I was almost scared to see what the bathroom looked like.
When I finally opened the door to the ensuite, I gasped. First of all, there was a real, actual powder room. It had been a few years since I’d seen one of those at all, and I’d never had one in a hotel room of my own. To one side was a room with the toilet and a sink, separate from the rest, but still large enough for a decorative table that held incense sticks in a vase. The calming aroma of lavender came floating out of the room. I closed the door and went into the main bathroom, where a round Jacuzzi tub, built in to the centre of the room, was immediately what my eye was drawn to.
“Oh my God, I wish I could live here,” I muttered to myself as I walked around in awe, pressing buttons to see what lights they turned on. Everything was marble, and against the far wall was a double sink with a mirror, and on the other side a luxurious rainwater shower. For when I don’t have time for a Jacuzzi bath but don’t want to slum it in a normal shower, I guess, I thought to myself as I looked around. It was all so much, I was almost starting to feel dizzy.
That was when I remembered what Kiegan had said about getting some rest. I wasn’t sure I could; I didn’t want to spend any of the time that I had in this amazing hotel room sleeping.
Still, I went over to the couch, set my phone alarm to noon, turned on the TV, found an old Law and Order: SVU rerun and closed my eyes. I could have a quick nap, get up, have a bite to eat and still be back in time to meet Kiegan and the others at one.
Unfortunately, because it wasn’t even eleven in the morning, I wasn’t able to go to sleep at all. Instead I kept my eyes closed and listened as Detectives Benson and Stabler hunted down yet another rapist. When my alarm finally went off, I got up and stretched, then decided to wander down to the lobby to get some food. I’d seen a full service restaurant when we had come in, and also a little café-style place that I thought might do a good lunchtime sandwich or something.
Sure enough, the little café had a great BLT wrap that I ate with a bag of chips and an iced tea, watching the people moving in and out of the lobby. I people-watched, played the tourist-or-businessman game, then looked at my watch and saw it was time to meet up with the others.
*
Kiegan had not been kidding when he said it was going to be a busy afternoon. First he sent Josh off to deal with the company organizing the boxing match, to make sure there weren’t going to be any problems with anything they were going to film to help promo the TV show. Then Leanne told Kiegan she had to be on a conference call with the other heads of the VC firm; Kiegan told her that was fine.
“Now, first thing I need you to do, Tina, is to go find me some clothes for tonight. I’m a men’s medium, 34 inch inseam, 30 inch waist. You’ve seen what I wear, find me something that fits that style, but is just a tad classier for tonight.”
Really? I’m being paid to go shopping for my stepbrother? Well, if that’s all it is I think I can handle that.
“What size shoes do you wear?”
“Ten. Good. You passed my test by asking. Though I was looking forward to making you go back out at the last minute when you forgot the shoes.”
I glared at him. What kind of psychopath would do that instead of just telling me his shoe size? I began to understand why he wasn’t able to keep a PA for long.
“Oh, and I need this to be done in forty minutes. Then you have to be back here.”
“What? Only forty minutes? Why?”
“Because I said so, that’s why. I need the clothes then. Better get started, the clock’s ticking. Oh, here’s some cash for the taxi and clothes,” Kiegan remembered as I glowered at him. He handed me a pile of hundreds. Five hundred dollars. I stared at the money for a second, then realized time was ticking away.
Luckily, Vegas being Vegas, I was able to get a cab almost immediately outside the hotel.
“Take me to the closest store that sells Ralph Lauren type stuff,” I told the driver.
“Ok,” he replied. It took fifteen minutes before we got to the mall, and I told him to wait there and keep the meter running. I really, really hoped he would, otherwise with a fifteen minute time frame for the return trip, I was never going to make it in time.