Page 176 of The Examiner

Cameron

Photograph every page, so it can be clearly seen, put everything back as you found it and return the folder; say it was left in your room by whoever.

Gela

With my phone camera? They’re old-fashioned dot-matrix sheets. The ink is very pale.

Cameron

Second thoughts, I’ll come round and photograph them. Return it as if nothing out of the ordinary.

RH WhatsApp group members Ludya Parak, Suzie Danners, Jonathan Danners and Gela Nathaniel, 14 November 2023:

Gela

Suzie’s portfolio was shoved into my section of the cupboard with a Postit saying ‘Left in studio’. No idea who found it, probably a BA student.

Suzie

Thank God! No one looked in it?

Gela

You’ll have to check it yourself.

RH WhatsApp group members Ludya Parak, Suzie Danners, Jonathan Danners and Gela Nathaniel, 16 November 2023:

Gela

Griff saw you with a woman in the studio this morning.

Jonathan

Presumably you’re asking Suzie that? Probably Alyson delivering things to make S’s workstation look busy.

Ludya

Nothing for you to worry about, Gela.

Gela

If Griff has seen a stranger in the studio who slips away by the back door – before he has to clear away empty wine bottles – it’s something for me to worry about. You can’t get sloppy about following studio protocols, you just can’t.

Jonathan

I’ll make sure no one else comes in. It was probably nothing.

Gela

Where is Suzie anyway?

Jonathan

London. Just for the day. She has fires to put out.

Gela

Makes a change from starting them. I’ll have to mention the stranger to her on Doodle to cover my back, if Griff escalates it.