# Chapter 04 Surprise Audit

- SURPRISES — category: character revelation — THE MOVE: `"Ruth wasn't reading romance into anybody. She was reading an arrangement"` — location: after Ruth asks whether the slot is comped — why unpredicted: the prior table pressure leads the reader to expect fake-couple suspicion; Ruth instead diagnoses professional imbalance and cost. Why coherent: Ch03 established Ruth as a watcher of what is wrong with a line, and Chapter 04 quotes her watching `"the no discussion"` and `"June's mug"`.
- SURPRISES — category: striking image / plot seed — THE MOVE: `"she squared the corners of the napkin with the back room drawn on it, doorway, north wall, X, folded it once, and put it in her coat pocket"` — location: exit from Sonia's — why unpredicted: the napkin seems like throwaway diner proof for Luis; Ruth turns it into evidence. Why coherent: she has been quietly building a file all night.

Chapter verdict: SURPRISES.

REVISION ORDERS: none.
