Sam Mullins
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Davis said, I'll meet you there, we'll go for lunch, and then I'll take you out to the hotel by the airport so that you can fly for Switzerland in the morning.
As they walk toward the elevator and get in, Elaine feels the feeling that has been quietly present with her from the moment she first met Davis. A small niggling part of her that she'd been brushing to the side.
As they walk toward the elevator and get in, Elaine feels the feeling that has been quietly present with her from the moment she first met Davis. A small niggling part of her that she'd been brushing to the side.
On the surface, everything had been so warm and pleasant and exciting. There was nothing he said that made Elaine afraid of him. There was nothing that he did to make her fear him. But there was something she couldn't explain. The subtlest of feelings. Like an ancient whisper from the animal part of her that said, you're not safe.
On the surface, everything had been so warm and pleasant and exciting. There was nothing he said that made Elaine afraid of him. There was nothing that he did to make her fear him. But there was something she couldn't explain. The subtlest of feelings. Like an ancient whisper from the animal part of her that said, you're not safe.
Before she showed up this day in London, she almost acted on this feeling.
Before she showed up this day in London, she almost acted on this feeling.
They walked down the hallway toward Elaine's door, her mind cataloguing every possible meaning of the phrase, Can I look at your room?
They walked down the hallway toward Elaine's door, her mind cataloguing every possible meaning of the phrase, Can I look at your room?
Elaine opens the door and Davis slides past her in the doorway. He does a half-hearted lap of the unremarkable room and then saunters over to the bed.
Elaine opens the door and Davis slides past her in the doorway. He does a half-hearted lap of the unremarkable room and then saunters over to the bed.
And there he is, the man who's offered Elaine so many things... leaning on the bed of the hotel room he just bought for her.
And there he is, the man who's offered Elaine so many things... leaning on the bed of the hotel room he just bought for her.
Yeah, sure. Totally.
Yeah, sure. Totally.
Swiss francs?
Swiss francs?
It appeared to be a formidable stack, a serious amount of cash.
It appeared to be a formidable stack, a serious amount of cash.
Once the door clicked behind him, Elaine went straight for the phone.