Grand Hotel (A Geek An Angel) by JACKSON J. A

Author:JACKSON, J. A. [JACKSON, J. A.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 2013-04-28T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

The Womanizer, Blame it on alcohol

Minutes later Pauline settled into a chair at the bar. With one hand she clasped her glass and then brought the straw to her lips. The drink felt good going down.

She stared back at the ceiling to floor mirror in front of her. It reflected back the corridor leading to the main hallway back toward the front of the hotel.

It didn’t take long for Pauline to focus her eyes on the two men standing under a huge elaborate Spanish Revivalist painting on the wall.

She glanced back intently. They wore uniforms with gold buttons and black arm slashes. She looked again and saw the letters MP on their arms.

Then a thought struck her. She wondered if they were looking for one of the young men present at the event.

Pauline hadn’t turned the thought over in her mind when she heard someone call her name.

“Pauline?” a woman’s delicate voice asked, taking the seat next to her.

“Pearl, what are you doing here?”

“I just needed a moment to myself,” Pearl shrugged her shoulders taking a seat beside her. “I was backstage with Mother Kahina Laveau, but the loud chatter of children trying to talk over each other was getting on my nerves. How Mother Laveau can stand it I’ll never know. And you?”

“My nerves were on edge too. But for different reasons.”

Pearl’s eyes grew thoughtful. “Say, what’s that you’re drinking? It looks mighty thirst quenching.”

“It is,” Pauline swallowed hard and waived her hand. “Darn, I forgot what it is called,” she took the final sip, swallowed hard and then put the empty glass back on the counter.

Pauline then paused a moment. She rubbed her brow as if she was trying to remember.

“Say Bartender, my friend Pearl will have one of these,” she said lifting her drink. “What’s it called again?” she asked but didn’t wait for him to answer. “Oh never mind, and bring me another one too.”

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