No response from Ava. And there was nothing she could do about Coach. There was no way he would show, especially after Tommy had asked him not to. Well, maybe Alex could convince Marcy that the footage they’d taken of Coach at the game would be good enough to “round out” the story. “All right, Alexandra, we’re ready,” said Marcy. “Gather the band in and we’ll have you start with your interview.” The trio must have been waiting for Marcy to say that, because they immediately stopped playing and headed over to the area where Marcy and her crew had set up the cameras and the lights. The audience members were filing in and taking their seats, but Candace was circulating around the room, asking people to be quiet and pointing to the camera crew. The sound guy clipped a little microphone to Alex’s collar and threaded it around behind her back, where he clipped a small black box to her skirt at the waist. Then he handed Alex a microphone with KHXA on it. The makeup lady zoomed in and fussed with Alex’s hair.
