Chapter 98: Penguins in the Desert

Trista’s POV

Click.

It was the hotel door. I glanced over at my clock. It was 6am. Hazel was sneaking back into her room. She’d been out all night!

I closed my eyes and fell back asleep for a bit, but Billy and Belle woke me up a couple of hours later.

I had Aisha order breakfast room service for us, with an extra cup of coffee for Hazel. I knew she’d need it. A little while later, she emerged from her bedroom with dark circles under her eyes.

“Well if it isn’t sleeping beauty,” I teased her. “What did you get up to last night?”

“Me?” she asked. “Nothing,” she said, reaching for the coffee. “I went to bed early. I think I had a touch of heat stroke. I’m not used to this desert heat.”

“You went to bed early?” I asked, raising my eyebrows.

No she didn’t! The little vixen was out all night. She even had a faint red mark on her neck.

“I had a headache,” she lied to me. “The air conditioning wasn’t working well in my room. I hardly slept last night. I tossed and turned.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to