Annie tries to rope Laura into helping her

Laura finished washing her face and smiled when she looked at the mirror. Damn, she was pretty, the sea breeze did wonders to her complexion. She wrapped a towel around her bikini bottoms, put on a jacket, flip flops, and exited her hotel room for another day at the beach.

“Hi Laura, had a good night's sleep?” Annie asked.

“...You again. How did you know where I was staying?!”

“Hire me and I’ll tell you!” Annie hit Laura with the biggest grin the detective had seen all week.

“Nice try, but no. Go away.” Laura ignored Annie and walked to the elevator.

“I’m not going to try to convince you to hire me today,” Annie said as she followed her pace.

“Good.”

“…but I think you need to hear this…”

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“So, you found another pervert, big deal.” Laura devoured a croissant in one bite. Both investigators were sitting inside the hotel’s fancy restaurant and gorging themselves with the continental breakfast.

“I don’t think they were both perverts, but I think they are connected. You see…”

“Pap, pap, pap.” Laura waved her hands. “That sounds like work talk, I’m on vacation. If you are going to try to do this, at least make it worth my time by rubbing my shoulders while you talk.”

Annie got up and began doing exactly that. “As I was saying...”

“Oh! How are you this good with your hands!? I’m feeling relaxed in muscles I didn’t even know I had!”

Annie rolled her eyes. “Anyway, there’s no way that both girls were wearing the same brand of orange lipstick for fun, and they both seemed hesitant to do what they were doing as well. I think someone is forcing them to do embarrassing things.”

Laura took a bite out of another croissant. “Hrw? Brackml?”

“I can’t think of anything else.”

“And do you have any evidence? Aside from an ominously vague note?”

“N-no…, but I do know where to start searching! The note mentioned a room, not a house or apartment. I think the blonde is staying at a hotel too! Have you seen anyone like her around here?”

“Can’t say that I have. Then again, I’m not exactly paying attention to that sort of thing.” A burly man in a speedo passed next to the window. Laura winked at him and he winked back. “But if you want, I’ll give you my keycard so you can search the hotel.”

“Really? Thanks!”

“Yeah, I’m the best. Good luck!” Laura finished her breakfast with one gigantic bite. She tossed the key to Annie and left the building looking forward to spending a day on the beach without the redhead pestering her.