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“No. Just stating facts. You’re nice to people, you just don’t want them to know that.”
“An all-round good guy, then,” he drawled.
“I wouldn’t go that far. Ted?”
“Hmm.”
“Do you have a few minutes to spare?”
“For you, yes.”
“Ted! That guy in room 345 is causing trouble again. He tried to grab Belinda when she brought clean towels. And we heard breaking sounds.”
“Have you called security?”
“Yes.”
“All right, Jay, let’s go and see what’s happening,” Ted said. “You stay here, I won’t be long,” he said to Mandy before disappearing down the hall.
She gave it ten seconds, then followed.
Mandy took the stairs up and heard someone yelling as she reached the next floor.
“Step aside, Mr. Paton, I want to inspect your room.”
Poking her head around the door, she saw Ted standing halfway down the hall. She couldn’t see who he was speaking to.
“You have no right to come into my room!”
“I own this lodge, I have every right. No one abuses or touches my staff members. Now you step aside, or I will have you removed from the premises.”
Ted spoke in a cool, calm voice. Looking at him no one would know he was angry. The only sign was his right hand that was clenched into a fist.
“Fuck you!”
The scream caught in her throat as a fist appeared. Ted ducked. Then he lunged and disappeared. He reappeared with a man in his arms who was yelling obscenities at him.
“Call Chief Blake, Jay.”
The staff member pulled out his phone and made the call.
The man managed to wriggle free and lashed out a fist at Ted. He didn’t duck in time, and this one connected with his jaw. His head jerked back.
“Not a wise move, Mr. Paton. I can now have you arrested for assault as well as charging you for whatever damage done to my hotel room.”
Mandy slipped back down the stairs with her heart pounding. Ted could have been hurt, and that rocked her. Seeing that man lash out had scared her, but more than that, it made her angry. She’d wanted to rush in there and defend Ted.
What did that mean?
Mandy made her way back to Ted’s office and sat in a chair outside as the door was closed.
He appeared twenty minutes later looking no different from when he left her. He stopped when he saw her.
“I thought you would have left.”
“No.”
He took her hand and pulled her out of her chair, then opened his office door and nudged her inside.
