Tugging on Frank's sleeve, the woman said quietly, "M-My boyfriend and I... slipped. And we heard people outside, so we hid..."

One of the security guards was staring at her sideways. "If you heard people, why would you hide?"

"Uh, well..."

The woman murmured awkwardly. "We came in from the back door. We saw an empty room, so we tried to check it out before we got our own... And then we slipped and hid when we heard you coming." "I see."

The security guards nodded before one of them said, "Wait, did you break the closet in Room 10? I'm sorry, but you'll have to pay for it..."

"What? How much?" the woman asked, her fingers clenching on Frank's sleeve.

"Five grand." The security guard whipped out a price list.

so expensive!" The woman

Five grand it is-we can afford

strode up and whipped out a check to write down ten grand before slipping it into the security guard's chest pocket and patting it. "Use the change to buy a round of drinks for the

The door's that way..." After shaking off the security guards, Frank pulled the woman along to the lobby. "Okay, you should be fine from here. You can see, right?" "Yes."

"Wait."

took out another

it but thought about it and added another zero, making it a hundred

the woman's glasses and phone, not to mention that she was so helpful even though he floored

that really gnawed at

this," he said. "Consider this compensation for your phone and

held up her hands, smiling as she stared at Frank's chest. "No, it's fine.

the woman's bag. "Don't worry. You deserve

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