Aces High (2015)
“It was her habit to wake before the sun, and the staff of the hotel’s smallest restaurant always had coffee and fruit ready for her when she came down from her suite. Today, as usual, she sat in her accustomed booth near the huge windows on the east side of the building, drinking her coffee and watching the sunrise. She had finished her breakfast, and the remains had been taken away.
Two things she no longer took for granted: fresh fruit and sunrises.
“Good morning,” Skye said. “May I?”
A bit s...tartled by his sudden appearance, she looked at him and nodded, murmuring a greeting while he slid into the booth across from her. Her restless night and the events of yesterday had left her wary and uncertain, and she didn’t quite know how to react to him today.
But Skye, his eyes bright and apparently rested despite the early hour, seemed perfectly friendly. “You used to sleep late,” he observed in a light tone.
“Things change,” she offered lamely.
He didn’t probe. “True.MoreLess
Two things she no longer took for granted: fresh fruit and sunrises.
“Good morning,” Skye said. “May I?”
A bit s...tartled by his sudden appearance, she looked at him and nodded, murmuring a greeting while he slid into the booth across from her. Her restless night and the events of yesterday had left her wary and uncertain, and she didn’t quite know how to react to him today.
But Skye, his eyes bright and apparently rested despite the early hour, seemed perfectly friendly. “You used to sleep late,” he observed in a light tone.
“Things change,” she offered lamely.
He didn’t probe. “True.MoreLess
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