Hot Ticket by Anthology

Author:Anthology [Anthology]
Language: fra
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary
Published: 2010-09-21T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

05

Sunday, 10:30 A . M .

“Mass transit still isn’t running. The airports remain closed. We’re under a state of emergency.” If Tierney had to repeat this speech one more time, she was going to start loading the desperate guests onto her back and carrying them to their destinations herself. Watching hope die every time someone walked away from her desk was getting to her. People’s nerves were beyond frayed; they were about to snap. A fight had broken out in the lobby over a two-day-old newspaper. When the lights flickered from high winds, the gasps reminded Tierney of people watching a horror film—which this was, in a way. Except this was real.

“You have to do something, or I’m going to throw myself in front of a plow.”

Tierney looked up to see Mindy Mykofsky rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet in front of the desk. The bride-to-be looked insane. At her side, as usual, stood the hapless groom-to-be. He looked pale and extremely hung over.

“Miss, we’re doing everything we can in terms of keeping guests completely up to the moment on the latest weather reports,” Tierney said gently.

Mindy sank to her knees and began to sob. “You don’t understand. I’m supposed to be getting married today!” Her keening filled the lobby.

Tierney slipped out from behind the desk and crouched beside her. “I can’t even imagine what you’re going through,” she said, putting a consoling arm around Mindy’s shoulder. She glanced outside. The snow looked like it had abated somewhat, but that didn’t mean trains, planes, and automobiles were up and running.

“Do you know how much money we’re going to lose?!” Mindy wailed. “My grandma Ethel came all the way up from Boca! She’s eighty-two, and she’s sleeping on a goddamn cot at O’Hare, living on giant chocolate-chip cookies from Au Bon Pain!”

Hopeful for assistance, Tierney glanced up at Mindy’s fiancé. He gestured for her to speak with him a few feet away.

“Yes?” Tierney murmured.

“I am so, so sorry about this,” he apologized, his fleshy face pink with mortification. “I know you’ve got enough shit to deal with without Mindy going postal on you.”

“It’s okay. We’re used to dealing with difficulties.”

The groom looked somewhat relieved. “Thank your boyfriend for me when you get a chance, okay?”

Tierney was taken aback. “Excuse me?”

“The guy from the Herd. He’s your boyfriend, right?”

“No.” How could this guy possibly know anything about her and David?

The groom shrugged. “Oh. I thought he might be after the way he stuck up for you yesterday.”

“He’s just a regular guest at the hotel,” Tierney said politely, finding the words unexpectedly hard to say. “Nothing more.”

“Well, if you see him, thank him for the advice he gave me in the bar last night.”

“What advice was that?” Tierney couldn’t resist asking, even though it was completely inappropriate. Then again, Mindy’s tantrum was inappropriate, too. The way Tierney figured it, Mr. Groom kind of owed her.

“Romantic advice,” the groom answered. “It didn’t work, but I appreciate him taking the time to talk to me.

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