Outside, the lot had gone dark except for the lights on the poles.

I put the boots in the back seat and sat with the engine off and the keys in my lap.

Twelve seats in a big van.

Nobody had asked me to sit in one.

At nine the next morning I put the resort folder on the kitchen island and asked them to sit down with me.

Gemma stayed against the counter with her phone in one hand.

Lucas pulled out a stool and rubbed the back of his neck.