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.

it is-we

write down ten grand before slipping it into the security guard's chest pocket and patting it. "Use the

off the security guards, Frank pulled the woman along to the

"Wait."

out

on it but thought about it and added another zero, making it a hundred

not to mention that she was so

really gnawed

compensation for your phone and

up her hands, smiling as she stared at Frank's chest. "No, it's fine. I already got one from... well, I guess I

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bag. "Don't worry. You deserve that money for your labor, while I'm

you're not upset... See you around, then," the woman said, nodding repeatedly at

right into a glass

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