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Second Chance
By Christine
They arrived at the motel. It was not in the most desirable section of Chicago. There was no sign of Armstrong or his men. They had formulated a plan during the car ride. Chuck and Bernie waited outside while Gary went into the office to acquire about a room.
Gary walked into the office. The place seemed very seedy and not very clean. Gary cringed at the thought of Casey being forced to live in a place like this. He walked up to the desk and rang the bell.
An elderly man came out of what looked like a back office. "Can I help you?" He said.
"Yes, I would like to rent a room." Gary said.
"$40.00 a night. If you need something weekly we can work something out." He said.
"It will just be for the night." Gary said as he pulled out his wallet. "Listen, ah, I'm supposed to meet a friend here."
"Aren't they all." He said.
"No, no." Gary said knowing what he was insinuating. "He's a friend of mine. He has a little girl with him. Is it possible to get a room near his?"
"Well, at the moment you could have your pick of rooms. He's the only one staying here." He said. "He's in room 14. I'll give you room 12."
After Gary got the keys to the room, he headed back out to the van. "They're in room 14." Gary said to Chuck and Bernie.
"Okay. That's my cue." Chuck said.
"Chuck are you sure you wanna do this?" Gary asked. "I can try and take care of this myself."
"Gar, we already talked about this. It will work. Don't worry. We're gonna get her back." Chuck slapped him on the shoulder and got out of the car grabbing the pizza box. Gary and Bernie followed quickly behind him.