performance at the Blue Plate. The man purchased some flowers from the florist station to commemorate the night with her. Returning to the hotel room, they had ravenous sex. The hotel records would later show that an adult movie had been purchased on the pay-per-view system during the time they were in the room.
Afterwards, the woman left the hotel with a worn-out gaze and her makeup in need of repair. Sally, Bruce, and Tommy were all walking out of the hotel, having finished their shifts at the same time, when they noticed the woman leaving.
“What kind of a slut is that?” Sally asked them as soon as the call girl left.
“I don’t know, but I saw her at the restaurant tonight. She was with some guy who looked to be of Chinese descent,” Tommy said.
“I remember him, I checked him in earlier this afternoon. He didn’t check-in with her,” Sally responded. “I bet he must have paid a pretty penny for her. Are you thinking what I’m thinking, that the Chinese man is next?”
Chapter 15
Sally was right. The next morning, the Chinese man was found on his hotel room bed dead from some kind of neck trauma. No blood was found and no sign of a weapon or forced entry was identified.
“Andrew, Sally told me that she, Bruce and Tommy saw one of the streetwalkers leaving the hotel last night as they were heading home. Bruce also remembers seeing her in the restaurant with the latest victim. I gave that information to the police and they are interviewing people now to get an ID on the woman. They are going to want the security tapes from yesterday pulled as well.” Sandra couldn’t believe this was happening again.
Andrew nodded, “Already done.”
“Good. I think we also need to implement a new protocol that all hotel guests must check-in and show their ID before being allowed entrance to the foyer.”
Andrew nodded, “That might be doable. Let me figure out how to get a list of guests and set up a station inside the front doors.”
A new security measure was then developed. The hotel asked for personal identification cards to be presented by all people who came into the hotel. These included cards for the employees and the guests. No one was allowed into the hotel unless a person had a reservation to get into the hotel or the person worked there.
This new protocol would serve two purposes according to Andrew’s way of thinking. First, it would eliminate outsiders from entering the hotel and significantly shorten the suspect list should another death occur.
Second, it would determine if someone inside the hotel was responsible for the murders if another one occurred. Although the employees hoped that no one from within their ranks was responsible for what was going on, everyone felt more comfortable with the new protocols in place.
The police were able to identify the woman who had visited the Chinese man, and after questioning her, it was determined that she had no useful information. According to her statement, the man was alive when she left the hotel room around 11 o’clock that evening. According to the coroner’s estimation, the Chinese man died sometime between 2 and 4 a.m.
With the new protocols in place, Andrew and Sandra were able to lessen the fears of the guests and employees. Unfortunately, a sense of dread hung over the hotel and nerves were stretched thin.
*****
Sandra was in a huge panic—what was going on with the place? Maybe Andrew was right—there was something terribly wrong happening in her hotel and the future of the hotel was at stake.
Chapter 16
Sandra Jones went over to the local police department to address the media. The local police chief had called a press conference after his office had been bombarded with phone calls and reporters shoving cameras and microphones in his officer’s faces.
Sandra had agreed to join him in an effort to help build some positive PR for the hotel even in the midst of the latest tragedies.
After listening to the police
Afterwards, the woman left the hotel with a worn-out gaze and her makeup in need of repair. Sally, Bruce, and Tommy were all walking out of the hotel, having finished their shifts at the same time, when they noticed the woman leaving.
“What kind of a slut is that?” Sally asked them as soon as the call girl left.
“I don’t know, but I saw her at the restaurant tonight. She was with some guy who looked to be of Chinese descent,” Tommy said.
“I remember him, I checked him in earlier this afternoon. He didn’t check-in with her,” Sally responded. “I bet he must have paid a pretty penny for her. Are you thinking what I’m thinking, that the Chinese man is next?”
Chapter 15
Sally was right. The next morning, the Chinese man was found on his hotel room bed dead from some kind of neck trauma. No blood was found and no sign of a weapon or forced entry was identified.
“Andrew, Sally told me that she, Bruce and Tommy saw one of the streetwalkers leaving the hotel last night as they were heading home. Bruce also remembers seeing her in the restaurant with the latest victim. I gave that information to the police and they are interviewing people now to get an ID on the woman. They are going to want the security tapes from yesterday pulled as well.” Sandra couldn’t believe this was happening again.
Andrew nodded, “Already done.”
“Good. I think we also need to implement a new protocol that all hotel guests must check-in and show their ID before being allowed entrance to the foyer.”
Andrew nodded, “That might be doable. Let me figure out how to get a list of guests and set up a station inside the front doors.”
A new security measure was then developed. The hotel asked for personal identification cards to be presented by all people who came into the hotel. These included cards for the employees and the guests. No one was allowed into the hotel unless a person had a reservation to get into the hotel or the person worked there.
This new protocol would serve two purposes according to Andrew’s way of thinking. First, it would eliminate outsiders from entering the hotel and significantly shorten the suspect list should another death occur.
Second, it would determine if someone inside the hotel was responsible for the murders if another one occurred. Although the employees hoped that no one from within their ranks was responsible for what was going on, everyone felt more comfortable with the new protocols in place.
The police were able to identify the woman who had visited the Chinese man, and after questioning her, it was determined that she had no useful information. According to her statement, the man was alive when she left the hotel room around 11 o’clock that evening. According to the coroner’s estimation, the Chinese man died sometime between 2 and 4 a.m.
With the new protocols in place, Andrew and Sandra were able to lessen the fears of the guests and employees. Unfortunately, a sense of dread hung over the hotel and nerves were stretched thin.
*****
Sandra was in a huge panic—what was going on with the place? Maybe Andrew was right—there was something terribly wrong happening in her hotel and the future of the hotel was at stake.
Chapter 16
Sandra Jones went over to the local police department to address the media. The local police chief had called a press conference after his office had been bombarded with phone calls and reporters shoving cameras and microphones in his officer’s faces.
Sandra had agreed to join him in an effort to help build some positive PR for the hotel even in the midst of the latest tragedies.
After listening to the police
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