Page 16 of The Examiner

Ludya Parak

Like I said. Gonna be late. Family reasons.

Cameron Wesley

I’ll join you for a puff, Ali.

Doodle message group [Private] Jem and Patrick, 24 October 2023:

Jem Badhuri

I’ve noticed something about Cameron. If he’s not on his phone in the corridor, he’s flirting with Alyson in the studio.

Patrick Bright

Oh Jem! You’re a sharp one, but I don’t think he flirts with Alyson. They just get along.

Jem Badhuri

He has the loudest, clearest voice of the whole group, but when he’s on his phone he whispers.

Patrick Bright

I suspect he’s still doing his regular job, even though he was supposed to step back to make time for this course. He’s on his laptop in the bar every lunchtime.

Jem Badhuri

How can he focus on his MA? Gela will have something to say about that. I have to put my phone in the tray now, but I’ll make sure she knows.

Patrick Bright

Nearly at the studio myself. Let’s get through this first assessment!

Doodle message group [Private] Gela and Cameron, 24 October 2023:

Gela Nathaniel

I don’t know if your phone had anything to do with events in the studio today, but in future, switch it completely OFF when you leave it in the tray.

Cameron Wesley

Apols.

Gela Nathaniel

What was that anyway? I’ve never heard a shriek like it. Not from a phone.

Cameron Wesley

Because your phone belongs in a museum, Gela. If you had the latest model – or even one from the last decade – you might have facial recognition that, set to the highest security level, would alert you when it detected a stranger’s face looking at the screen.

Gela Nathaniel

Well, why the panic?

Cameron Wesley

I deal with top clients and corporations. That phone is chocka with sensitive strategy plans and embargoed info. When the alarm goes off, it alerts the office. They instantly assume it’s either been stolen or my security compromised. I had to get straight on to them or they’d call the old Bill.