Find Me, Maggie by Beth Yarnall

Author:Beth Yarnall
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781940811765
Publisher: Story Siren Publishing

7

The thing about being on the run is that you’re always looking over your shoulder when you should be paying attention to where you’re headed. We’d managed to put a few hundred miles between the head of the Russian mob and us, but it was getting late and both Miguel and I were exhausted.

We found a No-Tell Motel just outside of Redding, California and since the desk clerk was male, I was up to bat.

I yanked my shirt down in front and readjusted my boobs so they were spilling out the V-neck. Letting my hair down from its ponytail, I shook it out. A little lipstick and I was good to go.

I put an extra swing in my step as I came through the door. “Hi.”

The clerk did a jerky double take then cracked a stained, gap-toothed smile to rival any meth addict’s. “Hellooooo.”

“I need a room. A double. But…” I arched my back a little, leaning forward to rest my breasts on the countertop. “I don’t have any ID. Is that going to be a problem?”

His gaze zeroed in on Wanda and Wendy, giving them a visual groping I could almost feel. “Do you, um, have a credit card?”

I tried to sound sad, putting out my bottom lip a little. “No.”

“Well, now, that’s a problem.”

“It is? But it’s so late. And I’m so tired.”

“I guess maybe…maybe I could overlook it.”

“You’re the best.” I jumped a little, making the Wonder Twins bounce. “Could I get a room at the back? Bottom floor, please? I just need it for tonight.”

“You’ll have to pay up front. And there’s a twenty-dollar fee for ah, overlooking your lack of ID and credit card.”

“No problem.” I handed over the cash.

“Room 52.” He held out the key, but when I grabbed it he didn’t let go. “Why do you need two beds?”

“My girlfriend and I are planning to push them together to make one big bed so we can have a really bouncy naked pillow fight.”

His jaw dropped open and his grip went slack. “Ahh…”

I snatched the key from him. Turning back as I left, I gave him a finger wave over my shoulder. “Toodles.”

As soon as I got in the car, I burst out laughing. “What is it with guys and naked girl-on-girl pillow fights?”

“If you have to ask you’ll never get it,” Miguel said. “It’s a dude thing.”

He drove us around to our room at the back of the hotel and backed into the parking space for a quick getaway.

“I wish I could call Alice,” Miguel said as he flipped through one fuzzy channel after another on the TV. So much for the advertised cable TV.

Maybe talking to Alice and hearing her news would light a fire under Miguel to get himself together and start thinking of someone other than himself for a change.

“As long as you use the hotel room phone and make it quick that shouldn’t be a problem.”

I really needed to check in with Super Agent, but I was afraid he’d

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