CHAPTER FOUR
I felt an abrupt jerking of my body and my head snapped forward as I realized the shuttle had come to a stop. The little boy in the seat ahead was laughing and pointing at me, and I immediately felt the saliva on my chin and wiped it with my sleeve. I scrunched up my nose and made a face and chuckled to myself when his mother told him to turn around. That’ll teach him, I thought! The driver announced the arrival at the Hotel Regina in a few languages as people began to exit. I found an opening and followed suit and stepped out onto the sidewalk.
I gawked at the grand building made of faux marble, with tall windows encased with wrought iron balconies and the letters of the hotel name were made of gold. Well, I guess it wasn’t actually gold, but then again, for the cost of a o
