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    THE BENSON
    A NOVELLA
    # 2.5 IN
THE EXPERIMENT IN TERROR SERIES
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Karina Halle
    Copyright © 2011 by Karina Halle
Published by Metal Blonde Books at KDP
     
     
     
     
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    PRAISE FOR THE EXPERIMENT IN TERROR SERIES
     
    “ Perry and Dex are two charismatic and slightly crazy characters that carry you in kicking and screaming along for the ride. ” – Naughty Between the Stacks
     
    “ I don ’ t think, short of being completely ridiculous, I can encourage you more strongly to read this series. It has quickly moved to the top of my favorites list. ” – The Bookish Babes
     
    “ Halle continues to surprise readers with different twists and turns. ” – Living Life Through Books
     
    “ A ghost hunting adventure with original characters guaranteed to please! ” – Romancing the Darkside
     
    “ Seductively entertaining…I ’ m convinced that it has some secret ingredient (like the sauce on a Big Mac or the coffee beans at Starbucks) that makes it immediately addictive. ” – Bitsy Bling Books
     
    “ Loved it, loved it, loved it. I can ’ t say it enough. I ’ ve never related to a character as much as I did to Perry Palomino. ” – Pretty Opinionated
     
     
        
           For my readers
     
     
     
           The Benson
     
    I have never been inside The Benson hotel before. Looking back, it’s kind of weird since I’ve lived in Portland for my whole life, but I guess there are a lot of things in your city you never see. Not the way the tourists do.
     
    Tonight though, I decided I would be a tourist. Having a camera at my side would certainly help in that pretense. I smile up at the doorman as I make my way up the sidewalk, pausing briefly at the bronze plaque on the ground as I have many times before when walking throughout downtown, and then timidly walk up the steps inside.
     
    “Good evening and welcome to The Benson ma’am,” the doorman says to me, cheery enough in his fancy, gold-gilded uniform. Still, I feel like he’s judging me and what I’m wearing; my Doc Martens still muddy from the morning’s rainfall, my maroon leggings with a hole in them and a scuffed leather jacket. I’m obviously not a guest here, not at one of the most prestigious hotels in the state of Oregon.
     
    I give him a tight smile and walk past him into the revolving doors which sweep me inside. The lobby is surprisingly busy for nine p.m. as there’s a li ne at the vast checkout counter a few people deep, and the bar/lounge to the right of me is crammed full of swanky patrons swilling martinis. I barely have time to take in the understated grandeur and opulence of the lobby – which totally reminds me of the golden age of Hollywood – before a waving movement brings my attention to the bar again.
     
    In the corner, swilling what can only be a Jack Daniels and Coke is Dex. Actually, he’s not swilling it. Rather, downing it in fast gulps and as soon as he sees he’s caught my attention, he waves the prim waitress over and orders another one.
     
    I swallow hard, feeling all sorts of