After leaving the Dean's office, instead of heading back toward ABD House, Miss White turned left and walked into town. Right at the edge of campus there was a quiet bar where she ordered a Manhattan and took a seat on the back patio, brooding.
Even if Kristin and Jenny agreed to this assignation with the Dean, did that make it right? At some level she would be whoring them out to save her own skin. Yes, it was also for the benefit of ABD as a whole, but this did little to soothe Miss White's troubled conscience.
She went back and forth about what to do, but by the time her second drink was gone, she'd decided to simply lay out the situation for Kristin as clearly and honestly as she could. Kristin was smart and level-headed, and this would not be the first time Miss White had relied on her judgment.
Simply coming to this decision cheered Miss White up, and she was feeling optimistic as she made her way home. Back at ABD House it was pizza night, and she quickly downed two pieces before asking Kristin to come to her office for a talk.
Kristin listened intently, a serious look on her face, as Miss White explained what had happened in the meeting and what the Dean had proposed. Afterward Kristin had only one question: "Is she cute?"
Miss White grinned, the tension that had been gripping her dissipating somewhat; leave it to Kristin to get right to the heart of the matter. "She's a handsome woman," answered Miss White, and gave Kristin a physical description of the Dean.
Kristin nodded. "Let me talk to Jenny," she said. As with the Janet Lee situation, she felt it was only right to involve Jenny in the decision. Jenny's boundaries had been pushed back a long way in a short time, but it was important to Kristin that she not feel taken advantage of.
When Kristin left Miss White caught up on her email and checked the camera feed from the basement, where Jodie was laying back on the couch, gloriously naked with a chemistry book propped up on her stomach. After about 20 minutes the phone rang.
"Yeah, we'll do it," Kristin said.
Miss White thanked her and hung up. Feeling relieved, she flirted with the idea of paying Jodie a visit. But the moment wasn't right; suddenly she was feeling very tired. So she poured herself a nightcap, picked up a book, and went up for the night.