3 Chapter 3

He had worked hard to get where he was at the hotel—assistant-manager with the expectation of being promoted to full manager when his boss retired in another year. If Tommy had followed through with his threat, Dylan would have been out on his ear. He knew he was taking chances when he invited a willing guest up to the room. A room the hotel kept vacant for emergencies—such as when a regular guest decided to show up without making a reservation first, with a woman who wasn’t his wife by his side.

Dylan had begun using the room during the last few weeks before breaking up with Tommy, and had continued afterward. It was, in his opinion, a better option than meeting some stranger at a club to take home with him. At least the hotel guests who frequented its bar were ones he could check up on first, since he had access to their information on the hotel’s computers.