Transcript of private conversation between Cooper Lamb and Maya Rain, captured using an ambient recording app on Lamb’s smartwatch
MAYA RAIN: Hello, Mr. Lamb. And hello, Lupe! So great to see you again.
COOPER LAMB: Great to see me or great to see the pooch? And please, call me Cooper.
RAIN: Actually I was talking to Lupe. I know you make house calls, Cooper. I just wasn’t expecting you at my house.
LAMB: And this is a very nice house, in one of the most desirable areas of the city. Do you have, like, seventeen roommates or something?
RAIN: No. I live alone. And right now you’re about to say, “Gee, the Hughes family must pay really well if you can afford a place like this.”
LAMB: That would be rude, and I am nothing if not professional. I was about to insinuate that you had a sugar daddy.
RAIN: I don’t have one of those either. I’m just a simple girl from West—
LAMB: Virginia, yeah, you’ve mentioned that. Can I come inside to talk for a minute?
RAIN: Sure, but not with your recording device running.
LAMB: I don’t have any recording devices running. (Extended silence) Okay, fine. How did you know?
RAIN: Because you are a professional…or something like that.
LAMB: Fair enough, Ms. Rain. Here, I am officially turning off my top secret recording device, which no one ever notices.
RAIN: Oh, I noticed—