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“Tell me something, did you not get your hands on the exact same video?” Rayi watched Leo closely. But Leo gave nothing away.

“Rayi. Leo. It’s time for the tour,” Daisy called out.

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“You’ve got bruises under your eyes, and you’ve lost at least ten pounds in the three weeks since I saw you. Fuck yeah, I had Doug railroad you,” Leo hissed under his breath so the others couldn’t hear him.

They made their way up to the front of the line, and Leo stepped back so Daisy could check herself in. Leo had been impressed with Effie’s efficiency. Not only had she arranged hotel rooms for the W.A.N.T. team, she’d gotten rooms for him and Rayi in this nice, downtown Aden hotel.

Leo laughed to himself. As much as Daisy bitched, he couldn’t help but notice that she waited for him to finish checking in before she headed for the elevators.

“You waited,” he smiled.

“I was waiting for the others,” she said haughtily.

He took a moment to look around, “they’ve all gone upstairs.”

She blushed. “Oh. I must be more tired than I realized.”

He took the opportunity to take her backpack and duffel from her.

“I can carry that,” she protested.

“So can I. This way we have a little bit of time to discuss why you’ve been ghosting all of my texts and calls for the last few weeks.”

“That’s easy. I was busy, didn’t you notice?”

Leo rolled his eyes and took her elbow. “Come on, let’s get you up to your room.”

She yawned.

He needed to get her to her room immediately so she could sleep twelve hours through. Hell, maybe even twenty-four hours.

He ushered her to the elevator. He took note of the fact that two businessmen chose not to share the elevator with them. He was happy that Daisy didn’t seem to notice. The woman needed a shower. When they got to her floor she was having trouble figuring out which way to go.

“Daisy, what’s your room number?”

“Huh?”

“Give me your key.”

She handed it to him.

“Come on, Honey, this way.” He put his arm around her waist, to make sure she made it. As soon as he opened the door to her room, she gave a muffled sigh.

“Want shower. But need sleep.” She looked at Leo, her eyes were filling with tears. “I’m so grungy.” She yawned.

He wasn’t so sure she could stay upright in the shower either.

“How about I stay here, to make sure you don’t fall over in the shower?” He almost offered to shower with her, but that would be crossing a line.

She nodded. “Yes, please.”

She swayed as she headed back toward the bathroom.

“Daisy, don’t lock the door, in case I need to come in and help you.”

“S’okay,” she nodded. She left the door wide open, proving that she was at the end of her rope. Leo swung it almost closed, so he could hear her if she needed him. Then he went about the business of unpacking her clothes. Talk about grungy. He could see one section of clothes that she had rinsed out at one point and she probably planned to wear tomorrow, but they could use a good cleaning.