"No, you won't." And she hadn't promised to start earning her good girl credentials until they were in her apartment! But they were getting there. They made it back to the building, where a doorman let them in with a 'welcome back, Miss Voorhees' and a friendly nod at Hyacinthe, and so they'd at least made it into the lobby.

It was a very fancy lobby.

"I'm not behaving until after the door to my place closes behind us," Xanthippe informed Hyacinthe as she pressed the button to call the elevator down, reiterating the narrative's earlier point. "I need to, like, burn off some bossiness before that."