Fall With Me: A Contemporary Icarus Retelling (Gods of Hazelwood: Icarus Book 2) by Lucy Smoke
Author:Lucy Smoke [Smoke, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-27T16:00:00+00:00
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AURORA
Thereâs an age-old adage that money talks, but wealth whispers. Despite my love for roughed-up Converse and ripped skinny jeans, I know this to be true. Iâm unfortunately not so blissfully ignorant of my standing in society and how itâs helped me. Hel is the reason for that. Before her mother married Seleneâs uncle, she and her family were fixed in the middle class, living off of the sole income of her motherâs job as a flight attendant. Even now that Helâs mom no longer works full timeâI canât help but respect her standing and how she raised her daughter.
Hel has a different type of intelligence than those of the upper echelon. She sees things in a new and diverse way. With all that sheâs taught me, now I canât help but see the differences in the way people live and how those with money and those without treat others.
New money is often loud. Obnoxious, some might say. Temperamental. Old moneyâlike the kind that built Hotel Marquisâis quiet and understated. It doesnât draw attention but instead is softly luxurious.
Hotel Marquis is exactly the type of place old Hollywood royalty would stay. Itâs classic and secure, with the well-groomed and well-dressed attendants in the lobby acting as watchful guard dogs as they scan the lobby from their stations behind polished countertops. I have an idea that they could probably sniff a paparazzi from a mile awayâtheyâre that good.
âWhat floor are they on?â I ask as Hel and I stride through the lobby towards the elevators.
Even though weâre both dressed like normal college students, I was careful to instruct Hel on how to look for today. Our jeans might be ripped in certain places, but itâs all decidedly purposeful. The way we walk. The way we scan the room, keeping our eyes raised but never lingering too long on any one person. Itâs to not draw attention. I wouldnât put it past Seleneâs mother to have asked the hotel to keep any unwanted or unscheduled visitors from coming in.
âThe nineteenth floor,â Hel replies, her voice lower than normal due to how the marble and stone walls of the lobby make everything around us echo. âPresidentâs suite.â
I nod and direct the two of us toward the furthest elevators. Iâve stayed in enough luxury hotels in my life to know that thereâs always one set of elevators that go past a certain point. The lower floors are for those lucky enough to stay on someone elseâs dime, and the higher ones are for long-time clients and guests of the Hotelâs services.
âWhat if you need a card to enter?â Hel asks, her nervousness shining through.
âItâs fine.â Iâve stayed in a different Hotel Marquis before and have a sneaking suspicion that they all use the same security process as the others.
I press the button and stand back as we wait for the elevator. When it arrives, I usher her inside first and then glance down the rows of buttons and, of course, the card scanner thatâs built into the wall.
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