wn from the car he could sm

t blue shirt and long white

t, he stared at the hotel as he

ite the opposite of what he wa

ybe she liked his attitude. I

e figured ou

she walked away from the car

her expectations,' James thou

start to a crime n

ame from an old pale green t

to his vehicle. He watched the

the hotel, luggage in tow. Ja

r the mid twenty-year-old wo

the red short pile carpet

g, Sir, may

ooked into a room for a

on the computer. "Yes, you'v

e pool for thirty-one days. An

om

something unique about

the girl. "I'll call for th

fer to carry the bags myself.

t

Porter will see to th

ess. I can manage," insisted

ed the smiling girl's ever

ejuvenation. At long last, the

they'd continue to pick up sp

ossible new crime novel. Aman

erlooking the pool and the g

dial gr

oughtfulness," repeated J

Even though she seemed to be

connection she might have

ide stepping to co

old pale green two door-seda

n walking across the lobby t

his way, James turned his

on. He wouldn't have looked b

st hadn't given him an ultim

ming in his mind and even more

ance