Chapter 192: The Third Time
Elias slipped out of the auditorium and found the restroom the old-fashioned way: by relying on his excellent memory.
More accurately, by relying on his excellent ability to smile at a student until she forgot she had been in a hurry and gave him directions.
Public restrooms had never had much room in his head. Who wandered around memorizing them for fun? If a place had no strategic value, no food, no money, no bed, and no woman worth baiting, it usually had no reason to exist in his mental map.
He followed the path the student had pointed out, crossed the side corridor beside the auditorium wing, and reached the restrooms tucked near a quiet academic hallway. The crowd noise from the gala faded behind him until the building felt almost emptied out, all carpeted silence and fluorescent hum.
He did not see Yvonne Quinn anywhere along the way.
Good.
That meant she was still inside.
Elias immediately stopped rushing.
