Page 29 of Wilde In His Arms

“Sure.It could take a few minutes, depending on how far back I need to go.”

He was about to do it when Julia walked out of the room again.“Wait.I want to see what she does next.”

Julia went back to the storage room, pulled the cart out, and pushed it to the elevator.

“Can you see where she goes with that cart?”

“Sure.”The guard checked the elevator.“She’s going down to the first floor.”They caught her coming out into the hallway near the laundry room.“She’s in the laundry area.We only have one camera back there.It’s not a high-risk area.”

Julia pushed the cart through the laundry room to a door at the back that was partially blocked by a tall rack of folded towels.She had to move it out of the way to get behind it, then she pushed it so that it blocked wherever she was going.

“What’s back there?”

“Not sure.”

“Do you mind coming with me to check it out?”He’d probably need a key card to gain access to some areas.

“Sure, but Dennis doesn’t like it when I leave my post.”

“I’ll tell him I asked if he notices.”

“Okay.”The guard stood.“This way.”

Nick followed the guard down the hallway, all the way to Julia’s office at the end.They went through the laundry room to the back, where the rolling shelf of towels blocked access to another door.

The guard put his hand on the knob.“I don’t think I’ve ever seen this door and I do rounds every other day.I wonder if the other guards know about it.”

Nick bet they didn’t.“Let’s see where it leads.”

They walked through the door and found another long hallway.“The golf shop is on the other side of this wall, I bet.And this probably dead-ends in the employee parking lot.That’s probably why she went this way.”

Sure enough, when they got to the end of the hallway, it turned right to an alcove where they found the cart and a metal door.

The guard opened the door and looked out.“Yep.Employee lot.But I don’t think anyone uses this door.You’d need a key with this automatic lock.”The guard let the door swing closed on the spring attached to it at the top.He turned to inspect the cart.

Nick stopped him with a hand on his shoulder.“Don’t touch it.I’m going to have a team down here to check it out.”

“For what?”

“I’m not sure yet, but I have some suspicions.”Who knew exactly what Javier was into these days?

“Okay.”

Nick focused on the guard.“How late do you work tonight?”

“Ten.”

“Okay.I’m going to have my team ask for you at the gate.I’ll have them park in the employee lot.Then I want you to let them in through this door.They’ll do their thing with the cart.Then I want them to check out room 310.”

“But there’s a guest in there.”

“I’m betting he’s leaving soon or is already gone.”Nick walked with the guard back to the security room.They checked the footage, and sure enough, while they’d gone on a fishing expedition to find out what Julia was doing with the cart, the guest had left.

The guard went back to the video, finding the moment the guest went into the room.Five minutes later, Julia delivered the cart.Without a coffee maker on top.It could be inside, but Nick had a feeling what was inside that cart had nothing to do with making or serving coffee.

“Can you make me a copy of the footage showing her taking the cart into the room and out?”

“Sure.”

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