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Angel
He was gone. Finally!
Taking care to be as quiet as a church mouse I peered out of the crack and opened the bedroom door, listening intently for any sounds of the stranger before pulling the door all the way open.
For the last hour I'd closeted myself in the bedroom, my earlier euphoria now gone. Poof, up in smoke. Why oh why couldn't this at least work out? Now I had five nights of hell ahead of me. I'd phoned downstairs again but there was nothing they could do. Even the other local resorts—which were actually hours away—were booked up. Either I stayed and shared the room or they could shuttle me back to the airport to see if I could reschedule my flight. I reluctantly chose to stay.
Walking into the living room, it was hard to tell that someone else had even been here. Thou
