The Forty Column Castle by Marjorie Thelen
Author:Marjorie Thelen [Thelen, Marjorie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781618427106
Publisher: BN Publishing
Eleven
“A five star hotel?” I asked, as we pulled up in front of the Amathus Hotel complete with beach on the Mediterranean and private pools. I’d only fantasized about a room here since it was a bit pricey for my vacation budget.
“Thieves don’t normally stay in five stars, do they?” Zach said. “This would be the last place police would look. Thieves normally stay in seedy hotels with bare light bulbs and half-lit neon signs, don’t they?”
I sighed but didn’t move from the back seat of the taxi. “I thought we were going to find Mr. Bellomo first?”
He shrugged. “We need a land line phone. It might as well be in a posh hotel room as the pay phone on a dark street corner.”
“I notice you are making decisions without consulting me. Are we back to the captive-captor thing? I had gotten the impression we were moving toward team work a bit earlier today.”
I gave him a big, false smile.
He grasped my chin like a lover this time and brushed his lips across mine. Like that made up for everything. I still didn’t know what the score was.
He came around and helped me out. I tried not to hobble and was dying to take off the flip-flops. The lobby was huge with marble floors, chandeliers, big vases of cut flowers, heavy on the bird-of-paradise. I had once enjoyed lunch in the terrace restaurant that overlooked the sea. Lots of palm trees in big terra cotta pots. Warm sea breezes. Patrons loaded with gold jewelry and sporting expensive hair cuts. Superb food.
Zach strode to the check-in counter like he owned the place. I stood close and smiled. He asked for one of the rooms with private pools, avoiding my raised eyebrows. Our registration name was Mr. and Mrs. H. Moon. He pulled out the stack of plastic cards, flipped through and selected one. Did he have a collection of cards with various aliases? But he pocketed the cards before I could get a better look. The transaction went through without a hitch. We had a place for the night.
The clerk in spiffy gray uniform trimmed in gold and maroon looked us over and peeked over the counter.
“Your luggage, sir?”
“The airline lost it and said it will follow later. We’ll step over to the gift shop and pick up a few things.”
“Of course,” the clerk said with a hotel smile and turned to help the next customer.
Zach steered me into the designer gift shop. We both picked out clothes. They even had underwear. I picked out two pair of thongs, Zack intent upon my selection but speaking only with his eyes, a pair of tan Capri pants, white cotton blouse, and sandals resplendent with fake green jewels and copper sequins that were so tacky I loved them. I saw a slinky little black sundress and threw it on top of the pile. Zach put my stuff with his selection -- a pair of tan pants and a white polo shirt.
Our room was to- the-extreme with balcony, sitting room and its own private pool with Jacuzzi.
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