Nikki stirred.
“Baby, we have to leave,” he urged.
“Alex, is that you?” She rubbed her eyes, tried to focus. She’d fallen asleep with him next to her.
“I’m so, so sorry.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I slipped down to the casino. Lost everything. Even the money for the room.”
He jostled from foot to foot.
“You’re joking, right?”
“I wish.”
Nikki rose from the bed. “Well then, it’s a good thing I have some emergency money hidden in my suitcase.”
Alex hung his head.
“No. You don’t, ” he said.