“Hmm!” Anthony grunted suspiciously as he peered right at the glass while he swirled it in his hand.Marilyn took her first sip before she paid attention to what Anthony was doing then getting nervous that he wasn’t going to drink it, she asked “What’s the matter Favorite? Aren’t you going to drink it? You know it’s rude to refuse a peaceful offering from someone right?”She tried her best to keep a nonchalant tone so as not to come of like she was instigating Anthony to drink. She knew that if he found out her intention was to get him to do just that then Anthony would out right refuse just to spite her.She was going for the reverse psychology trick.“Is that right?” Anthony said apathetically then he turned to look at her by his side, still swirling the glass in hand “Sorry to say but I don’t have good drinking etiquette because I don’t drink. Never have”Anthony shrugged then stopped looking at her before turning to face and look at the bar attendant who couldn’t stop himself from

Back inside the kitchen of the Grand Blue Restaurant where the meeting was just about rounding off, Michael stared at everyone there with prepared looks on their faces then he nodded his.“Is everyone clear on the plan?” He asked and they all clenched their fists In confirmation “Great, so like I said we’re going to drive down to the hotel and stop Favorite from drinking whatever spiked cup of alcohol Marilyn and that damn bartender have planned to use. Let’s go!” Michael exclaimed enthusiastically and everyone shifted around to start heading out.Just then, Gerald stepped forward toward Michael and said “I like the energy and I want to contribute in some way so why don’t you all allow me to drive us to the Mercury hotel”Gerald extended his hand to Casey who had the restaurant’s delivery van keys with her and she looked at him and then at Michael who stared at Gerald with shock.“Why are you looking at me like that?” Gerald asked after feeling strange because of Michael’s and Casey’

Casey drove them to the Mercury Hotel and just when they were entering the parking lot to find somewhere to park the van, from the passenger seat Michael saw Marilyn's car, leaned forward, and pointed at it."Look, that's where she's parked!" He exclaimed and it got Casey's attention."Don't worry, I see it!" Casey said then diverted from where she originally planned to park the van and drove them next to Marilyn's car which was where she ended up parking.Once parked, all of them hurried outside the van and circled Marilyn's car to see if she was still inside or not."She's not here which only means that she's already in the hotel and there's only one place she'll be in there, the bar—" Michael said while standing by the passenger's door of Marilyn's car but was interrupted when Casey called out to him."Michael come check this out!" she said which made Michael and the others on that side of the car with him to quickly rush to Casey."You see this motorcycle, it belongs to Favorite a

Michael, Casey, and Henry all rushed to the elevator and when the doors opened, it already had someone inside so they tried to comport themselves while that person who was in there with them had their phone tightly gripped in their hand.They and that person greeted each other before Michael pressed the bottom for the third floor and the elevator started to go up.The bar was on the first floor so they needed to go up two more floors before getting to their destination. All three of them waited at the front of the elevator, closer to the door while the extra person stood there at the back.As they ascended, Henry couldn’t help himself but sneak side glances at the other person in the elevator there with them and as a result, he kept blushing.“What a beautiful woman. Wonderful orange hair and such mesmerizing eyes like they can warm the coldest of hearts. I want to ask her for her name so bad but I’m too intimidated to” Henry thought to himself as his heart raced and then he shook his

“How did we royally mess that up, huh Michael?! Aren’t you the one who said Room 306 is where Marilyn and Favorite would be, so what happened?!” Casey asked aggressively which almost made her lose her breath.Michael gulped then answered with a confused expression “That’s the same room she took me and has been taking the others to since she started managing the restaurant. I even confirmed with them back at the meeting which is why I was so confident. I don’t know what happened”“Do you think that maybe they just haven’t returned to the room yet and are actually at another bar like we suspected? Maybe she booked another room which is where she has Favorite right now?” Henry asked and the two of them looked at him.“Fuck! If that’s the case then what do we do now?!” Casey exclaimed and from their looks, none of them had any answers on what they should do to help Anthony.“I don’t know how we can help Favorite right now because we can’t go around bursting into every room in this place,