On screen, the out-of-focus woman turned toward the camera. Mira’s breath caught. The face was her mother’s — Leo’s late wife, Nina — but slightly wrong. The eyes were Mira’s.
Leo heard a creak behind him. The back door. FILM SEMI
He’d called the film Semi — a working title that had stuck for twenty years. Semi-true. Semi-finished. Semi-hopeful. On screen, the out-of-focus woman turned toward the camera
The projector stuttered. A frame burned white, then melted. FILM SEMI