Second Chances(70)

CHAPTER FIFTY



Linda drummed her fingers on the steering wheel. She looked at her watch again, only five minutes later than the last time she'd looked. She peered at the people passing under the street lights, hoping to see Cameron. He hadn't been gone that long, but sitting alone in the car made it feel like an eternity. They hadn't been able to park in the hotel parking lot since it had security and Cameron was certain they'd be noticed just sitting in the car. She had volunteered to go, but he had vetoed that immediately. The hotel was not far away, but Linda was not familiar with the area at all and the possibility of her getting lost wasn't out of the question. More importantly, he insisted that she was a known factor. Neither Paige nor Nathan knew him and while the odds of her running into them was slim, the possibility did exist and he did not want to tip them off. He was certain that as of right now Nathan and Paige had no clue they were being tracked and he did not want anything to change that.

Linda let out a yelp when a hand knocked on the window. Cameron stood at the passenger door. She felt her face flush in embarrassment and flicked the door locks open. He slid into the vehicle, a scowl on his face.

"Sorry, I didn't know I had locked the doors," she lied.

"What?" He waved a dismissive hand. "I think they are still there. I believe I saw their car. So unless they are out walking around, they must be in the hotel. Unfortunately I wasn't able to sweet talk their room number out of the front desk woman. She offered to call up to the room, but wouldn't tell me which one."

"Do you think we can place a tracker on the car?"

Cameron pulled his phone out of his jacket. Linda tried to hide her smile. It seemed his land line policy was out the window.

"Jimmy, we've located their car and I think they are likely in their room, but have no clue what room that is. Anyway we can track the car?"

Jimmy was silent for a moment the only sound was the clicking of keys.

"Sixth floor room thirty-one. It's a double with an ocean view. Sorry, should have told you that earlier."

Cameron's scowl was replaced with a grin. He had definitely been underutilizing Jimmy.

"What about the car?"

"Like I said before, it doesn't have a GPS. If you have a tracking device that would be one thing."

"I don't have access to that right now. Can we improvise something?"

"Sure. Almost every phone these days has GPS and can be turned into a tracking device. Problem is how long the battery would last. Heck these days its hard not to be tracked. But like I said, its all about power."

Linda snapped her fingers and asked. "Then why don't we just use his phone? You can get his info, can't you?"

Cameron gave her an approving smile and she felt her heart flutter.

"Yeah that isn't an issue. I already have all his data and I've actually attempted that already."

Cameron frowned as he sensed what was to come.

"Unfortunately his phone is dead."

"Maybe he never turned it back on after they landed this morning," Linda said.

"That is possible," Jimmy said. "But that doesn't mean anything. Even with the power off I could reactivate it, so the battery must be dead."

"Okay, Jimmy, just do whatever the heck it is you do. Monitor for that phone to come back up. The minute it does, I want you to notify me."

"Sure boss. I'll intercept any voicemail he gets as well."

"Excellent."

Cameron hung up the phone.

"Guess we need to do this the old fashioned way." He looked at his watch. "I don't think they are going anywhere tonight, but we have no way to know what time they might leave. I wouldn't think too early, but I want us out here just in case."

"Stakeout all night?"

"No, I don't think that will be necessary. They don't know we are after them. We'll go check in somewhere close by. I want us back out here by four or five though just in case they get an early start."

"Can't we just end this now?"

Cameron looked over at her, his eyebrows raised in a question. She patted her purse.

"We know what room they are in now. I could go in, bang bang, problem solved. I mean, you aren't planning to try and retrieve her are you?"

"No. As much as I hate to admit it, I think at this point I have to accept that she is a lost cause."

"So why not let me end this now?"

"Tempting, very tempting. However, I don't think we are there yet. Something went wrong with this entire thing and I would like to know what."

"So you don't think it has to do with advancing the time tables?" Linda regretted the words even before she finished saying them and braced herself.

He was silent for a moment, before saying, "I can't discount that as a possibility."