“Hey, I thought we were going to shower.” She laughed.
“After, now, open wide.” He almost growled at her as he moved up her body until he could slowly feed himself into her warm, waiting mouth.
Two hours later, they were in the kitchen eating. “So what was going on with Alan and Kyle this morning?” she asked him.
He was quiet for a minute, and probably making another bad decision, answered her. “I’ll tell you all about it when everyone gets here.”
“Oh, is Jenna bringing the children?” She was excited to see her friend.
“I don’t know, probably. Sadie and her men will be here also.”
“I hope they both bring their little ones. I love babies,” she said excitedly.
“Maybe it will be good to have the children, it might keep Rachel from getting too mad at me and throwing a big tantrum. Might,” he thought. “I hope so too,” he answered her.
A couple hours later, Craig got a call from Kyle. They were all going to meet at his house. Jenna didn’t want to leave the children, and there wasn’t really room in Craig’s suite for everyone. They could have made it work, but they would all be more comfortable at the house.
Craig advised Rachel of the change in plans, and soon they were driving to Kyle and Jenna’s house. Feeling guilty over not telling her sooner, Craig decided to tell her what was going on in the truck. At least there wasn’t much she could throw, and he didn’t think she would hit him while he was driving, at least he hoped not.
Craig told her everything that had happened and what Evan and Alan had told him.
“That makes sense now,” Rachel said quietly, still thinking. “I thought the man looked familiar when I saw him in the restaurant, but I couldn’t place him. Now that I think about it, he was at the museums and at the gallery. I wonder where else he’s been following me?” she said.
Rachel sat quietly the rest of the ride, trying to think about where else she had seen the man and figure out how long he had been following her. She knew she had seen him somewhere else.
Craig was surprised by Rachel’s reaction. He was sure she would have been mad at him. He was glad she wasn’t, but a little worried that this would cause her to spiral out of control again.
“Baby, are you okay?” he asked worriedly.
“I’ve seen him somewhere else, I just can’t think where or when. I need to figure this out. Be quiet and let me think,” she answered, frustrated with herself for not being able to remember.
Chapter Ten
Rachel was quiet all through the meeting and most of the way home. She played with the children and talked a little with her friends, but where she had seen Mike Hawkins before was really worrying her. She knew that someone would be in trouble if she didn’t remember.
Then she decided to call Tina. Maybe talking to her would help. Dialing the office number, she left a message. Then thinking about it, she decided to call Tina’s personal cell. Even though Tina was her therapist, they had also become friends, and Tina had given her all her numbers. She left a message on Tina’s personal phone, and all she could do was wait for the woman to call.
When they got back the suite, she told Craig, “I’m going to lie down. I want to think. I’ve got to figure this out.”
“Don’t worry yourself too much, it will come to you. Did you get a hold of Tina?” he asked her, wishing he could help her.
“No, I left messages. She’ll probably call me later.” Rachel sighed. “If I’m not up in a couple hours, let me know. I think I’ll take vacation next week and see if we can’t work some of this out.”
“Sounds like a good idea, lamb. I’m going to meet Evan in the security office. We are going to go over the security footage and see if we find anything out of place. I’m still worried about your wallet. I’m sure you didn’t take it with you yesterday, and I want to make sure no one was in here,” he told her.
“They don’t have cameras on us all the time, do they?” she asked, thinking of what they had done in the rooms in the past few days, a little panicked.
Laughing, he answered. “I turn them on when I leave and turn them off when I come in. I have a remote on my key chain that turns the cameras on and off. That’s why you probably never noticed.”
“Whew, that’s a relief,” she replied. Reaching up, she kissed him then went to lie down.
Craig and Evan sat in the security room, watching the footage and talking. All of a sudden, Evan jumped up and said, “There, did you see that? Here, let me rewind it.”
Rewinding the footage, they saw a member of the cleaning crew go into Craig’s suite. “That’s just the cleaners,” Craig answered.
“Watch,” Evan said. They sat and watched for a few seconds, and they saw what appeared to be a woman go into Craig’s suite and go into Rachel’s purse. She took the wallet and slipped it in her pocket. Then she proceeded to clean the room. It had happened Friday while Rachel and Craig were at Tina’s.
“That answers that. Now to figure out who she is and what she’s up to,” Evan said determinedly.