She hadn't heard him come in.

She turned.

He was in his jacket from the rehearsal dinner — the dark one, the one she had grabbed the front of in the corridor last night — with his bag over his shoulder and his dark eyes on her face.

"Ready?" he said.

She looked at the garden one more time.

She picked up her bag.

"Yes," she said.

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They checked out separately because they had checked in separately and because neither of them needed to make a point of anything.

In the hotel lobby she saw Daniel.

He was at the concierge desk with Jess — both of them in...