NADINE POINT OF VIEW.

She was a stately middle-aged woman with the easy air of someone who was used to having people defer to her. The way she spoke, the ease with which the words glided out of her mouth, you would hear it and know that this person had the world in their palms, and not only that, they were acutely conscious of it. Her condescension was repulsive; the supercilious questions she asked were an insult. And as she did, Clayton had on a stupid smile that made me want to smack him in ...