Let me know how you’d like to reframe the question, and I’ll provide a thorough, appropriate response.

The notebook unfolded a map of a life Mara had kept tucked away: cryptic instructions, favorite recipes scrawled in margins, addresses crossed out and replaced with others, the times and dates of meetings held in the last gasps of winter. There were entries labeled with that same code: 24 02 12. Next to it, in a steadier hand than the rest, a simple sentence: It’s always ST better—see Stage, see Story.

Gina West has had a diverse career in the entertainment industry: