When the child came up to my room at the Mariott to get what she thought
was a picture of David Tellman, the TV actor, in her little navy blue skirt
and red t-shirt, red socks and white sandals, her bright blonde hair tied
back in a pretty pony tail her mom had probably made for her I had already
checked for security cameras in the hotel hallways. There were none. Only
in the elevator. Which is why I had asked poor docile obedient Melanie,