Dangerous Offer by A.L. Nelson

Author:A.L. Nelson [Nelson, A.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

The bags were packed, and the room double-checked to be sure nothing was left behind. Shelby laid three ten-dollar bills on the counter with a note underneath, thanking the maid for the clean towels over the past few days. Nearby sat the postcards and letter Gavin delivered. Still unread. Staring at them wouldn’t make them go away.

In the hospital, it had been the same. Reading them felt wrong. She perpetuated the lie on national television. All those people who responded to her did so under a false assumption, playing into the lie. They were victims. The fault was hers. She lifted the mail from the dresser and dropped it into the room’s trashcan.

The phone vibrated in her pocket with the notification. The driver she requested sat at the curb, so she collected her bags and walked out. The elevator was fast since most guests still slept. She’d been lucky, able to do some last-minute trading overnight during a bout of insomnia. Seats were swapped out on the flight she told Gavin about for one a full six hours earlier.

It felt good to be leaving the city and its bad memories behind. She’d never come back. Nothing could ever make a return trip happen.

The driver tossed her bag into the trunk and drove off. “Traffic’s bad already this morning, huh?” he asked, glancing in the rearview mirror.

“I wouldn’t know. I don’t live here.” Shelby didn’t care much for the idea of obligatory small talk with this man she wouldn’t see again. He’d been staring at her far too much. She couldn’t shake the feeling he recognized her name, if not her face.

“Trust me. It’s bad.” He glanced in the rearview mirror again, to see her staring through the side window.

He recognized the signs and decided to drop the conversation. And decided against asking where the cop was, or if he could take a photograph with her for a social media site he favored. He had a local celebrity in his car. What was he thinking? She was a national celebrity.

Maybe the guy died. She looked upset. He must’ve died. Tough break for a woman renowned as a hero not too long ago for saving the poor guy’s life.

If it weren’t so early, he might’ve tried to interest her in a drink. It would be exciting to have a famous girlfriend. He could tell everyone how he’d helped her pick up the pieces of her life, how he’d been a hero to the hero. It might work. He’d have to ask for contact information before she got away.

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