Searching For Jenna novel Chapter 35

Elliot didn't sleep much that night. Every sound made him jump. The girls did a lot of tossing and turning too. Elliot finally got up at five that morning and went down to his truck for his running clothes that he'd brought, but forgot to take up to the room last night. The hair on the back of his neck stood up when he went out the building, and he felt like he was being watched. Looking around, he didn't see anyone, but he couldn't shake the feeling.

He went back to the room and found Cara had gotten up too. She was looking out the window. "I feel like someone is watching us," she said quietly.

Elliot went to stand beside her. "Me, too." He studied the parking lot of the hotel that was more than half full. He didn't see any vehicles he recognized. "I'm going to follow you guys back today."

Cara nodded. "That might be a good idea." Cara looked down at where their arms were touching and noticed that she had goosebumps. She stepped away and sat down on the bed she'd shared with Megan, who was still sound asleep.

"I'm going to go down to the fitness center and run on the treadmill for a little while," Elliot said and went into the bathroom with his bag. He didn't think Megan and Cara would go through his bag, but he made sure that anything revealing, like his other binding vest, were wrapped within other clothing items.

When Elliot came out of the bathroom, Cara got up and looked out the window again. She shivered and then tousled her hair irritably.

"Did you see something?" Elliot asked as he stood next to the table with one foot on a chair where he was tying his running shoes.

Cara jumped and glared at him. "No. How are you so quiet? I didn't hear you come out of the bathroom."

"I think you were too deep in thought," Elliot said and switched feet so he could tie his other shoe. He nodded toward the window. "See anyone?"

"No, but I still feel like we're under surveillance," Cara said.

"Yeah, it's weird," Elliot agreed. "Do you want some coffee or breakfast stuff before I go run?"

Cara shook her head. "I'm going to try to lay back down."

"If you do decide to get something, have Megan go with you," Elliot said. "Or wait for me to come back. There's something creepy going on."

"Okay," Cara said and crawled back in next to Megan.

Elliot looked at Megan's sleeping form with envy. He would love to be in that bed with Cara. "I'm going now," Elliot said. He needed to get out of that room before he acted on the desire to kiss Cara.

"I started freaking out," Cara admitted. "I asked him how he knew Jenna and why did he think she was here. He seemed a little surprised that I started yelling at him. He moved back away from the door and said he must have been mistaken. And then he turned and started walking back toward the elevators."

"And then someone called the room asking for Jenna," Megan said. "That was even creepier. It's like someone is trying to torment Cara."

Elliot's face hardened. That could very well be true. "Did you ever talk about Jenna to Steven?" he asked.

"Are you kidding? I barely talk to him about drink orders. I've not said anything about my personal life to him since I told him I was gay that first day," Cara said.

"Hmm," Elliot paced and stroked his chin. "I'm going to get a shower and then we'll talk about this some more. Try to think of any time that you talked to someone at the restaurant about Jenna. Think about who was around and if they were listening."

Elliot grabbed his overnight bag and went into the bathroom. In the bathroom, Elliot pulled out the phone he used to contact Mark and texted him with this new information. Elliot was very concerned that his father may have tracked Cara here. If that were the case, Cara would not be safe until his father was arrested.

Checking the door to make sure it was locked, Elliot began to undress. He hated being in bathrooms with big mirrors because they remind him that he still had all of his female parts. His breasts had always been small because he kept his body fat at a meager percentage through running. Now that he was taking testosterone, his body fat had shrunk even more and been replaced with more muscle. Elliot did a lot of chest exercises with his weights at home. The result was some decent pecs which almost took away his female breasts all together.