One Summer Night At the Ritz by Jenny Oliver

Author:Jenny Oliver [Oliver, Jenny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781474030823
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2015-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

‘Dude, I’m right where you are,’ his brother said on the other end of the line.

‘How?’ Will frowned.

‘Find My Friends,’iZeph laughed. ‘What are you doing in The Ritz anyway?’

Will scratched his forehead. Why had he ever downloaded that app? ‘I’m just, er, having dinner.’

‘OK, well I’m gonna swing by cos I’m in the area and I really need some cash.’

Will glanced down at his robe. ‘I’m not actually in the, er, restaurant.’

‘Where are you then?’ asked his brother, then he laughed. ‘Oh I get it. I’m walking up the steps now, god it’s so anal here. The guy’s got a top hat on. Jesus. OK, what room?’

‘Zeph. Just wait down there and I’ll come and meet you.’

‘No chance,’ his brother laughed again. ‘Come on, what room?’

Will put his hand over his eyes and tried to think.

‘I’m waiting,’ said his brother. ‘Hey!’ He heard him say to someone else down in the lobby, ‘Have you seen William Blackwell in here?’

‘OK, Zeph, just tell them you’re seeing Jane Williams. Jane…’ He turned to look at Jane, who was sitting defensively upright again in her seat, eyes wide trying to gauge the situation. Her feelings were unreadable; like the whole previous hour or so hadn’t happened. ‘What’s the room number?’ he asked, reluctant.

‘Well, well, well, what have we here?’eZeph took his sunglasses off as he sauntered into the room and tucked them into the pocket of his leather jacket.

Will had just managed to pull on his damp suit trousers and almost-dry shirt but he hadn’t had time to put his shoes on.

When he’d said his brother was popping in, Jane had looked confused and said, ‘How did he know you were here?’

‘There’s this stupid app where your friends can track where you are. He put it on my phone ages ago because he thought it was funny. I’ve never deleted it.’

She’d raised a brow as if it sounded like the stupidest thing in the world to have on your phone and got up to make a cup of coffee.

Will had watched her deciding between which colour pod to put in the coffee machine, the cuffs on her sweater pulled down over her hands and one arm crossed in front of her body, and found himself furious with an earlier version of himself for not bothering to clean up his phone. He’d wanted to go and stand next to her, but the bang on the door had stopped him.

‘Zeph, this is Jane Williams, she’s the one who sent the diary pages – with the stuff about James Blackwell.’

Zeph stalked the room like some big cat in a safari park. ‘I bet she is. Very cosy,’ was all he said as he took in the room service, the wet towels, Will’s bare feet and Jane’s set en garde expression.

Will rubbed his eyes. ‘So how much money do you need?’

‘What, no friendly hello?’hZeph smirked, obviously enjoying the look of discomfort on his brother’s face. ‘There’s no hurry, Will. I’d be forgiven for thinking you were trying to rush me out.

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