Chapter 80 - Bag Full Of Cash

The Bellboy was always worried that if there ever would be a police raid in this motel then the consequences can be bad and he could be blamed for the illegal activities happening here.

This Bellboy is one of the four employees in this motel. Manager, cook, bellboy and an old woman who comes to clean the motel sometimes were the only members who work here. The bellboy Bill was working in this motel for three years now and within six months he understood about the functioning of this motel.Though the owner can afford to renovate this motel he is not willing to do so because the owner knows that if it looks old and unattractive then he can earn more as lot of illegal activities happen here and people were willing to pay higher price for a room here because they would be hiding themselves or are doing something wrong. Bill too receives hefty amounts in the form of tips from these people and this was also one of the reasons why he doesn't quit working here.

Bill, who was in a juvenile jail for three years because of a crime he committed, is 26 years old now, he is a tall, average looking man with a scar on the forehead which doesn't look scary. The scar has faded over the time and can be seen only when observed keenly. He was looking for a stable job but given his juvenile past, people were hesitant to hire him and that's how he ended up getting a job here as the manager here didn't care about all these things. This was another reason why he is still stuck with this manager and this motel.

The manager needed an employee who was not very qualified and who would take care of almost everything in the motel, like serving food, cleaning rooms and attending calls in his stead and so on and he knows Bill would not get job at any other place with the same pay this motel was paying, so the chances of him quitting the job was very less and he also would be grateful to the manager, which would all work in the manager's favor. 

For three years Bill worked at this motel he had seen all kind of criminal activities happening here, like mafia meetings, prostitution, thieves hiding here for a few days, gambling and so on. He had seen almost everything in these three years of span. The cops in this town are not very sincere towards their job and at times they too were indulged in illegal activities like prostitution and therefore no one ever properly raid this place but Bill knows if some day any sincere cop comes here then this place will be shut down and he wanted to leave this place before something like that happens. He was waiting for an opportunity to lead a better life. He wanted to settle down and lead a comfortable life and quit this place, he had some savings but they were not enough and therefore he continues working here.

Andrew and Sophia stayed in the room and did not step out of it for two days. They kept ordering room service and therefore had no reason to leave.

"Boss, I have cleaned all the rooms but today too the old couple didn't let me in to clean their room." Bill, the bellboy complained to the motel manager.

It was not that he was really concerned about the hygiene of the room but was really curious to know what these old people were up to, he heard them moaning a few times now and he wondered how these old people have so much energy and this deepened his suspicions and he therefore complained to the manager, he wanted to enter their room and know more about them.

"Let them be, you know we don't bother our customers and they have paid the money in advance so I don't care." The manager was indifferent as always

"But I do, I also feel something is fishy, so I want a reason to enter their room, even when I deliver the food only the old man comes out and doesn't even let me in and then they leave the tray outside the door, not giving me any opportunity to enter their room."

"Bill, aren't you being too nosy why do you want to peek into their room?"

"I find them fishy, what if they murdered someone and hid their body in our motel rooms, it will be bad." Bill wanted to scare the manager more so that he would agree to his request.

"So, what do you want me to do?" The manager asked as he knows there is no point in making Bill understand and until and unless he would check it himself he won't rest in peace and would continue to nag him.

"Call them up and say it is in our rule to get the room cleaned and then I'll go and check the room while cleaning it." Bill gave an idea.

"We have no such rules."

"Yeah but they don't know that."

"Fine, whatever." The manager finally agreed and he called Andrew's room.

Andrew and Sophia got worried when the phone rang, "Don't worry, it might not be that serious." saying this Andrew picked up the phone.

"Hello, what is it?" He asked annoyed.

"Sir, since the past two days, your room has not been cleaned and according to our rules we have to clean it so can you please allow our cleaner in and allow us to clean the room?"

Andrew put his hand on the phone speaker and whispered to Sophia, "They want to clean the room, some motel rules they say, what should I do?"

"Fine let them in." she whispered back.

"Okay send the cleaner in but after 15 minutes" Andrew said and put down the phone. He and Sophia quickly changed into their old people disguise.

After 15-20 minutes, the doorbell rang and Andrew opened the door, unwillingly he allowed the bellboy inside the room.

When the bellboy entered he saw the room was very untidy and all the beer bottles were lying on the floor. He asked the couple to go and stay in the balcony so that he can change bedsheets and clean the room and as they are old the dust might be uncomfortable for them.

Having no choice Andrew and Sophia agreed and went to the balcony.

They both sat in the chairs, placed in the balcony. They both looked into each other's eyes and signaled not to talk anything in front of him and decided to stay quiet.

Bill wanted to know more about these people and his curiosity was killing him. His eagerness increased day by day and he was waiting for this opportunity and finally he was in their room, so without wasting any more time he bent down and checked under the bed while cleaning the floor as he was hoping to find something here, there was no other place in this room to hide stuff except for under the bed and just as luck would have it he found a black leather bag lying there, he turned around to check if any one was here, confirming that the old people are still in the balcony and he was not in their line of sight, he slowly pulled the bag towards him and opened it to check the contents. 

His eyes grew wide in shock and his heart started beating faster, he saw a lot of cash in the bag, it was literally a bag full of money. He immediately closed the bag's zipper and tried to control his fast beating heart. 

He pretended like he didn't see anything and again after checking no one was watching him, he placed a small device under the bed and after changing the sheets and cleaning the entire room he left.

Seeing the bellboy leave Andrew had a weird feeling, his intuitions told him something was wrong.

"Sophia, I think it is time that we leave this motel, the bellboy looked really suspicious and I don't have a good feeling about it."

"Are you sure Andrew? I mean we are anyway planning to leave tomorrow, why hurry?"

"Sophia, we have to be very careful. I can't take any risks as we are going to reach our goal soon, once the Jonathan murder case has no leads and the case is closed then we can finally live a peaceful life with no more complications. We have to move from here today itself and think of our next plan"

"Why are you worrying so much? Let us chill, this place seems to be safe"

"Whenever you say let us chill, we always end up in danger. Listen to me for once as I have strong intuitions regarding that bellboy. Don't argue and just get ready" he shouted at her.

Sophia got scared seeing Andrew so angry and decided to follow his instructions and not argue any further.

Both then packed their bags and went to the reception.

"What can I do for you sir?" the manager worriedly asked, looking at their luggage.