Dishes clinked in an adjoining restaurant, and a stream of voices flowed from the service desk as a large group of tourists checked in. The stranger meandered to a guest coffee station and fixed a cup of brew. Then he sipped while watching two female receptionists distribu...
Noon had come and gone, so he relaxed and kissed her head. “Good morning, love. Any more bad dreams?” “Don't you think you’d know if I had another nightmare?” she replied. “The first one wasn’t exactly subtle.” She was in a bad mood. And who the hel...