Hey there! I have finally gotten around to posting another chapter. Writers block and school have kept me away, but now I'm back with a new chapter. Enjoy!
"This place reminds me of the Buckingham Palace in the late 1900s," Lestrade said, stepping into the entrance hall and pausing to look around. The entire place was decorated with marble columns and glass tables with large pots of flowers. Strategically placed mirrors with gold frames made the easily crowded place bigger.
JT, decked out in short shorts and a bright pink tube top, looked around. "Whoever built this place must have had money coming out of their ears," she said, shifting nervously from foot to foot.
"Almost," Mira said, taking the lead and leading the others down the hall to the counter. She had dressed more modestly, with a knee-length skirt and a baby-doll tee. "This place was built by Donald Trump, one of the richest men of his era. Here's a picture of him." She pointed to a painting of a rather mean looking man in a suit.
"Reminds me of this crime boss I arrested," Tori said, tilting her head to the side. Unlike Mira and JT, the younger Lestrade wore pale blue jeans and a white peasant top. She turned to her sister, who wore jeans and a grey tank top. "What about you?"
"Reminds me of Greyson," she said dryly. Lestrade turned and fallowed the other women as they headed toward the check-in counter. Mira, in the lead, spoke with the receptionist while the other three stood to the side and looked out a window at the small tropical garden.
"I wonder how he's doing," Beth continued on, shooting a glair in Tori's direction.
"I'm sure he's fine," was the reply, wickedly smiling. "In fact, I think he's having the time of his life."
"That was uncalled for," JT said, trying to hide a smile. She wandered off towards Mira and let the two sisters alone to bicker.
5 minutes later
"Well, here's the list of everything there is to do here," Mira said, handing everyone a pamphlet. "Ok, according to the package I managed to bargain out of the cashier, we have unlimited use to the spa and whatever we do that may cost an arm and a leg is already paid for by the government."
"Are you for real?" JT's eyes got big as she looked through the pamphlet. Tori also flipped through it, and pointed out something to her sister.
"Look, you can get a mud bath with a friend..... or sibling."
"Nice try, little sister," Lestrade said, smacking said sibling over the head with her pamphlet. "I'm not getting undressed just to go and swim in the mud."
"Says here they give free massages with the mud baths," Mira said, studying the description. "Supposed to be very relaxing and it's given by the hunkiest men this side of the States."
"What are we waiting for?" Tori grabbed her sister's arm. "Let's go!" Lestrade didn't have a chance to answer before she was dragged away towards the right. The other two watched the two go off. JT turned to Mira and looked at the pamphlet.
"Did you make all that up?"
"Most of it," Mira said, starting off towards the other direction. "It says nothing about them being the hunkiest men this side of the States, but I'm sure they'd have to be to get a job here."
Meanwhile
Fenwick eyed the monitors nervously. It had seemed like forever before the group split up, and just the way he had planned it. He wasn't at all worried about Lestrade or her sister, who seemed the laid-back type of cop. The other two; however, seemed to prove more of a challenge, especially the blonde one.
"Everything is prepared sir," one of the "employees" said over the microphone. "The sisters are headed for the mud bath area and the other two are headed for the steam rooms."
"Excellent," Fenwick mused. This was going to be greatest scheme ever, and all four women had fallen right into it. 'They won't know what hit them,' the Frenchmen thought. 'Soon, Ms Inspector will be our prisoner, and my master will finally get his revenge on Sherlock Holmes!'
Please excuse the reference to Donald Trump, but I find his stern expression mirroring Greysons... eh well. I will return again with the next chapter, when we finally see some action. Stay tuned and please review!
