CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
Vanessa Pinker came out of the restroom and walked through the movie theater lobby. When she reached the glass doors leading outside, she just stood there and stared out into the almost-empty parking lot, watching the handful of other moviegoers heading for their cars.
She sighed and thought …
Do I really want to go out there?
She’d just spent two hours watching an unmemorable romantic comedy in air-conditioned comfort. Actually, it had been just a little too chilly in the theater, and she’d half-wished she’d brought along a sweater. It was cool here in the lobby as well. But she knew she was in for a rude shock when she walked outside.
Just a minute or two more, she thought.
I’ve got to enjoy it while I’ve got it.
The air conditioning in her car had broken down,
