Check-in days were always interesting and this one had been busier than most. They were still trying to clean up after the attack, a bunch of new people had shown up, and Curnen had been breaking hearts all day with her amazing music. Caroline had ducked out of the lobby for a minute, just one minute, to get a coffee, and when she'd come back, she'd already missed another new arrival.

Grabbing a basket as she went, Caroline headed for the front door and slipped out after the most recent guest. She was confronted as she did with insane broad shoulders, a perfect V torso down to a trim waist and hips. She may have focused a few beats longer on the ass in tight jeans than she should have before she shook herself out of it and got back to business.

"Whatever you're thinking, the answer is probably weirder," she said with cheer but not much force. She didn't want to scare him. Just make him turn around to see if the face matched the body.