Sweet Subterfuge

It took some time to drive back into the center from the airport. In the middle of It, Lewis met up with a subordinate and told him to

low Larissa’s car away from the motel

When they reached Maple Hotel, it was already 3 am. There were no hotel guests in the lobby, only uniformed hotel stall waiting for guests to show up

The doorman was about to help guide them kindly when Larissa waved him off and explained their reasons for coming. I’m looking for your hotel’s Administrative Manager, Wendy.”

The smile on the doorman’s lace frone up as he backed away alertly. He anxiously caled for the lobby manager to come.

As “oldies” al the hotel Industry, Larissa naturally had met the lobby manager quite a len limes. The manager recognized Larissa and asked her. ‘What brings you here?”

“I’m looking for Wendy,” Larissa replied.

with Wendy, so he helped Larissa get a room card from the front desk. “Just head up. I don’t know if Wendy’s awake

way to Wendy’s room. Her andety was firmly there and did not disappear until she was sure that Wendy was okay.

cardholder already had a room card, so Larissa turned on the warm orange lights in the entryway that lit up the room.

thick and scht carpet silenced Larissa’s footsteps, so her racing heartbeat and heavy breathing were rather obvious in the

was a human–shaped bulge under the middle of the big white bed. Larissa llbloed over and managed to see Wendy’s lace using the weak light

shakily reaching out. Even though she knew she was being

showed that she was line now. Larissa held her chest and sat at the head of the bed. All the energy that had

door, When he heard nothing, he poked his head around the corner of the entryway. is

no idea if Wendy was really

Then he asked, “Want to take Wendy

“No.”

“move” Wendy back home was only creating more

stay here

Larissa had no reason to rush