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The clerk shot an annoyed look at him, shook his head, and then continued to talk to the person on the phone

"Are you certain?" Jake persisted, leaning against the counter, ready to climb over it and force the clerk to answer him immediately

The clerk said to the person on the phone, "Excuse me for a second" With his hand over the mouthpiece of the phone and a peeved look on his face, he turned his full attention to Jake "She had a couple of es, one delivered to her room and the other here at the counter"

"Who delivered theround his teeth "She could be in danger"

Thehi some real criminals They’ve threatened her once already, and I had to intervene to protect her earlier in the day I have to er"

The clerk looked un

"Can I see her roons that she was coerced into leaving?"

"I’o with n of force, you’ll have to call the police If foul play has occurred and you don’t do your part to see that she was safe in a timely manner, your job could very well be on the line"

The aze narrowed even more But he took an annoyed breath and said to the person on the phone, "Let et back to you" Then he scribbled the nuood-bye, and spoke to another clerk in an office "I’ht," a woman said

Then the clerk escorted Jake to Alicia’s roo out, and she see over her shoulder, but it didn’t seeh?"

"Yes She was in a real hurry I was on the phone at the time, but I could see she was really apprehensive She kept looking over her shoulder as if solanced at Jake, i to avoid

The clerk opened the door to her roo was alanced around the rooive him a clue as to why she left so abruptly While the clerk checked out the bathroom, Jake noticed a note on the dresser, saw her name and room number on it, and opened it Someone had warned Alicia not to stay with Jake or Jake would die, damn the perpetrator’s soul who had written the note

"Was that so to the paper in Jake’s hand as he rejoined him

"Yeah, the perp threatened that if she took me with her, I’d be dead I told you this was serious"

The man’s eyes widened "Shouldn’t we call the police?"

"Yeah That’s what you need to do Tell the to catch Mario Constantino and Danny Massaro, who are bail bond juainstto look for her and see if I can catch sight of her car anywhere It’s a red Neon Not sure of the license plate nuned in"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>