Vincent and the Grandest Hotel on Earth by Lisa Nicol

Author:Lisa Nicol
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781760147198
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

CHAPTER 11

THE SIXTEENTH FLOOR

Vincent stood for a moment staring at the elevator. Zelda had been so serious. She was usually warm and friendly. Vincent was beginning to realise there was a lot more to The Grand than he first thought. It wasn’t just some wildly luxurious hotel. There were other things going on. Things he didn’t understand. He remembered what Florence had said at lunch, about powerful rooms and transformations. He thought about the D’Silva boys and Max and Chelsea. The more he thought about everything, the more confused he felt.

Vincent headed down the hall and quickly found the Syn-chronee-city Room.

He stood outside the door.

Inside his mind questions flew like arrows across a battlefield.

I wonder why they’re in the Synchronicity Room? What’s in there? What does synchronicity mean? Could it be an exact replica of a city called Syn-chronee, which they had to flee?

Vincent touched the gold letter ‘S’ with his finger.

He desperately wanted to knock and hand the tap shoes over in person. That way he could catch a glimpse of the room and the guests as well.

He clenched his hand into a fist and went to knock on the door.

But then he stopped himself.

He remembered the look on Zelda’s face and what she had said about looking for trouble.

Vincent put the tap shoes down outside the door. He turned and walked back up the hall towards the elevator.

But when he got there, he didn’t stop. Instead, he kept right on walking. I wonder what rooms are up this end?

Vincent passed the Infinity Room, the Alchemy Room, the Last Bets Room … the Fancy Seeing You Here Room. The fact he had seen these rooms before didn’t register until he saw it – the Mirrors of the Future Room. Vincent cursed himself. Of all the rooms to be standing in front of after Zelda’s words of warning. That was the downside to being treated like family. Your best behaviour is more prone to slip when you feel right at home.

Vincent looked up and down the corridor. There was no one around. He shut his eyes, hoping his huge dilemma might disappear. But when he opened them, everything was exactly the same as it was before.

Vincent told himself to turn and go back to the elevator.

Am I seriously going to mess up my first week at The Grandest Hotel on Earth, the most incredible thing that’s ever happened to me?

It was true. Vincent hadn’t been this happy in a long time.

So he mustered all his strength and managed to take one step away from the room. Yes! Now do it again!

Vincent took another step. Yes!

Slowly, step by step he walked backwards until he reached the elevator and, before giving himself a chance to double think, he slammed his hand onto the down button.

The ring around it lit up.

He was safe.

Zelda would be here any minute.

Vincent stood there, his heart pounding as the strains of Beethoven’s all-knowing ninth symphony rose up the elevator shaft.

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