Basil Jaak made a phone call to Yetta Astir's cell phone, disregarding her complaints, he bluntly told her about rescuing Amanda.
Although Yetta had a fiery temper, she was kind-hearted and promptly responded, "I'll be on my way!"
"No need to rush over during the holidays, a call from your station to the owner of this hotel should suffice," Basil said, admittedly with ulterior motives. He didn't want to trouble Yetta too much or impede his plans to teach Abner a stern lesson if Yetta came in person.
After a moment's hesitation, Yetta nodded and said, "All right, I'll hang up and call their manager."
"Thanks," Basil thanked her briefly, hung up, and smiled at the receptionist, "You'll be giving me the room number soon."
"Hmph, so conceited, I don't believe you're a real cop!" — the receptionist thought. She seen police coming for inspections who are typically fat and oily, whereas he looked lean, hardly police-material.
