The Lost Hotel Room Key

Maia heard footsteps approaching her, and sure enough, the receptionist came up to her.

"Excuse me, ma'am. I'm sorry, the key is still with us, and I didn't hand it over to you earlier!" the receptionist replied politely, trying to reassure Maia, who was confused.

Maia smiled in relief at the receptionist, taking a deep breath.

"Thank goodness! I was worried; I thought I had lost the room key," she exclaimed to the receptionist.

"Yes, ma'am, I apologize for the oversight, here's the key!" The receptionist apologized and handed the room key to Maia with her right hand.

Standing up from her seat, Maia reached out to take the key given by the receptionist. She smiled at the receptionist, breathing a sigh of relief.

Luckily, the key wasn't lost. She was still determining what she would do if she had misplaced the key to a hotel room.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience, ma'am. I apologize again for this discomfort!" The receptionist exclaimed, smiling and apologizing.

"It's okay, thank you." Maia replied with a smile to the receptionist.

"Thank you." Maia said as she hurriedly went to the lift.

Maia couldn't wait to go up to the fifth floor to meet her two children, who had been waiting for her for a long time. They must be exhausted after a day of traveling.

As she rode the elevator, Maia felt happy, wondering what would have happened if the key had indeed been lost.

She was thankful that there was still a way out.

After a few seconds,...

"Ding..." the sound indicated that the lift had reached the fifth floor.

Maia dashed towards her two children. Her breath was heavy as she ran to the front of her room, and then her hands quickly opened the room key.

Helena was startled and immediately woke up after hearing her mother running and opening the door to the room.

Helena and Hector's eyes were fixed on their mother. They felt sorry to see their mother out of breath from running.

"Why are you in such a hurry, Mom?" Hector asked as he stood up from his seat.

"Mom, you shouldn't run, Mom, just relax, we'll wait for you here!" Helena exclaimed, feeling sorry to see her mother exhausted from running.

"I'm sorry, my children. It's already late. You must be very tired after not resting all day," their mother replied, smiling.

Maia felt guilty about her two children because she had not checked the key in the lobby earlier. She rushed to the elevator before receiving the room key.

She should have waited until everything was done and the key was in her hand. This lesson taught Maia not to repeat such mistakes in the future.

"Forgive me, my children, Mom was careless earlier, didn't check the key first." Their mother apologized, feeling guilty.

Maia felt very guilty and apologized to her two children for making them unable to rest quickly because of a trivial problem she caused.

"No, Mom, it's not your fault, this happened because of the receptionist's unintentional mistake." Helena reassured Maia.

Indeed, the fault was not Maia's but purely the receptionist's carelessness. But Maia felt that it was her carelessness not to check the whereabouts of the key before taking the elevator.

Helena pushed the slightly heavy door. Apparently, the door leaf was made of thick teak wood from Asia. Teak wood is durable and will not be eaten by termites; teak trees grow in most Asian countries.

With all her strength, Helena pushed the door using her right hand, and then her left hand dragged their suitcase. Once inside the room, Helena searched for the switch to turn on the room light, her eyes wandering and her hands feeling the wall near the entrance door. She continued to search and turned her head to the right and left, but she still couldn't find where the switch was.

The idea of a mobile phone flashlight came to her mind, and quickly, she reached into her pants pocket to take out the phone. She turned on the flashlight on her mobile phone and began to direct the beam to the wall area near the entrance door.

"There it is, found you hiding here!" Helena said jokingly to herself.

She pressed the button, and it lit up.

The room light was now on, and the atmosphere inside the room was clearly visible.

"Wow, this room design is amazing, truly classic and the interior is beautiful." Helena exclaimed in amazement at the arrangement and motif of the items in the room.

The room was designed in a classic style, matching the theme of the hotel, which was built in the eighteen fifties.

"Mom, Hector, come in, take a look at this. This room is so beautiful!" Helena called her mother and brother to come in as if she wanted to show off the entire room to Maia and Hector.

Helena couldn't stop admiring the room's unusual size, about ten by fifteen meters.

Upon hearing his sister's call, Hector immediately rushed to invite his mother to enter the room.

Hector's head was bowed, his eyes looking at the watch on his right wrist. It was precisely noon.

"Come on, Mom, let's go inside, tidy up and then go to bed, it's already late, Mom!" Hector exclaimed, reaching out to Maia's hand to lead her into the room.

Inside the room, Maia pushed the slightly heavy door and then closed and locked the room door. Hector and Maia were startled to see the entire room, which was spacious and beautiful; the interior of the room was indeed stunning.

"Wow, this room is so cool, Mom, it's amazing, this is the first time I've seen such a nice room, Mom!" Rico called her mother happily, running around the room.

Hector immediately took out his mobile phone and started taking pictures of the entire room. Rico was very busy with his actions that night; he seemed to be unable to be disturbed.

He was swamped.

He even forgot to change his clothes and take a shower. Hector was very creative; he was a child who liked to keep himself busy with his talent for photography.

"Hmmmm, if he encounters something classic like this, he must have forgotten, Mom." Helena joked with her mother while watching Hector taking pictures.

While watching Hector taking pictures, Helena started unpacking their suitcase and arranging their clothes in the wardrobe. The wardrobe, which was also made of teak wood, looked sturdy in the corner of the room. She slowly opened the wardrobe and began to put clothes one by one, neatly arranging them.

Her mind went to the flashlight on her mobile phone, and quickly, her hand reached into her pants pocket to take out the phone. She turned on the flashlight on her mobile phone and began to direct the beam to the wall area near the entrance door.