Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty

As Diana walked through the lobby of the Del Monte Hotel toward the elevator, her heart began to beat rapidly.She couldn't wait to see what Kelly found. The doors of one elevator opened and passengers moved outward. "Go up?" "Yes." Diana stepped in, "Attic, please." Her mind was spinning rapidly.What project could our husbands be working on, so secret that they were murdered?And how did Kelly discover the answer? The elevator is crowded.The door closed and the ascent began.Diana had only seen Kelly a few hours before, and now she was surprised to find herself thinking about her again.

Finally, after a dozen or three pauses, the elevator operator opened the door: "Top floor." In the living room on the top floor of Block A, Flint waited close to the door, trying to catch the sounds in the corridor.The problem was that the doors were extra thick, and Flint knew why.Not to prevent the sound from the outside from coming in, but to keep the sound from the inside out. Board meetings are held in the penthouse suite, but Flint likes to joke that no one ever gets bored with it.Three times a year, Tanner invites KIG managers scattered across a dozen countries to come here.When the business meeting was adjourned, a group of pretty girls were brought in to entertain the men present.Flint had acted as a guard for such indulgences several times, and now as he stood here, thinking of naked young girls moaning and tossing and turning on beds and couches, he began to get an erection.Flint grinned grinningly.Two ladies are coming to patronize it soon.

Harry Flint doesn't consider himself a necrophile.Never killed a woman for having sex with her.But if she's dead... When Diana stepped out of the elevator, she asked, "Which side is the top floor of Building A?" "On the left, at the end of the corridor. But there's no one there." Diana looked back. "what?" "The top floor is only used for the board meeting, the next time will wait until September." Diana smiled slightly. "I'm not here for a board meeting. I'm here to see a friend who's waiting to see me." The elevator operator watched as Diane turned left, heading for the top floor of Tower A.He shrugged, closed the elevator doors, and started descending.

As Diana approached the garret door, her steps quickened and her agitation grew. Inside the top floor of Block A, Flint waited for the knock on the door.Which of them came first—the blonde or the brunette?It doesn't matter.I have no preference. Flint thought he heard someone approaching the door, and gripped the gun more tightly. Kelly fought desperately to hold back his impatience.There was a series of delays on the way to the Del Monte Hotel: traffic jams...red lights...road repairs...she was late.She hurried across the hotel lobby and boarded the elevator. "Attic, please."

On the fifty floor, when Diana approached the top floor of Block A, the door of the adjacent apartment opened, and a doorman appeared. He stepped back into the corridor, pulling a large luggage cart full of luggage, blocking Diana Anna's passage. "I'll make way for you in a minute," he apologized. The doorman returned to the apartment and came out again with two suitcases.Diana tried to squeeze through, but there was no room. "It's all settled. Sorry for the delay," said the doorman, pushing the luggage cart aside to make way. Diana walked over and came to the top floor of Block A. She raised her hand and was about to knock on the door when suddenly a voice came from the other side of the corridor: "Diana!"

Diana turned around.Kelly had just stepped out of the elevator. "Kelly—!" Diana hurried back down the corridor to meet her. Inside the attic, Harry Flint listened.Is there someone outside?He could open the door and look, but that would defeat the purpose.Kill them as soon as they enter the door. In the hallway, Kelly and Diana embraced each other, very happy to see each other again. Kelly said, "I'm sorry I'm late, Diana, but the traffic is heavy. You stopped me just as my bus was leaving for Chicago." Diana looked at Kelly in a daze. "I stopped you—?"

"I was about to get in the car when you called." A moment of silence. "Kelly—I didn't call you. You called me. You told me you had the evidence we needed—" She saw the startled look on Kelly's face. "I don't--" The two of them turned around and looked at the top floor of Block A at the same time. Diana took a deep breath. "let us--" "right." They ran down a flight of stairs, got into an elevator, and three minutes later were out the door of the hotel. Inside the attic, Harry Flint looked at his watch.What are the bitches keeping up?

Diana and Kelly sit in a crowded subway car. "I don't know how they do it?" said Diana. "It's your voice." "It's your voice. They won't rest until they kill us. Like octopuses, they have a thousand bloody arms that wrap around our necks." "They've got to catch us before they kill us," Diana said. "How did they find us this time? We threw away Kingsley's card, and we don't have anything else they gave us—" They looked at each other, then looked at their phones. Kelly asked puzzled, "But how did they know our cell phone number?"

"Don't ask. It's about the safest place in New York anyway. We can stay on the subway until—" Diana glanced across the aisle, her face suddenly pale. "Let's get off here," she said urgently, "the next stop." "What? You just said—?" Kelly followed Diana's gaze.A banner ad posted above the window showed a smiling Kelly holding a fancy lady's watch. "Oh my God!" They stood up, ran to the door, and waited for their arrival.Two Marines in uniform sat nearby, winking at them. Kelly smiled at them, took Diana's cell phone and her own at the same time, and handed one of them: "We'll call you."

Then the two women disappeared. In the top floor of Block A, the phone rang.Flint grabbed it. Tanner said, "It's been over an hour. What's the matter, Mr. Flint?" "They didn't show up." "what?" "I have been staying here, guarding." "Come back to the office." Tanner snapped the phone back. At first, Tanner had some day-to-day business to attend to.It's private now.Tanner picked up his cell phone and dialed Diana's number. A Marine who took the phone from Kelly answered: "It's us, baby. Would you two like to have a good time tonight?"

Bitches throw their phones away. This is a small inn located on a small street to the west, with a very cheap appearance. As the taxi drove by, both Diana and Kelly saw the vacant sign, and Diana said, "You can park here, driver." The women got out of the car and walked to the door of the inn. The hostess opened the door, and it was a kindly middle-aged woman named Alexandra Upshaw: "I can give you a very nice room for forty dollars a night, with breakfast to go." Diana said, "Okay." She looked at Kelly's expression, "What's wrong?" "Nothing." Kelly closed his eyes for a while.The inn had nothing to do with the one she grew up in, cleaning toilets, cooking for strangers, and listening to her alcoholic stepfather beat up her mother.She forced a smile: "No problem." The next morning, Tanner received Flint and Caballo. "They threw away my business card," Tanner said, "and their cell phones." "Then we can't follow them," said Flint. Tanner said: "No, Mr. Flint, not as long as I live. We're not following them any more. They're coming for us." The two looked at each other for a moment, then at Tanner. "what?" "Diana Stevens and Kelly Harris are at KIG on Monday morning at 11:15."