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The next morning, Joanna dutifully ventured out of her hotel room, figuring she should take Kelly Dawson’s advice and do some exploring. To be honest, New York was even more overwhelming when viewed up close, and after a few hours spent at Times Square and its environs, she was ready to head back to her hotel room and wait there until she heard from Randall’s former assistant.
Doing so seemed like a cop-out, however, and although she didn’t feel like catching a matinee — either of a movie or a musical or a play — she’d asked her Uber driver’s advice on good places to shop that wouldn’t break the bank. He’d sent her to the Shops at Columbia Circle, and she’d whiled away another hour or so there. While she never would have thought of herself as the shopping type, Joanna reflected with a
