The hallway starts vibrating as size fourteen men’s boots thunder down the hall. The pictures on the walls rattle and the decorative table near the elevator trembles in fear of the man with every step. Accompanying the boots is the sound of a chain swinging and tackling itself every few seconds – chink, chink, chink. A woman sticks her head out of one of the rooms. Her velvet red shawl hangs lazily from her shoulder as she looks around the area. She catches a glimpse of the giant that is advancing in her direction. His black trench coat glides behind him, lengthening his already tall shadow to make it appear as a dark pit entrance to hell itself. A shimmer by his waist declares his position in society as it comes from a sidearm. A rifle is strapped to his back, the strap wrapping around his chest in the front. A sagging bag hangs from his left arm, suggestive of full magazine cartridges for the two guns. His smoky eyes turn to the woman, regarding her wasted shape without interest. Her blond hair is disheveled and her makeup smudged. He squints at her and she feels like the decorative table, shuddering under his influence. She quickly retracts herself and, with a thud, she closes the door and locks it. The man continues striding towards his destination. At the end of the hall, he turns on his heel and pulls out a card from his back pocket. He swipes at the door with the card and pushes it open with his hand. Ducking a bit to avoid the door frame, he enters the hotel room. Right away, he drops the bag down in the closet by the door before kicking the door shut behind him. Bending down, he pulls one boot off then he pulls the other off. The two brown pieces of shoe wear are set down by the bag, acting as two towers over a sand dune nearby. He sloughs off his coat, hanging it up from a cheap wooden hanger that has already seen its prime.
Sighing with relief, he walks through the receiving room and to the bedroom. Avoiding hitting his head, he enters the bedroom. Lying on the bed, with a book in hand, lies a young lady. She wears a satin black teddy outfit with a satin light pink robe draped over it. Her left leg stretches out on the bed whereas the right supports her book.
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