INT. PODCAST STUDIO – MEETING ROOM – AFTERNOON
The meeting room is filled with tension. Several girls sit around a long glass table, staring at the contract papers Wayne has placed in front of them.
Nobody has signed. The papers remain untouched as whispers fill the room.
Wayne stands at the head of the table, trying to remain calm despite the growing frustration.
Several girls nod in agreement. Honey Pot picks up one of the papers and looks through it carefully.
Wayne looks around the table before calmly responding.
The room becomes quiet again.
Wayne turns and walks toward the door. The moment he leaves, the girls begin talking among themselves.
INT. PODCAST STUDIO – HALLWAY – CONTINUOUS
Wayne steps into the quiet hallway and takes a deep breath. The meeting has clearly exhausted him.
He checks his phone when suddenly footsteps approach from behind.
Shayla walks out of the meeting room and closes the door behind her.
Shayla walks closer, her expression noticeably softer than it was during the meeting.
Wayne looks confused.
Wayne studies her face carefully.
Shayla pauses before looking directly into Wayne’s eyes.
A tense silence fills the hallway. Shayla moves closer, making Wayne visibly uncomfortable.
Wayne takes a small step backward.
LAUREN ARRIVES
Before Wayne can respond, footsteps echo through the hallway.
Lauren appears around the corner.
She stops immediately when she sees Shayla standing unusually close to Wayne.
Wayne and Shayla turn toward her.
Shayla immediately becomes defensive.
Lauren looks from Shayla to Wayne.
Lauren gives Shayla a serious look.
LAUREN CONFRONTS WAYNE
Lauren turns her attention completely toward Wayne.
Wayne pauses.
Lauren notices the hesitation immediately.
Shayla looks toward Wayne.
Wayne takes a moment before answering.
THE WARNING
Lauren looks directly at Shayla.
Shayla looks away, clearly irritated.
Lauren then turns back toward Wayne. Her voice becomes quieter, but the emotion behind her words becomes stronger.
Lauren studies Wayne’s face. She wants to believe him, but the doubt is still visible in her eyes.
Lauren turns and walks toward the meeting room.
After a few steps, she stops.
Wayne remains silent.
Shayla looks uncomfortable as Lauren opens the meeting-room door.
INT. MEETING ROOM – MOMENTS LATER
The girls inside immediately look toward Lauren.
Lauren walks back to her seat without saying a word.
Tamara looks at her curiously.
Lauren takes a deep breath.
Shayla eventually walks back into the room. The atmosphere instantly changes.
Lauren looks at Shayla.
Shayla looks back.
Around the table, the other girls can feel that something has happened, but nobody wants to ask.
Meanwhile, Wayne remains outside in the hallway, staring down at the stack of unsigned contracts in his hands.
What started as a simple business meeting has now become a much bigger problem.
The contracts are still unsigned.
The girls are divided.
And now Lauren’s trust in Wayne has been shaken.
The meeting may have started with contracts, but now everyone has a personal line they are afraid someone might cross.