Tina had remained aware of William’s demeanor throughout Kate’s comments and shifted slightly in her seat as William rose angrily to his feet at the words "low brow"

"Tina this is outrageous!! Mr Traynor simply is concerned that in her quest for artistic expression Ms Arden will obscure the importance of this scene to such a degree that it will be lost to the exact market we are hoping to target this film to. If people don’t get it they won’t watch it. It’s that simple. As to Kate refusing to film that can be resolved."

(Turning to Kate and glaring) "As to you refusing to work Kate that can be remedied-there are other directors in this city you know, though I doubt you would have noticed."

"Spare me the empty threats William. I am not one of your mindless minions and I will not be beaten down. You know as well as I do that you wouldn’t dare fire me. You can’t afford to. Not if you want this picture to be finished anywhere near scheduled completion time!"

Rising slowly and purposefully to her feet Tina spoke, "Enough! The two of you are acting like children. This is absurd. Kate go for a walk, calm down, blow off some steam do whatever the fuck you need to do for the next few minutes. William please stay here.

Defiance flashed in Kate Arden’s eyes but the look of uncompromising expectation that her directions would be followed that shone from Tina’s eyes stopped the words she was about to say before they could cross her lips. She was not sure exactly what had happened but something certainly had the Tina Kennard that stood unmoving behind her desk looked like the woman that she had tried so desperately to bed not that long ago but she did not act like that woman at all. Tina had found an inner strength that she had lacked then and the woman that she now face exuded a confidence and power that Kate believed best to listen to. Muttering under her breath the disgruntled brunette left Tina’s office and headed in the direction of the set.

Sitting down again Tina turned her attention to William. The next half hour was spent in trying to decipher exactly what the investor’s concern actually was–not an easy task as it required filtering through her boss’s interpretation that was decidedly coloured by his personal dislike of Kate Arden. Finally satisfied that she had at least one of the pieces of the mess adequately understood Tina convinced William to leave Kate to her care and that it was alright to return to the other matters that required his attention.