And you’ve spent your whole life wanting to be an outlaw,” James said. “And you wonder why I don’t listen to you.

I hope you achieve what you two are trying to do,” Rick said. “Just remember, the answer is almost never where everyone else has been looking. And the answer is almost always covered up by some kind of danger.

Witnessing the Vette’s demise, the way Rick felt, there wasn’t a king on Earth who he would bow to. No religious figure whose hand he’d kiss. No icon of history he’d worship. No one whose autograph he’d seek. He was becoming a legend, and he was alive to feel it happen.

Rick guided her to the outside balcony where they made love under the springtime mountain night. As Renee moaned across the valley below, Rick realized that he hadn’t closed the door and that her delightful calls probably echoed into the lobby below. There was a thought that he should close the door. But he didn’t.