Worlds Away by Alexa Land

Author:Alexa Land [Land, Alexa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-12-22T16:00:00+00:00

“The nice thing about working a crapload of miscellaneous part-time jobs,” he said, “is that you get to peek behind the scenes at a lot of different places. For four months last year, I worked maintenance at this hotel’s sister property. I thought it was interesting that every ballroom came equipped with one of these.” We stepped into a small room that was basically an electrical closet. “This is the nerve center for the ballroom. Lighting, heating and air conditioning, and music are all controlled from here. Then there’s this, which seemed odd to me at first.” He activated a little black and white screen, which showed the ballroom, and spun a dial, which piped in the ambient noise from the fundraiser.

“Weird. I mean, I know every hotel has security cameras,” Josh said, “but why would you have this redundant security system?”

“It’s actually not for security, it’s for the staff.” Darwin pulled out a stool from beneath a narrow counter and sat down as he said, “They can use this screen during an event to check and see how everything’s going without being obtrusive.”

We watched as one of Huntington’s lackeys took the podium at the front of the room and began introducing Dick with a ridiculously glowing monologue. “Wow, that’s awesome,” Darwin muttered. “Huntington is a prince among men, truly. Just ask his hand puppet.” He glanced at Nana over his shoulder and said, “Do you just want to watch and listen, or do you want to ruffle some feathers?”

She said, “Honey, if you’ve got a way to be a fox in that hen house, let ‘er rip! I’ll pay your bail if we get busted.”

Darwin said, “Okay then, everybody try to stay quiet. They’ll be able to hear us as soon as I flip a switch on this control panel. Josh, will you please film this?” His boyfriend readily agreed, and Darwin smiled at him before accessing something on his phone.

The man at the podium said, “Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the next mayor of our great city, Richard Huntington!” The crowd cheered, and Darwin turned on a small microphone, then held his phone next to it. As Huntington strode toward the stage, the Imperial March from Star Wars began to blast over the ballroom’s P.A. system. Huntington looked furious as he took the stage. When he tried to speak into the microphone, Darwin tapped his phone’s screen, and Darth Vader’s deep, commanding voice invited the crowd to join the dark side. I had to bite my lip to keep from howling with laughter.

But then, Darwin swung the mic up, leaned into it, and said, “Hi folks. Sorry to disrupt your party. It looks real nice, and I’ll let you get back to it in just a minute. But first, I want to share something with you that Mr. Huntington said to me earlier this week. If what you’re about to hear doesn’t bother you, then hey, go ahead and write that man a big, fat check, because clearly, he’s the right candidate for you.

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