After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 249

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Chapter 249

Liam parked the car out front of the motel. Elaine stood on the sidewalk, looking up with a furrowed brow at the run–down building.

“Is this really the only place…”

“It is. Trust me, I checked. Like… so, so many times,” Liam said and ran his fingers through his hair. He had checked. About half a dozen times. He’d been trying to drive faster today in order to reach a better spot, but this is where they’d ended up.

So this was the only option for the night.

“Come on, let’s just get a room. It’s only for one night,” Liam said.

“For all the money and power you have….we’re stuck in a shitty motel for the night,” Elaine said, walking past him and to the front door.

“Money can’t buy everything,” Liam replied.

Elaine looked over at him doubtfully before pushing the door open. The smell inside hit them both like a wall.

It was the bitter smell of rot, mold, and something else Elaine didn’t want to name. Though she could piece it out quite well by a stain on the floor in the corner, She really threw up and left then and there.

Liam held it together by holding his breath the first few strides in through the door, but on his first real inhale he struggled not to cough. There was no one at the front desk.

“You know what, it’s not what I thought,” Elaine said, keeping a hand over her nose. “It’s so much worse.”

Liam cleared his throat. “It certainly has a kind of… aftertaste.”

“Smells in the air shouldn’t have an aftertaste!”

“No they should not,” Liam replied easily, tapping the bell on the counter. They both waited.

Elaine looked around. “I wouldn’t be surprised if no one even worked here. What are the odds this place is abandoned?”

“I would say fifty–fifty, but the lights are on,” Liam said, pointing up to the single bulb on the ceiling.” So I’m going to say there’s definitely someone lurking around here.

“Lurking interesting choice of word,” Elaine mused, crossing her arms and refusing to touch anything Liam tapped the bell again. It rang.

No one came out. Liam tapped it several more times.