'Yes, he really had appeared to be charmingly suave then. Like Cary Grant in a black and white movie. How wrong one can be, she thought, turning over in
her mind the horror of that long weekend, and its final humiliating moments...'
How could Geraldine resist the invitation from charming and enigmatic Ellis, especially as it includes travel on a private plane? It will be a glamorous change from her increasingly chaotic life, and a chance to meet his friends, as they reunite at their old college in Indiana for a football game. Not that Geraldine is interested in sport, unless shopping counts. She's jet-set ready and eager for take off.
What can possibly go wrong?