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Tess quickly dried off and donned her light cover-up before going back inside the castle. When she arrived at their bedroom, she was pleased to see that Mo was back from her evening of romance with the prince.
As soon as the women saw each other, they said in unison, “I had a terrible night!” When they realized that they had both expressed the same sentiment, they each said, “What happened?... You go first… No you…” By the end of their nearly identical string of word selections, they both burst out with laughter.
The stress of the entire trip, attempting to learn and remember the intricacies of royal protocol, and their individual man troubles bubbled out in their giggling outburst. Once their laughter subsided, they flopped down onto Mo’s bed and Tess said, “Tell me.”
Mo’s face cru
