them she had late checkout. She hadn’t ordered any room
 
 service, although a deluxe breakfast would be nice. Her
 
 stomach growled at the thought.
 
 She waited for a minute then turned her attention back to
 
 her book. Whoever was out there had probably moved on.
 
 A second knock disproved that theory pretty darn fast.
 
 Dallas set the book on the nightstand and walked over to
 
 the door. It had a small peephole, and she felt funny about
 
 looking through it. When she did, she stumbled back a step.
 
 She reached for the knob as soon as she recovered from the
 
 shock of seeing Quinn on the other side. A quick twist and a
 
 hard pull opened the door. Dallas knew she must look totally
 
 stunned. She couldn’t not look stunned. She had to blink a
 
 couple times to make sure Quinn was real, but yes, it really
 
 was her. She was wearing jeans, an oversize t-shirt with some
 
 logo on the front that Dallas didn’t know, and a black
 
 cardigan. Her hair was twisted back in a messy bun.
 
 “Umm- hi,” Quinn said nervously. She rocked back and
 
 forth on the balls of her feet. Flip flops. She was wearing flip
 
 flops.
 
 “H-hey,” Dallas stammered. “What are you doing here?”
 
 “I- I thought that…” Quinn looked down the hallway, then
 
 back quickly. “I thought that maybe we did have things to talk
 
 about. Like you said.”
 
 “How do you- did I tell you where I was staying?” Dallas
 
 was sure she hadn’t.
 
 “No. I’m a grade A stalker I guess.”
 
 Quinn always had been resourceful.
 
 “Jim,” Dallas said, putting it together. “I did mention
 
 where I was going to be staying in case he needed to contact