The ‘Hello Goodbye Motel’ was a single-story structure with ten guest rooms. Even so, it wasn’t easy to approach with stealth. All the rooms had windows that looked out front over the main road. The entrance was such that every car had to drive by each room on the way to the reception. The chances of being spotted were high and the chances that Hope would

escape if she saw him were high. He would have to go to reception and ask if they had a guest fitting her description.

If she spotted him driving up in that time she would be long gone by the time he got to...