It was Esong, she explained to herself, his negative influence had got to her, it was the only explanation for this madness. She slapped herself, small tiny slaps which would not alarm anyone but seemed to be those of someone who was attempting to wake themselves up. Still, the camera men and Blad looked at her with questions in their eyes.
"Are you okay, governor?" Blad asked her softly, in a concerned tone and he looked at her the way Cecily often looked at Justin when he fell down or showed her his barely grazed fingers after a training session with Lora.
"I am okay, the crepes are ready." she recalled the pancakes Mina made and brought them out as well. On one tray she stacked pancakes and on another crepes and welcomed the visitors to help themselves to a few.
"No eating," Mr. Rodney told his employees though, "You can save them for later, we are here to work."
