Caroline Brought Her Three Children to a Newport Hotel After an Invitation Came in the Mail
The ink on the front had faded slightly, but the clear black strokes of Grant’s handwriting on the refusal line were still sharp and dark.
She didn’t unpin the receipt.
She placed the green slip inside an inner pocket of her black leather clutch purse.
Beside the purse lay four printed carbon vouchers from the Newport Limousine Service, confirmed for eight forty-five on the morning of June 14.
Caroline took a heavy black pen from her tray.
She picked up the embossed reply card from the Bellevue Hotel.
On the line marked number of guests, she wrote the number four in clear, precise strokes.
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