She stopped at the gate. “I’ve changed my mind.”

“Come on. Are you still scared?”

“If you had been at Vegas…”

“That was years ago. We’re together now; nothing will happen to us.”

“You’re right.” She took his hand. “Let’s go in.”

Unnoticed, a little red dot probed the crowd.

David Arnold is a veteran and retired academic living in central Kentucky. He has published in Narrative, Raven’s Perch, Microfiction Monday and 50 Word Stories