She turned toward the front desk, Tte receptionist looked up.
"Excuse me," Priya said pleasantly. "I think my colleague, Marcus may have checked in under a different name. Could I..actually, you know what, I'll just head up. He mentioned the third floor or somethimg like that."
"Of course," the receptionist said, already looking back at her screen.
Then her brain caught up with her feet and she moved. She could not use the elevator, she had to use to stairs.
Priya ran up the stairs. She checked second floor.
Nothing.
Third floor, still nothing. No sign of Marcus coming out from the elevator.
She checked the next floor. By the fifth floor, she stopped.
Marcus was gone, she had lost him,
"Damn it," she muttered under her breath.
But she wasn't angry though because she had something
