Texting your girlfriend: "Why were you checking into a ho...

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1. Why were you checking into a hotel with Mark last night?
2. What? Where did you see that?
3. Your selfie in a bathroom mirror, timestamp 2:14 AM, Skyline Inn.
4. Send it.
5. I sent it; Lyft receipt says 'Mark L.' paid.
6. Okay breathe—it's not what you're thinking.
7. Not what I'm thinking? You were in a hotel with another man.
8. He's not 'another man'—he's my brother, Mark.
9. Your brother lives in Oregon; since when is he here?
10. He came last night; he had nowhere safe to go.
11. You check into a hotel instead of calling me?
12. I couldn't call you, I thought if I did he'd run.
13. The selfie looks like you're kissing his neck.
14. I was kissing his forehead because someone hit him.
15. Someone hit him? Who, Maya?