The Ghostwriter

Olivia and Nicole prepare for the meeting with Vincent’s team at Monarch Books, hoping to buy more lead time. The meeting, which takes place on Zoom, includes Neil, Vincent’s agent, Lance Cameron, and several others. After Olivia explains the challenges of the project, she sends the book team a scan of Vincent’s manuscript to compare it with the draft chapter Olivia previously sent to Neil.

The book team ask for a moment to review the pages, then discuss their own apprehensions with Olivia, unaware that they haven’t muted themselves on the call. Olivia hears someone mention John Calder as an alternative to her. Nicole makes them aware that their discussion is audible, giving Olivia the leverage to propose a new objective: writing the book from scratch instead of revising Vincent’s manuscript. Lance reiterates Vincent’s objective to set the record straight on his siblings’ murders, avoiding the influence of external voices that may be biased against him. Olivia discusses the incident with Vincent’s neighbor’s cat to give them an idea of how she might render the scene. The team are pleased and allow her to proceed. Nicole asks to extend the deadline from June to September, but the team holds back with a compromise to July.