The Slap That Ended Everything

Tiny move. But I saw it.

Good instincts, finally.

Russell returned with a wireless microphone in one hand. “They’re ready whenever you are.”

The quartet had stopped playing. People all over the room were pretending to rearrange napkins, but every eye was on us. The hotel staff had gone still in that trained, expensive way.

I took the microphone.

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