THE LOBBY WAS MUSIC free when she returned. Though crowds of people still milled and the drone of conversation continued, the band had stopped playing and was starting to put its instruments away in preparation for leaving.
Glancing at her watch, she realized it was just after two in the morning. The party was officially over. She hurried to the front desk. Vampira looked up when she approached. “I need a guard on the sixth floor to keep people away from Fammy until I can get animal control over here.”
Vampira frowned. “Animal control? What about Bella?”
“I don’t know where she is. And until we find her, her cat is a danger to the other patrons. I never understood why Plaithe let her bring that cat into the hotel in the first place.”
Vampira laughed, “Simple, Bella wouldn’t do her thin
