Cate started to lower herself into the captain’s chair at the end of the coffee table and stopped, hovering with her butt just inches above the cushion, waiting for Officers Thompson and Jennings to sit down first. They continued to stand there stiffly. Finally, Cate sat down and crossed her legs. Only then did the two officers take seats on the couch. I had a feeling that the delay was the result, not of some etiquette rule regarding sitting with civilians, but of a prearranged effort to throw the high-powered executive off kilter. Judging by the squat Cate had just performed, it seemed to
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