I Heard a Rumor by Cheris Hodges

Author:Cheris Hodges [Hodges, Cheris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Women, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781617733826
Publisher: Dafina
Published: 2015-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Robert didn’t tell Persone Wallace that he had no idea where he was going when they entered the Charleston city limits. But he’d been following a News Fourteen van and figured they’d seen the same reports about Chante and Harrington. He almost snorted as he thought about Chante judging him so harshly about sleeping with that girl, and here she was, dealing with a man who had documented links to a call-girl ring.

Her moral high ground was gone. Pulling into the hotel parking lot, Robert turned to Persone. “Didn’t I tell you?”

“Just because the press is here doesn’t mean…”

“That’s Chante’s car!”

Persone watched Chante and Zachary Harrington pull up underneath the canopy of the hotel and get whisked away by two security guards. “Well, I’ll be damned,” Persone said. “Looks like you were right.” He hopped out of the car with Robert in tow. Persone pulled out his iPad Mini and took a few shots of Chante and Zachary walking into the hotel. It wasn’t lost on him that Zachary’s hand was on Chante’s bottom.

“I thought you said you two were getting back together?” Persone asked.

Robert glared at the couple. He wasn’t jealous, but he was angry. How dare she judge him when she was hooking up with a pimp?

“Bitch,” he mumbled. “I bet… You know what, she is just trying to get attention. Once we see each other, we’ll be back on track.”

Persone dashed toward the front door of the hotel but was stopped by security.

“Do you have a reservation?” one of the guards asked.

“I don’t. I need a room, though,” Persone said. “My brother and I are here to see our sick mother at the Medical University of South Carolina.”

The guard folded his arms across his chest. “Aren’t you pretty far from the hospital?”

“There were no vacancies closer.”

“And there are none here. Sorry.” The guard gave Persone a gentle push. “Good luck finding a room near your mom.”

“So that’s how you’re going to do me?”

“I know why you’re here, and sitting up here pretending that your mother is sick is low, even for a reporter.” The guard walked away, and Robert headed inside. He was a little less conspicuous in his three-piece suit and carrying a briefcase.

Walking up to the front desk, he smiled at the clerk, then said, “I’m Robert Montgomery, and my fiancée is expecting me.”

“And what’s her name?” the comely woman asked with a smile.

“Chante Britt.”

“Do you want me to call her and let her know you’re waiting for her?” she asked.

“Well, I want to surprise her, and I was hoping you could direct me to her room.”

The woman shook her head. “I’m sorry, but I can’t give out a guest’s room number.”

“But I want to surprise her. Please, help me out.”

She shook her head again. “Sorry, sir. But hotel policy doesn’t allow me to do that.”

“Fine,” Robert said, tempering his anger. “I’ll wait for her in the lobby.”

“That’s a good option,” the woman replied before heading into an office behind the front desk. Robert

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