Chapter 5
Vaughn went back in and helped her run the scan. Without exchanging a word, they both began unpacking into the dresser, mixing their stuff together to make it look like a real couple. She never said a word more than necessary and Vaughn was struck by the silence. That silence that sat there like the proverbial pink elephant. She finished first and went into the bathroom with her toiletries and came out again. Weiss knocked on the connector and Vaughn opened it. The agents had the rooms on either side of "theirs." Vaughn would be sharing one with Weiss at night, although for Sydney's safety, the door would be left open between the rooms.
Weiss came in rubbing his hands. Looking from Vaughn to Syd and back again, he plopped himself down on the bed, king-size bed. "Okay, tonight, it's no big deal. The initial contact will be either at dinner or dancing afterward. Those were the instructions -- dinner, then dancing. At some point during the evening, you will get an envelope handed to you or left on the table with instructions." The three talked for a while about the mission, which although simple, involved scuba diving.
Syd looked at her watch and said, "Okay, it's show time. Is that all, Weiss?" She went to the dresser and pulled out what appeared to be a piece of fabric far too small to be a dress.
"That's it." Weiss also eyed the fabric in Syd's fist and raised an eyebrow at Vaughn.
The two of them just stood there. Finally Syd said, "Gentlemen, perhaps you could leave so I can get ready to play the part of the adoring new bride?" Pause. "It will take me quite a while."
"Ouch." Vaughn moaned as they closed the door behind them.
"'It will take me quite a while'? Direct hit."
"You're not kidding. But somehow I don't think that is going to be anywhere the end of it."
"No, I think that dress is going to be the end of you."
"It did look like there wasn't much to it."
"Uh-huh."
Vaughn went back in and helped her run the scan. Without exchanging a word, they both began unpacking into the dresser, mixing their stuff together to make it look like a real couple. She never said a word more than necessary and Vaughn was struck by the silence. That silence that sat there like the proverbial pink elephant. She finished first and went into the bathroom with her toiletries and came out again. Weiss knocked on the connector and Vaughn opened it. The agents had the rooms on either side of "theirs." Vaughn would be sharing one with Weiss at night, although for Sydney's safety, the door would be left open between the rooms.
Weiss came in rubbing his hands. Looking from Vaughn to Syd and back again, he plopped himself down on the bed, king-size bed. "Okay, tonight, it's no big deal. The initial contact will be either at dinner or dancing afterward. Those were the instructions -- dinner, then dancing. At some point during the evening, you will get an envelope handed to you or left on the table with instructions." The three talked for a while about the mission, which although simple, involved scuba diving.
Syd looked at her watch and said, "Okay, it's show time. Is that all, Weiss?" She went to the dresser and pulled out what appeared to be a piece of fabric far too small to be a dress.
"That's it." Weiss also eyed the fabric in Syd's fist and raised an eyebrow at Vaughn.
The two of them just stood there. Finally Syd said, "Gentlemen, perhaps you could leave so I can get ready to play the part of the adoring new bride?" Pause. "It will take me quite a while."
"Ouch." Vaughn moaned as they closed the door behind them.
"'It will take me quite a while'? Direct hit."
"You're not kidding. But somehow I don't think that is going to be anywhere the end of it."
"No, I think that dress is going to be the end of you."
"It did look like there wasn't much to it."
"Uh-huh."