Arianne treated security summaries as routine documents, not crisis reports. She filed them weekly alongside compliance audits and capital exposure updates. Crisis reports were read immediately. Routine ones waited their turn.
This one sat on her desk between a supplier contract revision and a mid-quarter performance brief.
Her office door was open. The corridor beyond was wide, glass-walled, letting light through from the main floor. Voices drifted. A printer started somewhere, then stopped.
She read the perimeter summary once. No notes.
Over fourteen days. Three photographers. Two had been there when she visited the set.
She set the tablet down. Looked at her hands.
She scrolled down. Two photographers had been on set during her visit. The third had not. The internal monitoring team had noticed a small increase in online tags indicating proximity to a "superstar." Not stories yet. Just markers. Harmless on their own. Over time, they could become a problem.
