The Secret Six by Evie Del Mar

Author:Evie Del Mar [Del Mar, Evie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-24T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

We spent the entire afternoon, and into the early evening, viewing all the sights and sounds of Las Vegas. To say that I was overwhelmed would be putting it lightly. Everywhere we turned was another hotel and casino, the cha-ching and buzzer noises from slot machines drowning out the chatter from people walking down the street. Drake insisted on taking pictures with every showgirl that walked down his path, each one wearing a more lavish costume than the previous.

As we made our way back to the Luxor, Blake stopped in the middle of the sidewalk. “I’ve got an idea! What if we got someone to give us a tour? That way, someone who works there could show us where the light is, giving us an opportunity to look around. Maybe Blair will have the same ‘pull feeling’ as Lily did.”

Blair gave it a thought. “It couldn’t hurt.”

Drake ran his hand through his hair, pushing it out of his face. “I’ve got the perfect plan on how to get us that tour.” His lips spread in a mischievous smile, and then he walked inside the hotel.

We trailed after him, Blair catching up first as she grabbed his shirt and pulled him back. “What exactly is your plan?”

Drake pulled something out of his pocket and stuck it in his mouth. “Watch and learn…”

“Is that gum?”

“Yup, pumpkin spice. Chicks can’t get enough of that stuff.”

“It’s summer. Where did you get pumpkin spice anything?”

He put his finger on her lips. “Shhh, don’t question it,” he whispered, and turned to walk to the reception desk where a petite, young woman frantically fixed her strawberry blonde hair and checked her reflection on her computer screen before plastering on a flirtatious smile.

I couldn’t hear a single word Drake was saying to her but he pointed in our direction, making her giggle as she twirled a strand of her hair.

“Is he flirting with her?” Blair sneered.

Drake waved us over. “Kim has so graciously offered to give us a tour to see the sky beam,” he exclaimed.

Kim giggled at Drake, smiling so big I was worried her cheeks would get stuck. “I’m technically not supposed to,” she admitted. “So, if you all could keep this under wraps, I would greatly appreciate it.”

We climbed onto the elevator as Kim swiped her employee key card, taking us to the top floor. “When we get off, we’ll have to climb two ladders, one person at a time. One is twenty feet and the other is almost forty, so I hope no one is afraid of heights.”

When the elevator doors opened, Kim led us down a hall where the first ladder was, each of us making the climb up. I stepped off the second ladder and saw insulation tarps covering all the sides of the pyramid-shaped building with numerous light bulbs scattered around.

“You mean, it’s not just one bulb?” I asked, bewildered.

Kim shook her head. “No. There are actually thirty-nine individual lamps but only half make up the sky beam, due to cost.

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