tourist after telling your wife that you needed to “be alone,” and now you’re worried about where we’re going to have this conversation?
The woman took a step back.
“I should get in the room.
Daniel immediately turned to her.
- Emily, wait.
Emily.
Now he had a name.
I hated the sweetness with which he pronounced it.
As if her feelings matter.
I followed them to the hotel.
Neither of us tried to stop me.
Inside the elevator, no one spoke.
Daniel was looking at the ground.
Emily crossed her arms.
My hands were shaking so much that I had to hide them in the pockets of my jacket.
When the elevator doors opened, Emily walked into a room at the end of the hallway.
Daniel followed her.
Me too.
She opened the door.
The moment I walked in, everything became clear.
There were two bags by the bed.
Daniel's black suitcase.
And a big color suitcase
