She turned to see who it was and her voice suddenly dried up for a moment. XXX Nadine was trying to speak, undoubtedly wanting to know what I was doing, but I ignored her, even as I went around to the front again to quickly check in the camera that Nadine’s pose was now correct, which it was. Nadine collapsed in relief. And when I spoke to her it was in a quiet, conversational tone: “Nadine, you’ve been thoughtless and you’ve been rude. I listened for a moment to make sure she was talking on the phone, then turned the doorknob and entered. Do you know why you’re tied to your desk like this? I took down two of the very largest and thickest and stacked them on the desk next
