted. By the end of the night, Della might be starring in the summer production.
His phone dinged with another text. He paused to read it.
Spencer — 3 - Stuart Ackleson. Retired WWE wrestler turned actor. He played a bit part in the first Blake/Piper flick. He has a YouTube channel. Brags a lot. Claims to have “dated” Della. Also claims to have “dated” Kate Middleton and Angelina Jolie. Working on verifying.
Annie — Guy like that…testosterone, maybe steroids…can see how he would go too far for a woman.
Spencer sent a link to Ackleson’s latest video. He could definitely put a guy in the hospital. Ackleson fit the profile, but the way he spoke in the video didn’t exactly indicate an intellectual. It was all probably for show. Still.
Annie — He could have passed for security
Ward — Find out.
Spencer — On it.
Ward — 4?
Spencer — Lester Hume. 5 - Jordan Mandel. Neither have social media that I can find. Both are behind-the-scenes Hollywood. Hume does stunts. Mandel does set design and photography. Both have loose connections to a Blake Ryan project.
Ward — Annie, you and Diggs visit Hume and Mandel. If they’re out, we need Plan B.
Annie sent a thumbs-up emoji.
Spencer — I’ll dive into the fake bylines. There’s something there.
Annie — Good news is if our guy has fished on social media, he has no idea where she is.
Ward — Yet.
He saw Della heading in his direction with two mugs and stashed his phone.