Chapter 39
WHEN WE WALKED back to the other room, Joanna and Billy were gone and there was a woman changing the sheets.
“Oh. Hello there.” She reached into her pocket and pulled out a slip of paper. “This is probably for you,” she said, handing me a note. It said that Billy and Joanna were waiting for us, down in the lobby.
I looked at the clock; it was just after twelve, which I realized was the hotel’s check-out time.
“Oops,” said Justin, smirking. “Looks like we’re breaking rules together already.”
“You’re a bad influence,” I joked.
“I guess so. But you seemed to enjoy being bad a little while ago.”
I grinned. “I plead the fifth.”
“Did they leave anything behind?” he asked, scanning the room.
“I’m not sure.”
“Take a look around, just in case.”
I stepped into the bathroom, whe
