Half a Motel Room is Better Than None
There was a wide gap between the beds but it was closer than either one believed.HALF A MOTEL ROOM IS BETTER THAN NONE I stood there in the marble-tiled lobby of the upscale motel chain and looked at the blank face of the apologetic clerk telling me I had to share my reward bonus motel room with some stranger with the same last name. It would not have been so dire a circumstance except for the fact that the Murphy in question was called Peter and I was a lifelong Mary. I wanted to shout out that...