Forgetting Jack Cooper: The Soulmate Edition by Elizabeth Bemis

Author:Elizabeth Bemis [Bemis, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-10-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight: Ruth

“Knock-Knock!” I said, as I rapped my knuckles against Jack’s hotel room door. “We’re running late for the reunion.” The news and camera crews were already on their way over to the high school, where Jack’s high school class reunion was taking place.

There was no answer. I pressed my ear to the door, but didn’t hear anything.

I pulled my phone from the messenger bag over my shoulder, and poked my finger at Jack’s name from my list of contacts. I held the phone directly to my ear.

I couldn’t hear it ringing from his room, but it went straight to voice mail.

“Hi. You’ve reached Jack Cooper. I’m not available to come to the phone right now…”

Ugh.

I pulled my keycard from my pocket, opened my hotel door, and then dove on the hotel’s phone. I keyed in Jack’s room number, 1412, and waited. It didn’t take long to hear, “The guest you have dialed is not currently available. Please leave a message after the tone…”

Jack had as much dedication to timeliness as I did. I was pretty certain he wasn’t running behind. But what if he was ill? I didn’t want to be the studio PR Exec who let the talent expire in the room next to mine because I wasn’t paying attention.

I dialed the concierge, whom I’d spoken to on several occasions.

“Hello Ms. Miller. What can I do for you?”

“Hi. I’m a little concerned because my colleague hasn’t been answering his phone or his door. Is there any chance that security could pop up and let me check to make sure everything is okay?” Jack wasn’t registered under his own name, as I hadn’t wanted to alert any paparazzi that he was staying in the hotel.

However, he was registered in the block of rooms under the studio, so in general, the concierge could make a cognitive leap that the person in room 1412 was a VIP.

“Just a moment, please.”

I didn’t know if he was checking with a manager or patching me through to security. I waited for a full four minutes, all the while trying not to panic about where he might be.

“Security is on their way,” he said.

I thanked him and hung up, then stepped into the hall to await security.

A uniformed hotel security officer arrived within a couple of minutes. “I really hope I’m overreacting,” I said. The guard knocked, then inserted his keycard into the slot. The door lock beeped and he opened the door a crack.

“Hotel security,” he announced, listening for a moment before he swung the door all the way open. I tried to peek around him, but couldn’t see anything but a tidy room. Jack obviously hadn’t checked out of the hotel. His clothes from the day before were draped across the back of the arm chair. His suitcase was open on the frame by the dresser. The bed was made. The bathroom door, just inside the entryway, was open, the lights off. A toiletry kit sat neatly on the sink.

The security guard flipped on all the lights as he went into the room.

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