Tugging on Frank's sleeve, the woman said quietly, "M-My boyfriend and I... slipped. And we heard people outside, so we hid..."

One of the security guards was staring at her sideways. "If you heard people, why would you hide?"

"Uh, well..."

The woman murmured awkwardly. "We came in from the back door. We saw an empty room, so we tried to check it out before we got our own... And then we slipped and hid when we heard you coming." "I see."

The security guards nodded before one of them said, "Wait, did you break the closet in Room 10? I'm sorry, but you'll have to pay for it..."

"What? How much?" the woman asked, her fingers clenching on Frank's sleeve.

"Five grand." The security guard whipped out a price list.

"What?! That's so expensive!" The woman flinched in shock.

Five grand it is-we can afford

slipping it into the security guard's chest pocket and patting it. "Use

door's that way..." After shaking off the security guards, Frank pulled the woman along to the lobby. "Okay, you should be fine from here.

"Wait."

out

wrote ten grand on it but thought about it and added another zero, making it

broken the woman's glasses and phone, not to mention that she

that really

this," he said. "Consider this compensation for your phone and glasses."

woman did a double take but held up her hands, smiling as she stared at Frank's chest. "No,

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chuckled at her hesitation, shaking his head and sliding the check into the woman's bag. "Don't worry. You deserve that

See you around, then," the woman said,

to leave, only to walk right

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