For the benefit of the audience, she asked Cade, "Will you take care of the
car for me?"
Nodding curtly, Cade strode around the car, got in, and started it. Easing
through the crowd, he headed the car down the ramp toward the street, glancing
in the rearview mirror.
Mandi raised her arms for quiet and said, "I'm sorry, everybody, but I've
been called away. Thank you all for your time," then she launched herself
skyward.
Turning right at the corner, Cade drove half a block and turned right again
into the hotel's receiving docks. One of the guys from John's A-group opened the
second set of gates and Cade turned the car over to him, then shut the gates
behind him as he drove the Crown Vic to the front parking area.
Chapter Thirteen
As he walked up the steps to the hotel's rear entrance, Cade felt a watching
presence and faded into some shadows to have a look around. Seeing no one
immediately, he quietly dropped behind some bushes to get to another vantage
point and continued studying his surroundings.
There was still no one in sight, but the feeling was stronger than ever. No
one on the ground or in nearby windows, he amended.
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