“Okay, I think we should be quiet now. It’s late and I need some sleep and to not get kicked out of this hotel. Let’s go to bed.” She stood and turned to eye the door.
Surely he wouldn’t have another key card?
No. She had two.
Although that didn’t mean that he couldn’t get another one.
Sighing, she shook her head. She didn’t have the energy to worry about that right now. If he wanted in, he’d find a way. She just had to put faith in her instincts that said he wouldn’t harm her.
Morning was coming up quick.
And she would need her wits to get through this breakfast date.
7
The next morning, she sat in her room and waited.
And waited.
There was no knock on the door.
She paced and then decided after twenty minutes of waiting that she’d go knock on their door.
They’d probably slept in.
Relief filled her as she realized that had to be what had happened.
Grabbing the rope they’d used as a lead last night, she tied it loosely around Horse’s collar. Unfortunately, there was no identification on his collar. Either he’d never had a tag or it had fallen off.
Hopefully, he was microchipped.
Then she knocked on the door next to her. Nothing. She knocked again.
Hmm. Well, she supposed they could be deep sleepers. Grabbing her phone out, she rang them. First Eli. Then Kellan.
Both went to their voicemail immediately.
“Unless we were meant to meet them downstairs, Horse,” she said.
Urgh. Maybe that was it.
“Sorry, you’re going to have to stay in the room, buddy.” She’d already taken him out for a toilet break. She took him back to her room and undid the rope before heading to the door. As soon as she stepped out of the room, he started to cry.
Oh shoot.
That was so loud.
She rushed back into the room to find him sitting right on the other side of the door, looking up at her sadly.
“Horse, you can’t make that much noise. You’re going to get us into trouble.”
Darn it.
Those puppy dog eyes were so potent.
“All right. I don’t think they’ll want you in the dining room but I guess we can just go down and see if Eli and Kellan are there. If they’re not, then, well, I don’t know . . .”
Then they would have stood her up.
