‘Oh, God, when he smiles like that! ‘I fucking hate her,’ Penny thought darkly. ‘God, just like Lori Prentiss all over again, little bitch get... whatever she wants.’ Warren heard a small girl being taunted by a haughty female voice. He heard the little girl crying to her dolls, asking her pretend friends why no one liked her. He put his hand on Penny’s shoulder. ‘She’s not here any more,’ he thought. He heard the haughty voice rapidly fade away and heard a little girl’s giggle happily. ‘Lori’s. A public place like this is safe and it’s not like the Crowne Plaza is exactly a dump. A bit nicer than the average business class hotel, lots of rooms and floors and a fairly newly renovated place. The bar and lounge is actually pretty nice, being converted from an older 50’s style restaurant into a warm, cozier ‘after work’ wind down sort of place. It’s not the kind of place where you would find anything too extreme - on the outside at least. No overly loud music, no hipsters or rednecks or. Deftly opening the bag, Nagi poured some of its contents into her opposite hand. A dark smile of pleasure coloring her face as brightly golden coins showered radiantly into her open palm. Not real gold of course, but a mildly radio-centric composite that was nigh on impossible to duplicate in any profitable fashion. She stood for a few moments savoring the weight before glancing back at the Queen."Right," She grunted assuming a business like tone. "Have this transferred outside to Ken-oki for. She still had her garter on, he noted, and it was blue. He wasn't sure, but she might have been sans knickers.Alice was just starting her shift on the front desk. Her black dress was freshly laundered and pressed. Her white blouse with a starched collar was pristine and her makeup and hair was the product of many minutes, sitting at her dressing table, in preparation of being the face of the hotel.She looked critically at the oak panelling that formed the reception walls, with its oil paintings.