He was relieved, yet he also felt a sense of loss. A part of his heart felt increasingly empty, increasingly lonely.
*
There was a supermarket near the Vista Palace Villa Estate, and Sean Quinn had Morton Grant drive in.
He said to Stella Lockwood, "Since we're here, come on. Let's go to the supermarket and buy a few things... Put on a mask and glasses. No one will recognize you..."
She wore a chic little silk scarf around her neck. It looked stylish, but no one knew it was meant to hide an embarrassing mark.
Stella Lockwood went with him anyway. Both wearing masks and glasses, they bought groceries, snacks, fruit... When they went to check out, they discovered the only payment option was face scan. At their checkout lane, the QR code payment system was temporarily down...
Sean Quinn had no choice but to take off his mask and glasses to pay with a face scan.
