Chapter 7 - THE COINS CAME BACKRocco had kept Maeve’s coins after the lobby incident.
Not intentionally.
They remained in his coat pocket.
Three weeks later, he handed her an envelope.
She opened it.
Seventy-two cents.
She laughed.
“You counted?”
“Yes.”
“You’re a billionaire.”
“Retired hotel owners can still count.”
She rolled her eyes.
Then:
“I thought you’d frame them.”
“I considered it.”
“That would’ve been unbearable.”
“I realized.”
Good.
She put the coins into her purse.
Used two quarters in a vending machine later that afternoon.
Rocco saw.
“Those were historically significant.”
Maeve took a sip of soda.
“They were bus fare.”
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Perfect.
The coins did not need to become holy objects.
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