"Take off your jacket!"
K's mouth fell open as he wondered if something was wrong with his hearing. From what he had understood, someone had planned to drug her but had failed. And her vitals also looked normal with her eyes clear as an ocean.. So why was she ordering him to take off your clothes. A slow leering smile stretched across his face as he closed the small distance between their bodies and whispered scandalously," Just the coat, babe? I can take off the shirt off my back if you ask nicely. But I don't take orders darling. If you say please then I may consider taking it off..."
Alice breathed in a frustrated breath and wondered just which God she had offended that she was having to handle this situation with such a man! "Look, mister, "I have no interest in your clothes. I just need your coat to escape from here. I can't go out like this. The person who wants to harm me must be looking for me. Once the crowd here starts leaving, I will wear your coat and mix in with the crowd to escape from here. Look, I don't have any cash on me, but I can pay you!"
Alice extended her hand and took off the diamond bracelet on her wrist, caught his hand and placed the bracelet in the center of his palm. K looked down at the dainty hand that was gripping his and folded his fingers around the bracelet and her hand. " Miss Alice, not everything is for sale here. You are too beautiful to mix in with the crowd. But I can help you. Is it really so difficult to say please?"
Before Alice could say anything, K saw something just behind her and knew that he had found a way to answer the questions clamoring in his mind. The violet eyed beautiful Alice that he knew in the past was scared of nothing except..."Spider!!!"
Jumping in place, and covering her own mouth as she screamed in terror, Alice jumped into the man's waiting arms as she tried to get rid of the evil thing... Satisfied, K slowly opened the door behind him and looked around carefully. Seeing that the hallway was empty, he took off his coat and placed it around Alice was was clinging to him and then placing an arm around her waist, he picked her up in his arms and walked out. With her face pressed in the crook of his neck, K walked into the elevator, pressing directly the button to the penthouse of the hotel. He was sure that whoever the perpetrator of the scheme was would have parked his people in the basement to keep an eye out. But he had booked himself into the penthouse suite and no one would have access to that floor without a key card. As the elevator doors closed and it started to move upwards, Alice poked her head out and asked haughtily, "Where are you taking me? I thought you were going to help me escape. Look mister, I am not someone you can mess with. So don't get any ideas in your head!"
Sardonically, K raised an eyebrow and said," You are the one getting the ideas! I simply asked you for a dance! But you! You kissed me, kidnapped me, asked me to take off my clothes and then jumped into my arms! And I at least know your name- Alice Faye! You, on the other hand, have no idea who I am, do you?"
At this point, K was hoping against hope that she would snap back at him that she did know who he was but she continued to glare at him in the same strange way. A keen sense of disappointment went through him as he accepted that he really had been forgotten. Slowly, letting her slide down his body, he kept a hand placed around her as the elevator reached it's destination.
As soon as the elevator doors opened, K took a step back and walked out of the elevator," Miss Faye. I have done my duty as a gentleman and offered you a safe haven. Whether you decide to take this or not is up to you. Once these doors close, the only way the elevator will stop here is if you have a key card. Goodbye."
With his hands in his pocket, K walked away without a backward glance. However he felt an unrecognizable pain in his heart. He had only known her for two days, yet he had cherished the memory like a priceless treasure. While she had not just changed but also forgotten him and their time together.
Just as his hand extended to open the door, he felt a small flutter against his back. Turning his head, he saw that Alice had followed him out. Raising an eyebrow, his tone a bit cold, he asked," Miss Faye? Do you need my help?"
Alice looked up into his eyes and the pleading words that she had been about to utter, stopped in her throat. She did not know this man and yet she could detect the change in him. Until now, he had been looking at her like a tolerant friend. Even his teasing had not made her feel threatened. But now, he was looking at her like a stranger. And she suddenly felt as if she had lost something important...though she did not know what.
When K saw that she was not yet willing to be humble, his freshly wounded heart melted again and he opened the door to his room and gestured her in. But this time, he hardened his heart. He was not going to let her make a place in his heart. Just in his room. And just for tonight.
Alice looked at the man who was still willing to help her gratefully and walked inside. Once the door closed behind him, she held out her hand and introduced herself formally," Hello. I am Alice Faye. You know my name but don't know yours. I am sorry for my rudeness. Please accept my apologies."
K looked down at the dainty while hand and clasped it in his larger one. Just as he was about to introduce himself with his stage name, his mouth moved of it's own accord and he said," Adam Perry."