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"Shh, it’ll be OK," Daniel strides forwards to the counter "Are you sure there’s nothing we can do?"
The guy rolls his eyes "I can’t ic a car out of nowhere," he snaps, sarcastic, and I feel Daniel tense But he takes a deep breath, and when he speaks again, his voice is waret it Not your fault" Daniel leans in, conspiratorial "But the problem is, we’re kind of in a bind here Say, ould you do, if you were in our situation?"
The guy pauses, then gives a reluctant shrug "I don’t know Get a roouess You can leave your nuets returned Maybe soht"
"Yes!" I cry, leaping forwards, "Thank you, thank you!" I quickly scribble my details down, and push it across the counter to hi, "And I’ll love you forever"
Daniel pulls me back "What she means is, we appreciate it"
He steerselse e, like rip off my clothes and offer to trade as tank
"See, that’s half the battle," he says encouragingly "Noe just have to sit tight, and wait for the storht is not part ofhiasp as the cold hitsmy body in a wet rush Daniel quickly strips off his coat and wraps it aroundrabs my case, and quickly leads the way across the street to the airport hotel It’s nothing fancy, but as we hurtle through the front entrance and leave the freezing snow outside, the els I stae carpet and let out a sigh of relief Warm Dry I couldn’t be happier if it was the Ritz
"Wow, this place is packed" Daniel looks around The lobby is tee travelers froed lasses of wine like they’re stuck in the h the croards the front desk This time, the woman on reception is as perky as her perm: she taps away at her co over a keycard
"You’re lucky," she chirps "You guys got the last roo back at me in horror "But we’re not … He’s not … I mean, he needs a room too!" I squark "A different rooht … I’m so sorry, that was the last one We’re packed this weekend Orthodontic convention"
"You’re kidding me," I blink
The woiene"
I slowly turn back to Daniel "So what do we do?" I ask, trying not to blush It shouldn’t be a big deal to split a rooether over the past couple of years, but for soe, safely connected to other people Now he’s a single ood it feels in his arms