She knew where he was, she knew what he looked like, and she knew he would be completely alone by the time she got there. Still, she felt uneasy, something rubbed her the wrong way about all of this. Was he really just some crazed fan of Carly's? She knew she would soon find out as she pulled into the parking lot of the hotel he was staying at. She had called the hotel ahead and explained everything to the manager; she needed full compliance and no interruptions when she finally got to him. She also alerted the authorities who were only supposed to come around once called. Hopefully they listened and nobody tried doing the renegade cop thing that could get her killed. As she walked inside she was pulled aside by an employee who handed her an outfit to put on.
"I hope you're the person I think you are, cause if I give this to the wrong person I'm so fired…" she whispered to Sam who stayed silent and walked towards the bathroom. She changed quickly, walked up to the front desk and was automatically handed a key and a cart with random foods on it.
"He ordered this about twenty minutes ago, he will be expecting it." The man behind the counter said quietly, he seemed extremely nervous, but then again everyone around her who knew what was going on did. She didn't like working this way, but she would like to have everyone on alert rather than any unexpected happenings hurting innocent people. She got in the elevator and pushed the number 10, this man lived luxuriously as she expected and he was in the president's suite. Walking towards his door she spotted two bulky looking guys having a conversation with each other.
"Nah, Nicks beat the Saints easily, I bet you fifty bucks they squash them tonight." One was excitedly waiting for the other to take the bet, but before his partner could Sam made her presence known.
"Hi, this is the order for Mr. Altorie, would you like to take it in or shall I?" She played off reluctance, but both guys frowned at her,
"You go ahead, we don't want to deal with him at the moment he's pissed." The one who hadn't taken the bet was standing smiling at her, "When you're done with him you can bring that cute little ass out here and talk to us for a while." Sam feigned even more reluctance but went to knock on the door anyway,
"Room service," She quipped politely, when she got no response she looked back at the guys and they shrugged. Before she could wheel her cart away the door opened and there stood none other than the man she was hired to capture. A small inferno started in her stomach as she recalled the things he wrote to Carly. She shoved it down and smiled at him as he moved to the side to let her in.
"Sorry, was in the other room finishing up some things and it took me a second to get from there to here." He explained. Sam nonchalantly looked him over, he looked exactly like the picture she had in her file. He was tall and lean, brown hair cut short, a rather chiseled face, if Sam hadn't known she would have pinned him as a male model.
"So how was your day?" Sam asked making conversation as she moved the food to the dining table.
"It was tiring, I only just arrived today, and I get so sick on planes. How has yours been?" He inquired. This guy seemed rather…normal to Sam, she had to hit a nerve.
"Well it was pretty cool, before work I met this actress named Carly Shay who is in town and she signed a poster for me. I always thought actresses were all snobby and such, but she was pretty nice." Sam tried looking at him without being too obvious but couldn't get a good angle on him, so she kept moving the food and set out a plate.
"Yeah, she's always been a kind girl, she's not like all the other actresses, I'm sorry to disappoint you but the majority of them really are stuck up rich girls." He chuckled and picked the plate up serving himself food.
"You know her? That's so cool!" Sam acted as though she was a fan and opened the conversation to draw him in further.
"Yeah I've known her a while, we actually used to be lovers, but that's on the down low so don't tell my secrets." He winked at her and she smiled at him, 'Well that's not something she decided to tell me…' She thought bitterly, her anger rising. She had to keep playing this off though; she needed to get to the bottom of it.
"No way! When did that happen!?" She looked at him bugging her eyes out as much as she could. She was acting shocked but in all reality she was taken aback by his words.
"It was a couple years ago, we had a fling and I fell for the girl, she told me she loved me too…" He stopped as if having his own flashback. "But I don't want to bore you with minute details, she lied, I was heartbroken, end of story." He plastered on a fake smile pretending it didn't hurt him to think about the past. Sam couldn't believe her ears, and what was worse, she really believed him. 'He could just be lying to you Sam, but you usually pick up on those things…everything from his having a legitimate story to his body language says he is telling the truth…well this changes things…' she realized she had been staring and he looked awkwardly at her,
"OH! Sorry! I just don't know how she left someone like you, if I may ask…if you saw her again what would you do? If you don't want to answer just tell me to shut up I won't mind." She laughed a nervous laugh still pretending to just be another infatuated teenager.
"Well I would just say hello because she doesn't matter anymore, I may still harbor unhappy feelings towards her but I've got another love of my life now." He softly smiled at this and looked behind him just as a blond remarkably similar looking to Sam walked in.
"Oh sorry! I would have dressed more if I would have known someone was here!" Her face turned a deep shade of red and Sam took that moment to look down to her in what looked like one of Rex's t-shirts and apparently nothing else. Sam's mouth dropped as the girl stood timidly looking at her. She was stunning, her eyes a bright blue and an amazing body.
"This is Stephanie, Stephanie this is…um…a girl I have yet to learn the name of!" Rex laughed and Stephanie just stood there, still red as an apple.
"Um…Hi…I'm Sam" She stuttered, she mentally smacked herself for sounding like an idiot, "Well I had better get going, maybe we will run into each other sometime again! It was nice talking to you!" Sam basically ran out of there completely confused she ditched the cart in the hallway and ran past the two brutes that had gone back to their betting. She got into the elevator and hit the first floor and just as she was about to reach it she hit the emergency button. 'Think Sam, just think, silence is your best friend, just think about what just happened…' She had no idea what to think, her mind exploded with questions. 'He has someone he obviously loves very much. So why would he write those letters? Maybe he just wanted to freak her out…or maybe, just maybe it wasn't him at all…I have to get back to Carly' She pressed the first floor again and when the doors opened there stood the majority of the staff watching her every move. She moved towards the front desk and spoke quietly,
"I've done nothing to him. I want to be informed if he goes anywhere tonight or tomorrow. Try to start a conversation and find out where, he's a very open man." She handed the guy a slip of paper with her cell number on it and left. She wasn't sure of her assumption, but if she was correct she needed to hurry.
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Carly had fallen asleep, all the nervousness was taking its toll on her. Every once in a while she would hear a light nock and someone who she assumed was Richard ask if she was alright. She would just tell them yes and drift back into her dream world. She wished Sam could be here holding her; she was so worried about the other girl. Carly hoped with all her heart Sam meant it when she said she loved her, she knew she meant every single syllable. She heard another knock on the door and a voice she didn't recognize came from the other side,
"Are you alright" It sounded deep, monotonous, and unlike any she had ever heard. She decided it was probably one of Sam's friends and said back,
"Yeah I'm just exhausted I keep falling asleep." She giggled at herself for being so worried all the time,
"Well why don't you come out and get some fresh air?" The voice suggested, Carly wasn't so happy about not knowing who it was and thought better of going outside.
"Just one more tiny nap and I'll be right out, I know I'm going to need the rest if I ever want to go out and not fall asleep in the middle of it." She laid down and she swore she heard the words 'oh yeah you're going to need it' but then she heard,
"Alright I'll knock in twenty minutes, is that long enough?" Carly nodded and then realized the mystery person couldn't see her,
"Yeah that's good, then I'll come out, thank you so much." Carly had lied to the voice, she wasn't going to move from this trailer until Sam or Richard were at her door.
"Anything for you" She heard the voice mumble, 'I wonder why Sam didn't tell me she was leaving a friend' she wondered to herself, she then went back to thinking about Sam and slowly slipped one more time into the wonders of sleep.