Joyce doesn’t take her seriously, Ibrahim doesn’t take her seriously, Ron certainly doesn’t take her seriously. They respect her, she thinks, they know they can rely on her, they take care of her—shudder—but they refuse to take her seriously. Who knew that was the secret all along? Now she really thinks about it, Chris and Donna don’t take her seriously either. First Stephen, then the Thursday Murder Club, now Chris and Donna? Why this sudden wave of people who refused to be taken in by her casual brilliance and brusque efficiency?
