Damage Control by M. S. Parker

Damage Control by M. S. Parker

Author:M. S. Parker [Parker, M. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belmonte Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-12-25T16:00:00+00:00


Eighteen

Piety

I’d booked a room at the Bellagio before I left Philadelphia.

Now, as my driver came to a stop at the elegant, grand entrance, I tightened my hand around Kaleb’s. He was staring at nothing, and I knew part of him wasn’t here.

He was thinking about his sister.

I wished I could take the worry away, but I was too acutely aware of the sort of trouble she might be in. The first month I’d been at the shelter, I’d worked with a girl who’d tried to get away from her john. She’d tried so hard.

One day, she left the part-time job at a coffee shop, and he caught up with her, threatening that she still owed him.

When she stood up to him, he’d beaten her senseless.

People like this Stefano were bottom-feeders. We had to find out how to help Camry.

“Thanks, Delano,” I said as he helped me out of the back of the car. I passed him a twenty. “Would you be available tomorrow if I need you?”

“You just give me a call, Ms. Van Allan.” He tipped his hat to me and nodded at Kaleb as he climbed out.

Offering my hand to Kaleb, I waited for him to take it before we started inside.

The concierge had seen me coming, and he already had my room key ready as well as a bellboy on hand to take the luggage Delano had unpacked from the trunk.

“I still can’t get over that,” Kaleb said abruptly.

I glanced at him, puzzled.

He gestured to the bellhop walking in front of us as we started down the hall. “You didn’t even have to check in. They were just…waiting for you.”

“Ah…” Blood rushed to stain my cheeks red. “Well. Yeah.”

He laughed. “You’re embarrassed by it. I imagine your dad would be furious if a place like this wasn’t ready to get down on bended knee the moment he walked through the doors.”

“Probably.” I nodded at the bellboy as he held the elevator doors for us, nudging Kaleb in the ribs so he’d stop.

But he either didn’t get the hint or refused to take it. He met the bellboy’s eyes. “What’s it like? Working at a place like this?”

“It’s a good job, sir.” He smiled politely at Kaleb.

“I’m not a sir.” Kaleb snorted. “I’m only here because I’m lucky enough to be hooked up with her. Otherwise I’d be…hell, a week ago, I was taking my clothes off for a living.”

“What was that like?” The bellboy smiled again, still polite, but I saw a hint of amusement in his eyes. “Working at a job like that?”

“Good one,” I murmured. Then I winked at the bellboy. “Ignore him. He’s had a rough few days.”

“I understand.”

Once he had my suitcase in the room, he nodded at us and accepted the bill I extended, then left, closing the door softly behind him. Meeting Kaleb’s eyes, I said, “When I’ve had a bad day, I get a little bratty, just to make me feel better. It looks like we share that in common.”

“Sorry if I embarrassed you.



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