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head . So, I arrived d utifully a little after two. As promised, I found Jimmy sipping tea in the hotel dining room.
“Jimmy, nice to see you again.”
“Dev, thank you for coming in, would you care for a tea?”
“No thanks, not really a tea kind of guy.”
“Ready to have a go at her highness, then?”
“Yeah, let’s do it.”
We took the elevator . N othing was said on the way up to the third floor n or as we walked down the hall to Felicity and Fiona’s room. I noticed the hotel security Jimmy had told me would be permanently stationed outside their room was nowhere in sight.
“You cancel the security you had outside their room?” I asked.
“Combination of things calming down and a bit of the proverbial budget crunch,” he said and knocked on the door.
Fiona opened the door almost immediately and gave me the requisite shrug of her shoulders along with a smile.
“Hi, Dev, nice to see you.”
“Nice to see you,” I said, Jimmy was already walking into the room and I f ollowed.
“Felicity?” Jimmy asked looking around.
“Actually, she’s not here , Jimmy. I thought she’d be back long before now, but it seems she’s not. She wasn’t at the team meeting or lunch. You didn’t see her downstairs, in the dining room? ”
“Where the hell did she go?” Jimmy asked.
“Some sort of er rand, I don’t know, she took a t axi, a bright yellow one,” she said to me.
That didn’t really narrow things down. We stood there looking at one another when suddenly the door clicked open and Felicity, aka Emma Babe, sauntered in. She ignored me, nodded at Jimmy and walked over to a chair and sat down. She picked up the remote and clicked on the television, then sat in a chair looking out the window at the dumpster, scowling. The television h ad some muted soap opera .
“Hi, Felicity,” I said.
She gave a dismissive nod in my general direction and then went back to staring out the window.
Jimmy smiled and extended a hand indicating the chair opposite Felicity. I was th inking maybe I should pick it up a nd hit her over the head with the thing . Not a bad idea. Instead I asked; “Mind if I sit down?”
“Suit yourself,” she said continuing to stare out at the navy blue dumpster in the parking lot.
I gave Jimm y a look, hoped it suggested her flame was waving close to my fuse. If he picked up on my message he didn’t let on, instead he smiled and motioned toward the chair with his chin . I sat down, took my time getting comfortable, waiting for her to stop studying the dumpster and look at me, or Jimmy or Fiona. It became apparent that wasn’t going to happen.
“Felicity, Jimmy was gracious enough to let me come over and apologize to you about the incident the other night.” I swallowed down last night’s Jameson rising up from my stomach, gritted my teeth and gripped the arms of the chair.
She continued to stare out the window.
I thought if I hit the back of her head hard enough her forehead would bounce off the window and maybe that would get her attention. Into the Valley of Death .
“I hope you understand it was not my intention to touch you, any part of you, or hurt you in any way. I was simply wishing you good luck and things sort of got out of…”
“That how you do it over here, grab me boobs and give t he little cow a good squeeze for luck?”
Jimmy and Fiona exchanged glances.
“Well, I think you know I didn’t grab you, and anything th at happened wasn’t intentional , on my part .”
“Must have been my imagination that had you r hands on me.”
“No, it wasn’t your imagination, once you yelled at me to ‘piss off, spit on me and pushed me I pushed you back to get you away from me, that’s all, but…”
“I know , you landed me in hospital, kept me over night, they did.”
Probably looking for a brain , I thought, then felt my fuse igniting.
“Yeah, and believe me if I had it to do over again I would have just let you swear at me, spit on me and kick
“Jimmy, nice to see you again.”
“Dev, thank you for coming in, would you care for a tea?”
“No thanks, not really a tea kind of guy.”
“Ready to have a go at her highness, then?”
“Yeah, let’s do it.”
We took the elevator . N othing was said on the way up to the third floor n or as we walked down the hall to Felicity and Fiona’s room. I noticed the hotel security Jimmy had told me would be permanently stationed outside their room was nowhere in sight.
“You cancel the security you had outside their room?” I asked.
“Combination of things calming down and a bit of the proverbial budget crunch,” he said and knocked on the door.
Fiona opened the door almost immediately and gave me the requisite shrug of her shoulders along with a smile.
“Hi, Dev, nice to see you.”
“Nice to see you,” I said, Jimmy was already walking into the room and I f ollowed.
“Felicity?” Jimmy asked looking around.
“Actually, she’s not here , Jimmy. I thought she’d be back long before now, but it seems she’s not. She wasn’t at the team meeting or lunch. You didn’t see her downstairs, in the dining room? ”
“Where the hell did she go?” Jimmy asked.
“Some sort of er rand, I don’t know, she took a t axi, a bright yellow one,” she said to me.
That didn’t really narrow things down. We stood there looking at one another when suddenly the door clicked open and Felicity, aka Emma Babe, sauntered in. She ignored me, nodded at Jimmy and walked over to a chair and sat down. She picked up the remote and clicked on the television, then sat in a chair looking out the window at the dumpster, scowling. The television h ad some muted soap opera .
“Hi, Felicity,” I said.
She gave a dismissive nod in my general direction and then went back to staring out the window.
Jimmy smiled and extended a hand indicating the chair opposite Felicity. I was th inking maybe I should pick it up a nd hit her over the head with the thing . Not a bad idea. Instead I asked; “Mind if I sit down?”
“Suit yourself,” she said continuing to stare out at the navy blue dumpster in the parking lot.
I gave Jimm y a look, hoped it suggested her flame was waving close to my fuse. If he picked up on my message he didn’t let on, instead he smiled and motioned toward the chair with his chin . I sat down, took my time getting comfortable, waiting for her to stop studying the dumpster and look at me, or Jimmy or Fiona. It became apparent that wasn’t going to happen.
“Felicity, Jimmy was gracious enough to let me come over and apologize to you about the incident the other night.” I swallowed down last night’s Jameson rising up from my stomach, gritted my teeth and gripped the arms of the chair.
She continued to stare out the window.
I thought if I hit the back of her head hard enough her forehead would bounce off the window and maybe that would get her attention. Into the Valley of Death .
“I hope you understand it was not my intention to touch you, any part of you, or hurt you in any way. I was simply wishing you good luck and things sort of got out of…”
“That how you do it over here, grab me boobs and give t he little cow a good squeeze for luck?”
Jimmy and Fiona exchanged glances.
“Well, I think you know I didn’t grab you, and anything th at happened wasn’t intentional , on my part .”
“Must have been my imagination that had you r hands on me.”
“No, it wasn’t your imagination, once you yelled at me to ‘piss off, spit on me and pushed me I pushed you back to get you away from me, that’s all, but…”
“I know , you landed me in hospital, kept me over night, they did.”
Probably looking for a brain , I thought, then felt my fuse igniting.
“Yeah, and believe me if I had it to do over again I would have just let you swear at me, spit on me and kick
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