(FADE IN :)

INT. - MELTON HOTEL GARAGE - NIGHT

Her footsteps echoed in the quiet of the parking garage, her shadow lengthening and multiplying before snapping back as she passed beneath the dim lights above. Not that she noticed, her head down, thumbs busy over the screen of her smartphone as she texted with a grin on her face.

Thx for dinner. Had a gr8 time.

No service. She shrugged, slipping the slim, black device into her shoulder bag, one foot splashing ...