Chapter 27
“I can still find my way around the hotel.” Angeline made to break free of Tommy’s grip.
“Let’s not be so polite with each other, Ms. Emmerson!” Tommy was almost holding Angeline hostage as he dragged her out of the room and toward the elevator.
As the drug’s effects took over, Angeline’s mind grew murkler. Her strength was also leaving her. She struggled but failed to get away from Tommy. “Let me go!”
At the elevators, some people glanced in Tommy and Angeline’s direction. Tommy wrapped an arm around her and pretended to give her a doting look as he said, “I told you you couldn’t hold your liquor, but you insisted. C’mon, settle down. I’ll take you back to the room so you can get some rest!”
Then, he smiled apologetically at the other people. He pressed the call button for the elevator, leaning close to Angeline’s ear to whisper, “Ned’s final wish is for someone to take you home. What, are you gonna go back on
your word?”
Angeline’s gaze was already unfocused, but she could still see Tommy had pressed the button for the elevator
to head upstairs, not down. And Zachary hadn’t shown up
If Ned and Tommy could drug her, there was no saying they couldn’t do the same to Zachary. She guessed
that Zachary had also been drugged and locked in a hotel room upstairs.
Since this was Ned’s final wish, she could do as he wanted. But why did it have to be Zachary?
“C’mon, be good. Stop kicking up a fuss! You’re drunk; you need to head back to your room to get some rest, okay?” Tommy half–led, half–dragged Angeline into the elevator and pressed the button for the 57th floor.
Angeline, who couldn’t even stand upright anymore, clenched a fist around the key card in her pocket. She’d reserved a hotel room for herself just in case, and it happened to also be on the 57th floor.
“You still owe me a wish. This is my final one–allow someone to take you home.”
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