Spicy Hot
Then I opened it, went out, closed it behind me.
Without looking back.
ADRIEN
I saw her coming from afar.
Five minutes to midnight. She was walking up Rue des Saints-Pères, that long artery cutting through the sixth arrondissement, with its Haussmann buildings and expensive shops. The street was deserted at this hour, poorly lit, only a few lampposts casting puddles of orange light on the sidewalk.