Unwelcome Guests

"Reserved? It is barely six in the evening. There must be some sort of mistake here."

Gwen tossed her hair back, her shrill voice slicing through the low, ambient dinner music of the dining room.

"There is no mistake. I am afraid I have to ask both of you to vacate the premises."

The waiter maintained a stiff, unyielding posture alongside their table.

"Why should we leave when we have not e