Amara’s POV
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Walking outside I notice there are four SUV, and one black mercedes. The black mercedes was parked in the middle with two SUV parked behind it, and the other two parked infront of it.
As we walk towards the mercedes I look over at Dimitri. ” Why not take one of the SUV? Wouldn’t that be more safer?” I question him.
” The car is bullets proof just like the SUV. I just wanted to drive this time.” Dimitri says opening the back door.
I roll my eyes, ” Could have driven one of the SUV.” I say, as Lucia walks me around to the other side of the car, and opens up the back door. ” Get in.” He says in a stern tone.
“I wanted to drive something that wasn’t big.” Dimitri adds, as he ducks down into the car with Sadie.
Climbing inside I see that I am sitting behind the driver seat. While the car seat was placed in the middle. Dimitri had already placed Sadie into her car seat, and was buckling her in. Hearing the car door shut beside me. I turn slightly so I am facing the door, and pull on the handle to find that the child lock has been activated. The only way to open the door is from the outside.
” Nice try Amara. You didn’t actually think that I would put you in the backseat, and not active the child lock did you?” He questions me, as he finishes buckling Sadie in. I watch him give her a sippy cup with Paw Patrol on the front of it.
” I was hoping you would have forgotten.” I tell him.
” When it comes to my girls safety. I will never forget something important.” Dimitri says with a smile.
Right, because keeping me trapped inside a vehicle is considered safety in your mind. Although, it is safe when you consider how many children have been known to open doors. While going down the highway. Which would explain why he placed Sadie’s car seat in the middle.
” Right.” I say back plainly.
I watch Dimitri take a step back, as Liam gets in. Liam shuts the car door, before squeezing Sadie’s right cheek softly. I watch as she takes her sippy cup out of her mouth and giggle at him, before placing her sippy cup in her lap, and reaches her tiny hands out towards him.
Hearing the car door open up front. I watch Dimitri get I the driver seat. While Lucia gets in the passenger seat.
” So, do we start this escape game the second we pull into the parking lot of the hotel?” I question Dimitri.
” No, it will start on the top floor. I will give you details once we arrive. So, for now just sit back and enjoy the ride.” Dimitri says staring at me through the rear views mirrors, before turning the key fob. I listen to the engine coming to life, as the car jerks forward.
Doesn’t seem like he has this planned out very well. It must be something that just popped into his head, or something he watched from a movie, or read from a book. He has bad habit of just doing thing without fully planning it out. If it is just something he threw together last minute. I should be able to escape. Especially if there are loopholes in this game of his.
After all doing things unplanned is what he does best.
When we were in 11th grade Dimitri once forced a boy in our science class to pour acid on his hands, because he wanted to know how long it would take the acid to eat through flesh and bone. The explanation he give to the principal and teacher for doing something so cruel, was that it was for research purposes.
Yeah, I know making a kid pour acid on his own hands is messed up, but it was one of many unplanned ideas that Dimitri had.
The principal ended up calling Dimitri dad, and the cops, because what Dimitri did was a crime. However, the cops took one look at Dimitri and his father, and immediately left without a word. So, instead of jail we all got suspended for three weeks, and weren’t allowed to go to prom.
In a messed up way his unplanned idea manged to work out for him.
I didn’t do anything to the poor boy, but I also could not stop it from happening. I remember Liam holding me back, as I was yelling at Dimitri to stop.
I remember the way Dimitri smiled, and told me to enjoy the show. After a few months the boy came back to school with one hand missing, and the other hand bandaged up. I felt bad for what happened him.
I even apologize to him, but I know telling him sorry wasn’t going to magical give him back his hand.
As for the research Dimitri claimed with the acid. It was probably just his way of seeing if he could torture people without killing them.
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The drive to the Huntson hotel was a little entertaining. Sadie kept asking a bunch of questions. Even kept poking Liam, because she wanted to play.
She filled the car with her giggles and babbles. It was really adorable to watch and listen to her. She really loves everyone here.
” You are parking in the back?” I question Dimitri, as he pulls into the back entrance.
” Yes, too many people use the front entrance. The back entrance would be best. We will have less people bothering us, and we can just head right up too our rooms.” Dimitri says pulling the car into a parking spot, before putting it in park, and turning the engine off.
I watch as Dimitri and Lucia both get out of the car, and shut their doors behind them. Dimitri than walks over to my door and opens it. He grabs me firmly by the upper arm, and pulls me out of the car.
” You aren’t going to carry Sadie?” I question him, as I notice Liam gets out of the car without any trouble.
Of course they only activated the child lock on my door.
” No, I am. I was just getting you out of the car first.” Dimitri says, as he gently shoves me into Lucia chest.
I roll my eyes and watch Dimitri get into the back seat to get Sadie out. After a few seconds he comes out with Sadie in his arms. She was smiling and babbling away.
I watch him shut the car door, before pressing a button on the key fob. The car horn honks, and lights flash verifying that he locked the car. ” Ready to go see our new home?!” He asked Sadie in an excited tone, as he starts walking towards the door.
” Ya!” Sadie answers back with excitement.
I feel Lucia grip tighten on my arm, as he starts walking me towards the door. Walking in my eyes go wide at how expensive everything looks. The marble floors and walls were a gold color, with matching gold curtains hanging over windows.
I guess a lot of expensive places like to use the color gold. Would be nice if they would use a different color for once.
Up ahead I see Dimitri stop infront of an elevator. He was talking to a young man wearing a black suit. ” Who is that?” I question Luica.
” That is Ryan. One of our new recruits. Him and his friends showed a lot of guts back at that police station. Dimitri give them security jobs here.” Lucia tells me.
” Who are all of Ryan’s friends?” I question him.
” Well, there is Ryan, Storm, Matthew, and Nick. The rest of our men you don’t have to bother remembering. Since they will be swapped out every few weeks.” Lucia tell me.
So, Ryan and his friends are considered Dimitri favorite in keeping me and Sadie safe. I will have to listen closely to everyone name. That way when our little game starts I can escape scott free. It won’t be too hard to escape. All I really have to do is avoid everyone wearing suits.
Dimitri’s men all stick out like a sore thumb. So, it should be a piece of cake to leave.
As we approach the elevator I watch Dimitri hand Sadie over to Ryan, before pulling out a black cloth from his pants pocket.
He walks over to me and places the black cloth over my eyes. ” What are you doing?” I question him.
” The escape game is about to start. It will not be fun If you know what floor we are on.” Dimitri says, as I feel him tie the cloth securely onto my head.
” You do realize that hotels have signs with numbers on the walls. So, you covering my eyes on the elevator is unless.” I tell him.
” We actually just got done taking all of those signs down.” I hear a man speak. I am assuming it was Ryan that answered me.
Doesn’t matter if you took the signs down. I could always just take the elevator down to the lobby.
” Also, the elevator won’t be working during our game. I made sure to have this one shut down, and have my men posted at the remaining two.” Dimitri whispers into my ear.
Of course he would do that.
I sometimes forget he is a lot clever than he let’s on.