Chapter 19
"Lady, can you please just give me the
room number for Angela Connors?" Kevin was becoming very frustrated
with the woman behind the front desk.
"For the last time sir, I'm not allowed
to release that information to you."
"Isn't there anything I can do to
see her please?"
"Well, you can- Wait a minute!
Aren't you from that new group the Backstreet Boys?"
"Yes, I am. Why?"
"Well, my daughter loves you guys and if
you give me your autograph, I'll give you the info. Deal?"
"Deal." He signed the
paper that the lady shoved toward him and she gave him the room number.
He then rolled his eyes at the lady and walked towards the elevator.
Orlando's Odyssey
"Do you think he found her yet?" Brian asked, his voice muffled by
the table.
"I don't know Brian," Krista
replied. She hoped as much as Brian did that Kevin would find her soon;
Brian almost sounded delirious.
Suddenly, Brian's head popped up.
"You know what?" The look in his eyes startled Krista and
Nick because it was the exact opposite of what they were two minutes ago.
"This isn't my fault. She's overreacting."
Uh-oh, Nick thought.
"Bri, come on man..." he started.
"No," Brian interrupted.
"I say one thing and she just can't put it behind me. I mean,
this is a little ridiculous."
"This isn't good," Nick whispered to
Krista.
At the hotel
"347. This is it," Kevin
thought to himself. He knocked on the door and prayed for the best.
No answer. So he knocked again.
On the other side of the door, Angela rolled
over. She thought she was hearing things. But when Kevin knocked
for a third time, she realized that somebody was really there. She got up
to get the door.
The
deadbolt clicked as she opened the door the little bit that the chain would let
her. Angela peered through the crack to see who interrupted her slumber.
"Kevin?" she asked uncertainly.
He smiled at her when he saw the happy look
cross her face. She flung open the door and gave him a huge hug.
"It's so good to see you again! How did you find me? And
why are you here?"
"One thing at a time," he laughed.
"Let's go back in and we'll talk." They went in and sat
on the beds.
"Well, I found you by hunting in and out
of stores until someone knew something. I just happened to stumble across
the pizza place and the kid there told me. I then had to give an
autograph to the lady at the desk for her daughter so she would give me your
room number. I'm here because Krista called me and told me what
happened." Kevin watched Angela's face darken. "I'm sorry
Angela. But I had to come for him. Hey, on the plus side, I get to see
your beautiful face again."
She blushed and laughed at him.
"Quite a story you have there."
"Anyway, Brian is pretty upset and he
really wanted to hear from you."
"No. Not now," she shook her
head. "I need some time to think."
"How long are you gonna be here
for?" he wanted to know.
"Maybe overnight or a couple of days.
I really don't know."
"Alright," Kevin said.
"At least I know you're OK and I can go back and tell everyone that.
If you need anything, call me. Here's my cell phone number.
It's always on." He gave a paper with his number on it.
"Angela reached over and gave him a hug.
"Thanks Kev. When all this blows over, we'll chill."
"That sounds good. See you
later," he replied and left.
Angela sat on her bed and thought for a
moment. She couldn't believe that they had actually sent someone out
after her to make sure that she was alright. I'm a big girl now,
she thought. But she was very happy to see Kevin again. That made
her feel a bit better.
But Brian... he was a different story.
She wanted to feel bad, but couldn't. What he did to her really
hurt. It was just the whole principle of the thing.
She got up and went in the bathroom.
Unsure of whether she wanted to see herself, she hesitated to turn on the
light. She flickered it on anyway. Her reflection wasn't as bad as
she thought it would be. Besides her bangs needing to be fixed, her hair
was alright otherwise. Her brown eyes were still somewhat blood shot from
all the crying she had done. And her cheeks were tearstreaked and
flushed.
"Now what?" she thought.
Orlando's Odyssey
Kevin walked into the club to find Brian going
off about something to Nick and Krista. "Now what's going on?"
he wondered.
"What happened? Where's
Angela?" Krista asked, interrupting Brian.
"Well," he started as he sat down.
"It didn't take me too long to find her, it was getting her room
number that was the problem." And he proceeded to tell the story.
"In other words, she had no place to go,
so she ran to a hotel," Brian concluded.
"And you know that she's not gonna want
to talk to anybody. She's good for keeping her problems to
herself," Krista added.
"What are you gonna do about it?"
Nick asked.
"Absolutely nothing," Brian said,
standing up. "We know she's fine and when she's ready to come home
and apologize for overreacting, we'll take it from there." He
started to walk out.
Krista, Nick, and Kevin all followed him.
"I'll tell you this right now," Kevin said "They're
both never wrong."
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