European Hotel: Confessions- Scene 1

To whom?

(Smiles, picks up the bell, does not ring it) You just did. European Hotel Confessions- Scene 1

(Returns the letter) The woman who slept in your bed the night before you arrived. She wrote to a man who was already dead. She didn’t know. We never told her. To whom

A small, dimly lit hotel lobby in Vienna. Late autumn. Rain streaks the window. An ancient elevator with a folding metal gate stands stage left. A front desk with a brass bell and a leather guest book. To whom? (Smiles

(Softly) Welcome to the Hotel Continental. Your secrets are safe here. They simply never leave.

(Pulls the crumpled letter from his pocket) I found this. Under the mattress. Not my handwriting. Not my name. But my room.

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