The plane landed in Orenburg early in the morning. Rome had arranged for each of them to get to a hotel far away from the airport by different means. He didn’t like the idea of having his eyes off of Ella for even a few minutes, but it seemed like the safest thing to do. He’d arranged for her to take the bus, so she would at least be in public. Likewise, Mary would take a hotel shuttle. Both Rome and Gus would take cabs, but not together. In fact, he waited until he was sure Gus had already gotten into a cab before he even got in line. Once again, he was thankful Bart had managed to get all of his money into an account that would be untraceable to his father so he had plenty of money to make it happen.
They all had separate rooms at the hotel, too, on different floors. That wouldn't stop him from sharing a room with his wife, but he didn’t need to alert anyone who was looking for four people, or even more than one person, traveling together.
