Lilac and Old Gold by Jeff Siebold

Author:Jeff Siebold [Siebold, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Clive yawned. He was sitting in a leather chair in the lobby of the Omni Hotel, holding a newspaper, sipping tea in a china cup and glancing at the elevators from time to time. The small teapot sat on the end table next to his chair. He was wearing a Mark 11 aviator’s watch made by IWC and designed for astronavigation after World War II. Clive was a horologist, an aficionado of fine British watches. His fine British watch told him that it was nearly ten AM and that he had been sitting in the lobby for three hours.

Across the lobby, Zeke sat at a telephone table, working the daily crossword puzzle in the Atlanta newspaper. They had rented a room in the hotel, so that their presence wouldn’t be questioned, and took up their observation points in the lobby. From those spots, they could see the lobby desk, the elevators, the gift shop and the main entry doors. The lobby was busy with tourists and business people, each of whom appeared to have an important place to go.

They had rented the room Saturday late, and spent much of the evening keeping watch. It was Sunday morning, now, and they had decided that some leisure time in the lobby wouldn’t seem out of place to the hotel staff.

So far, neither of them had seen the Accountant. Clive had signaled when he saw a short man exit the elevators, but it turned out to be a false alarm. Zeke looked over at Clive from across the room, and shook his head.

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