Joe says he wants to go to work with Mom, but he doesn’t want to be bored. I say he can play games while mom works, as long as he takes breaks and looks at the actors. He rides in a golf cart through the old fake towns, he thinks the buildings look dirty, like they’re going to fall down. He takes his shoes off in my office like it’s his house, he says that Chloe and Gemma are the nicest and also prettiest. We watch the monitors with the same face, he asks for Doritos and tells the set painter that his favorite color is Medium Blue. He runs through the house we’ve built inside of the building, showing me rooms like I’ve never seen them before, marveling out how we put pictures of the ocean outside the windows and it somehow looks real. I’m working and self conscious because he’s whining, until he gets a snack. It’s mostly all going over his head but at least we’re Together. Back at home, he comes out of his room with My smile on his face, knowing he’s written something in his head to say to me that will really get me. You know why I love you mom? Because you grew me in your tummy. And it works.