One Night Only (50 page)

Th
e
doo
r
wa
s
s
o
bi
g
tha
t
the
y
coul
d
bot
h
wal
k
i
n
side
b
y
side
,
stil
l
trailin
g
thei
r
luggag
e
behin
d
them
.

“
W
o
w
,
thi
s
roo
m
i
s
amazing!
”
sai
d
Ruth
.
“
I
hop
e
ours
i
s
th
e
same
.
Bu
t
mayb
e
w
e
shoul
d
hav
e
aske
d
fo
r
twin b
eds
.
I
f
I
rol
l
ove
r
o
n
Gin
a
I
woul
d
squas
h
he
r
an
d
w
e
only
me
t
yesterda
y
morning
.
Tha
t
woul
d
b
e
mos
t
unfortunate.”
I
t
wa
s
o
n
th
e
ti
p
o
f
Polly
’
s
tongu
e
t
o
sugges
t
tha
t
they
do
swapsie
s
on
th
e
room-sharin
g
arrangement
s
but
luckil
y
sh
e
caugh
t
th
e
fea
r
i
n
T
ess
’
s
ey
e
i
n
time
.

“Th
e
room
s
ar
e
exactl
y
th
e
same,
”
sai
d
T
ess
,
“an
d
your be
d
i
s
th
e
sam
e
a
s
ours
,
an
d
nic
e
an
d
room
y
,
s
o
I’
m
sure
ther
e
wil
l
b
e
n
o
chanc
e
o
f
Gin
a
bein
g
squashed
.
Bu
t
we
didn
’
t
com
e
her
e
t
o
sta
y
coope
d
u
p
i
n
a
room
,
di
d
w
e?
”

Sometime
s
Poll
y
though
t
T
es
s
migh
t
b
e
a
witch
.
She
coul
d
tel
l
wha
t
Poll
y
wa
s
thinkin
g
fa
r
to
o
ofte
n
fo
r
her
liking
,
bu
t
i
n
thi
s
cas
e
i
t
wa
s
a
goo
d
thing
.
I
f
Poll
y
had
suggeste
d
tha
t
T
es
s
ha
d
share
d
wit
h
eithe
r
Rut
h
o
r
Gina,
sh
e
migh
t
hav
e
bee
n
shove
d
int
o
th
e
ope
n
fir
e
i
n
th
e
foyer
a
t
th
e
nex
t
opportunit
y
.

“Di
d
we?
”
aske
d
T
es
s
again
.

“No,
”
sai
d
Gin
a
an
d
Rut
h
lik
e
tw
o
o
f
T
ess
’
s
gramma
r
-
schoo
l
pupils
.

“Good
.
No
w
,
g
o
an
d
ge
t
change
d
an
d
freshene
d
up an
d
we’l
l
se
e
wha
t
thi
s
plac
e
ha
s
t
o
offe
r
.
I
don
’
t
know abou
t
yo
u
lot
,
bu
t
I’
m
starving.
”

Lik
e
goo
d
littl
e
schoolgirls
,
Gin
a
an
d
Rut
h
turne
d
on thei
r
heel
s
t
o
g
o
an
d
ge
t
read
y
,
leavin
g
th
e
othe
r
tw
o
t
o
do th
e
same
.

Poll
y
ha
d
packe
d
a
littl
e
to
o
muc
h
fo
r
on
e
nigh
t
away bu
t
the
y
wer
e
al
l
i
n
th
e
sam
e
boa
t
judgin
g
b
y
th
e
bulging
case
s
tha
t
ha
d
weighe
d
dow
n
th
e
Jee
p
o
n
th
e
wa
y
there. He
r
evenin
g
wea
r
cam
e
dow
n
t
o
on
e
o
f
thre
e
choice
s
–
a
reliabl
e
Littl
e
Blac
k
Dres
s
tha
t
wa
s
a
t
leas
t
si
x
year
s
old bu
t
alway
s
di
d
th
e
trick
,
a
slightl
y
bolde
r
ceris
e
number tha
t
skimme
d
abov
e
th
e
knee
s
an
d
wen
t
lowe
r
a
t
th
e
back tha
n
sh
e
woul
d
normall
y
wea
r
bu
t
whic
h
mad
e
he
r
feel
amazing
,
an
d
a
sex
y
re
d
sati
n
jumpsui
t
tha
t
sh
e
onl
y
ever
ha
d
th
e
courag
e
t
o
wea
r
i
n
fron
t
o
f
th
e
mirro
r
a
t
home
before
shaking
her
head,
taking
it
off
and
hanging
it
back
i
n
th
e
wardrobe
.
I
t
stil
l
ha
d
th
e
labe
l
o
n
it
.