Spark: One of Us Series by Faulks Kim

Author:Faulks, Kim
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Finley

2019

Senator Leah Williams looked older than she had over the last few years. Crow’s feet at the corner of her eyes looked like gouges. Her navy-blue suit looked crumpled, frayed almost. And even though she squared her shoulders and met the reporters with a smile…I could tell it was a lie.

I lifted the phone closer, widened the live feed to the man at her side, and then the bodyguards as a pang of desperation tore free.

I wanted to see her. The girl with the blue eyes. I wanted to see what kind of woman the girl who commanded lightning had become.

But she wasn’t there, not when the camera panned outwards, or even when their cars pulled up outside the Marriott hotel.

I should know…I was there, waiting.

My pulse sped as three of the Hotel’s doormen rushed forward when three sleek black Chryslers pulled to a stop. Doors opened, and her guards were out, sweeping the area before she stepped from the vehicle.

I pressed the button on my phone and the live feed closed. Police crowded the footpath, holding back those few reporters who dared keep up. Three aimed their phones as the Senator lowered her gaze and rushed toward the open doors.

“Step back now!” Police pushed forward, ending the barrage from the media.

I still heard them, even when the doors swung shut. I glanced at my watch, not really caring about the time and crossed my legs. My fingers picked at a stray thread that wasn’t there as the Senator and her husband stopped at the desk.

She murmured instructions and then fell silent. I didn’t have to watch them, it’d only bring undue attention. One more glance at the time and I rose from my seat on the lounge and then slowly made for the bank of elevators.

The Senator gripped the card reader for her suite and then turned, matching me step by step. I reached out pressing the button as she stopped beside me.

She never turned her head, never even glanced my way until the gleaming doors opened and I lifted my hand. “Senator.”

The smile was quick, just a hit before it was gone and she stepped through. Her husband followed, glancing my way before he followed his wife inside. I lowered my gaze, waited for one of her guards to enter before I stepped in.

“Don’t forget to call,” Senator Williams murmured to her husband as he reached out and pressed the button for their floor.

“I won’t.” He stabbed the tenth floor button and then stepped backwards.

I could feel him watching me, as was their protector. I expected the focus, wanted it even. The elevator doors closed and gave a shudder before it started to rise.

“You didn’t press a button,” the Senator’s husband murmured.

I glanced his way, smiled. It was all timed, every action had a sequence, and a reason, and as the lights flashed overhead and the elevator climbed, I reached for the elevator controls and pressed the button for the fourteenth floor and dropped my hand.

The Senator stiffened as the lights flashed.

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