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The doors open suddenly, startling me

The foyer of the hotel is buzzing with activity People trying to check in, others waiting in line to be let into the bar and restaurant Anyone not here is probably in the casino I step out and head left, dodging groups of laughing, happy people who seeo hand in hand in Vegas, but this is extreme

I glance at the bar directly next to the hotel, which is known to be low key and offer live as so often, I’ve spentmusic

My curiosity at who’s playing tonight gets the better of me, so I poke my head inside I s

I turn around and—

No fucking way

Lily, Julian’s ex-girlfriend is standing at the front of the hotel, only a few roup of people and watch her for a lances at her phone, and then looks around, shifting impatiently on her feet

What the hell?

I’e proble late to pick up Marco would be worse for ht now

Twentythere It killsher like this, but I have no choice I wait until she’s looking the other way and then I take off in the direction ofhere, anyway? There’s no way she got a wedding invite—though that would be kind of a anyway I shake my head, because that would be a disaster The real question is, do I tell Julian I saw her or keep this to myself?

I push Lily out of ure her out laterWith the hectic traffic adding even more time, I’m forty minutes late to pick up Marco He seems less than thrilled by my tardiness, but his mood improves when I slip a hundred-dollar bill into his hands and tell him it was the traffic He barely says a word to me the whole drive back to the hotel I’e barrier or if he just doesn’t like me Either way, I don’t have tis on ne Lucky for me, I know the liquor store just down the street from the hotel stocks it

I let the attendant park ne with Marco snapping at my heels, like a lost puppy Then alk back into the hotel—in total silence, because he still hasn’t said a word to

I nervously glance around the foyer as alk through it I’ an eye out for Lily, but she’s nowhere to be seen I guess that’s a good thing, because if she’s not causing trouble, then it gives ure out how to deal with her“What did I miss?”

I suys as alk back into Alberto’s suite