Meet Me in Venice by Elizabeth Adler

Author:Elizabeth Adler
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-312-36447-2
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2007-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-SEVEN

FRANKFURT

LILY was waiting at carousel 5 in the baggage claim at Frankfurt-Main. She tapped a French-manicured fingernail impatiently against the metal cart, searching the vast hall, half-expecting to see Bennett materialize.

She had the uneasy feeling of being followed, that someone’s eyes were on her. Her black Tumi bag slid down the ramp and she grabbed it. Then, tight as a drum with nerves, she hurried through the green customs light and into the arrivals terminal, wondering, since Paris was out, what to do next.

She looked at the departure destinations listed on a flickering screen. Many flights had been canceled. But she didn’t want to stay in Frankfurt in case she was right and she was being followed. She would have to go south where there was no snow. There was a flight to Venice departing in an hour. It was the last place Bennett would ever think of looking for her. If she were quick, she could make it, otherwise she’d be spending a nervous night in an airport hotel.

Glancing nervously over her shoulder and pushing the luggage cart, she ran to departures. She was lucky, they had not yet closed the gate, and she was able to buy a ticket. Tension flowed out of her as the plane took off. She leaned back, eyes closed, thinking about the last few days. But she still didn’t feel safe.

At Venice’s Marco Polo Airport she called the Bauer Hotel. It was out of season and they were quiet, and she was able to get a room. She took a water taxi there, hardly noticing the beauty all around her because she was too busy watching a second water taxi she suspected was following her. But when she got out at the hotel, it went right on past, and again she breathed a sigh of relief.

Exhausted, she fell into bed. She would call Precious later and they would talk business.

She slept like a dead woman.

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