Irene ran. Allen watched her go with his mouth open as she made a beeline for Pearl. Irene dived on the couch and wrapped her arms around Pearl, hiding her face.

“I can’t do it, Miss Trent!” She sobbed “I’m scared!”

Pearl put an arm around her “Uh… don’t worry, Irene, it doesn’t hurt. You’ll do great. Just think of all the money you’ll make. I bet it will be enough to put you through college just with this one little video. You won’t even need to get your Dad to pay for it, you won’t owe him.”

Irene looked up “That much?”

Pearl nodded.

“How do you know?”

“That’s...