The thirty-one-thousand-credit offer looked large enough to solve housing until I opened its cost sheet. Three venues, two hundred staff, one month of programming, plus public liability could consume money faster than romance consumed open calendar blocks. The impressive number deserved less excitement until every obligation and worker received a place beneath it.
Olica had referred Fourth Place because our festival and exhibition records showed safe delivery under pressure. The cultural-development client wanted one accountable producer, but their first draft placed every subcontractor beneath my fee.
I invited my accountant, production coordinator, accessibility specialist, plus one independent attorney toward the paid contract review. Nina, Thea, and Yuna received only household-impact information because girlfriend status did not create unpaid seats inside my company.
