Chapter 182: An Attack
Adam reached the hotel in record time, his heart pounding with equal parts worry and irritation. He had expected chaos, but every time he expected Saira to behave decenltly she started creating problems! She’d told the boy he was her frienda and that should have been it! But she had to go now and complicate things! And she might claim that she’d done it for him, he knew and she definitely knew that things were not that simple. Saira did things only which were in her favour... beneficial to her.
But whatever he kept expecting, as he stepped into the hotel lobby and saw the scene in front of him, for the first time in his life, he actually felt his blood pressure spike through and a deep anger enveloped him.
Because instead of trying to coax the child out of hiding or even trying to calm the child down, Saira was here, at the front desk, making an unholy commotion, her voice sharp and grating as she jabbed her finger toward the elevator.
"You don’t understand! He’s locked himself in! He’s been in there for some time now!" she barked at the flustered receptionist, who looked two seconds away from tears herself.
"I understand, ma’am, but we don’t have a master key for the bathroom door. It’s a privacy lock. We’ll have to call a locksmith. If only you would give me a few moments to make the call..." the woman behind the desk explained for what had to be the tenth time, her voice strained with forced politeness.
Adam took one look at the spectacle and his jaw tightened as he made his way over.
"Saira," he said sharply.
She spun toward him, face flushed, clearly agitated.
"You’re finally here," she said, as she moved to hold onto his arm believing his arrival would magically solve everything. "You need to tell them to open that door..."