Hide & Seek by Aimee Laine

Author:Aimee Laine
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: David_James Mobilism.org
ISBN: 9781937744014
Publisher: J. Taylor Publishing
Published: 2012-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

17

Lexi swayed against Tripp, timing her movements to the music as much as to the beat of his heart. The whirlwind of the prior twenty-four hours didn’t escape her, but she wanted to let some of the memories go. She held tight, accepting his lips against hers until the sounds of the instruments faded.

She urged him down for one last kiss before switching from pleasure to business. “I believe we have some paperwork to pick up, right?”

“You sure you want to get into this kind of stuff?”

They meandered back toward the hotel, her hand in his. “Depends on the project, I guess.”

“Luckily, this one’s easy. Care to double check the location of our goodies?” Tripp led them to a bench, slid out his phone. “Need this?”

Lexi shook her head. She visualized the papers Tripp had shown her and stepped her way through to their spot inside the safe. “Same place, same stack, same … well, everything.”

“Good. Let’s go, then.”

The hotel’s lobby bustled with late night activity. Park goers strolled in, and the bar’s band picked up where the outside group left off. Lexi and Tripp cut a path to the elevator through hallways lit with electric sconces reminiscent of the candles used in the original building. According to the brochure, the effect gave hotel patrons a feel for its first era but still met all the current-day commercial regulations.

Tripp guided her to the second floor offices, which he found tucked behind a faux wall.

“I thought this kind of stuff only existed in movies,” Lexi said.

His chuckle preceded a smile. “This is another way to modernize without taking away the atmosphere.” He stopped, his hand on the fake panel. “Can you see stuff outside of the object in question?”

“Sometimes. You know those virtual tours they give of beach houses or buildings? I can shove through that kind of stuff pretty easily, at least in the vicinity of the item.”

He tilted his head in her direction. “Cool. Want to do a double check no one’s inside?”

“Sure.” Lexi closed her eyes, visualized the papers again and backed out through the images.

Without lights to guide her, she navigated from the smaller room to a bigger one but found no people or security cameras.

“I don’t see anything.”

“Excellent.” Tripp pushed open the door.

“Um, how did you get us through that? It was locked.”

He drew one finger up and touched it to her closed lips. She followed him into the dark, lit only by the glow from computer screens. He inched his way through until he opened another hidden door behind a painting of the most recent hotel owner.

Lexi wanted to say ‘gawdy’ and ask who left the air freshener on high but kept silent as Tripp ran his hands over the safe and the combination lock. He spun it forward and backward, around a third time.

One click.

A swish.

The door opened with ease.

From his left pocket, he withdrew a flashlight, motioned her to take it while pointing into the depths of the safe.

With Lexi’s hold on the light, Tripp picked through the assorted papers.

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