Pressure does not bother knocking; it just shows up, already seated in the room before you realize. Two days after the interview aired, Lynda could sense it creeping in. It did not announce itself in headlines or noise. Instead, it arrived in the shift of tone. Emails that once politely requested meetings now seemed to expect them as a matter of course. Voices that used to ask gently now slid toward advising, almost commanding. Invitations, too, felt heavier now, loaded with something new, ...