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"You aren’t talking me out of this, Glory" Trina used the sa my sweat in a way that made me want to hurl

When I was satisfied that I’d done all I could do to s back to Trina and we headed out No leash for Valdez, but that was no big deal As we got near the entrance to the hotel, I could see the usual li taxis in line Then the flashes started

"It’s Glory St Clair! Glory, what’s up?"

I stopped, ht behind ood for the red carpet Be sure to look for me at the Graned to Kill" I na and Israel Caine will be on there with h school drill team

Inside, I headed for the elevators but Trina stopped o for broke We take the stairs"

"The suite’s on the twenty-third floor!" I wailed Yep, wailed What can I say? This was like the last straw But Trina just smiled and pointed to her neck, then waved her wrist underto lose big And if we climbed those stairs

So we clihts By ten I was ready to ride Valdez but realized that was cruelty to aniged variety anyway See? I wasn’t even thinking straight at that point I was crawling by the time we made it to the door of the suite I handed my key card to Brittany and she let us in

Flo and Ian were playing cards Cards! I wanted to smack both of the No energy for it

"Shower first You’ll feel better and it’ll work just as well" Ian was absolutely chirpy

"Valdez, toss hiered toward my bathroom, but stopped and turned "Flo, is Nathan here?"

"No, we’re the only ones hoathered up some bills Obviously they’d played for money

"Trina, you can shower in the other bathroom Put on one of the shirts in the closet there Nathan won’t notice He has fifteen identical white button-downs"

"Thanks, Glory I’ll be sweet and clean for your feeding" Trina smirked at Flo "Glory loves to take from me It’s veryerotic" She danced off toward the other bedroom accompanied by Flo’s Italian curses Danced Like she hadn’t just run twenty hts of stairs

"Are you all right, Glory?" Flo hurried to h but I survived" I sniffed "I’ara to happen I never bet that much" He touched my cheek "Hurry up with that shower, Glory You’re very weak, aren’t you?"

"Yes If you hear a thump, Flo, come pick me up and wrap me in a towel No one else sees my butt Got it, pal?" I knew I sounded loopy, but couldn’t seem to stop myself

"Go, Glory I’ll take care of you" Flo pushed me toward the bathroom "Call if you need me"

I shut myself inside the bathroom and stripped off my stinky clothes Before I could think too much, I turned on the water and stepped into the shower The hot water revived ot out quickly and pulled on one of the comfy robes the hotel provided

I stopped with my hand on the bathroom door, reminded of the robes Jerry and I had worn at Chip’s house What was Jerry doing tonight? God, if he dropped by and found IanI picked er No calls That was either good news or bad Good that Jerry hadn’t left a e that he was on his way over Bad that Jerry still wasn’t speaking to et MacDonald out of here as soon as possible

I grabbed a towel and wrapped my wet hair in it, then headed to the bedrooht between the eyes Sotired A knock on the door interrupted the first sleep I’d had in what seemed like forever

"What?" I opened one eye