Chapter 2: The Question
**Nadia**
Nadia looked at the door to Penny’s penthouse. She was surprised the hypnotist returned her call and even more surprised when the hypnotist invited her to come by. The building had an honest-to-god doorman. The elevator had a doorman. Security guards were roaming the hallways on the lower floors.
But the top floor, Penny’s floor, was empty. Nadia stepped off the elevator onto a small landing in front of a large oak door. Nadia looked at the doorman (elevator man?) and smiled. The elevator man smiled back.
“I just get off here and knock on the door?” asked Nadia.
“Yes, ma’am,” he answered.
“Giant wooden door?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Not a scary giant wooden door, right?”
“No, ma’am.”
“It’s a perfectly ordinary giant wooden door belonging to a powerful hypnotist.”
“That’s right.”
“And I just … knock on it?” asked Nadia.
“Yes, ma’am.”