Fates Hands by Lori Ameling

Chapter 102

Chapter 4–Book 3

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Rachel woke up to her alarm clock going bonkers, her sister was pounding on her door and all she

wanted to do was go back under the covers. She slammed her hand on the alarm clock.

“Ok, I getting up.”

Her sister came into the room and landed on her bed.

“Why were you late last night? I was getting worried but then you finally pulled up and I was able to fall

asleep.

Rachel wasn‘t sure how to answer this question, she still hadn‘t put it into perspective herself.

“I had to work over. I didn‘t know about it till almost the end of my shift. I didn‘t call or text cause I

figured you would be in bed already and I didn‘t want to wake you.”

Anna stared at Rachel, it was a knowing look. Anna always could smell a lie. Anna shrugged though

and went on to other topics. For which Rachel was grateful.

After showering and getting ready for the day, Rachel was having her morning cup of coffee.

Something that turned her from an autopilot robot to a functioning human.

Today was Saturday so that meant that she only had her day job to go to today. She had grocery

shopping to do but that was all, she had the rest of the evening and night off.

She hated her day job, it was full of self–centered snobs that you had no

choice but to be nice to and cater to their whims. All the while keeping a happy attitude and a smile.

They do tip pretty well, well some of them. There was one woman who Rachel thought believed that

the world should tip her for just being in it.

Jessica Winchester was the spoiled rotten snob of the snob world. She was awful to everyone and

anyone she considered beneath her.

That is who she has to clean for today. If Rachel got lucky Miss Jessica Winchester wouldn‘t be in

when she has to clean. That could also be a problem as well since one of Jessica‘s favorite things to

do is accuse the staff of stealing, so she can get them fired. 2

Anna was going over to the Johnsons, they were a family that lived in the next row over.

Putting the last cup of coffee into her travel mug she was off to work. She decided that she would

daydream about Mr. Archer, something to keep her mind from wanting to go homicidal on Miss

Jessica.

As soon as she got in and had all the supplies on her cart she knew it was going to be a shitty day. As

she pushed her cart out of the elevator, she could hear the shrill sounds of a spoiled brat having a

cow.

Archer and August were gathering all the information they could find on Rachel Stevens. There wasn‘t

much. Her name and address and the places where she worked.

She had a younger sister named Anna. That was about all they could

find. They found a bank account but that was mostly empty except for a few hundred dollars.

Archer was getting restless, he didn‘t want to be inside looking up

information, he wanted to go get her drag her back to this apartment and keep her there. Solis stepped

in after hearing that thought.

“Whoa!! Caveman, I don‘t think that is the way you should approach our mate.”

Archer groaned in frustration.

August looked at him for a few minutes with nothing to say and then let out a sigh.

“You are going to be completely useless if you don‘t get out of here and go find her. So go and don‘t

come back till you are satisfied she is safe, and I don‘t mean drag her here by her hair either.”

Archer didn‘t need to be told twice, he grabbed his keys and was out the door. On his way to the

Waldorf Hotel, he hoped that she was working today, it would be a lot harder to explain things if he

showed up at her home.

Women usually don‘t like strange men knowing where they live.

“Yeah, you are such a genius.”

“Shut up, Solis.”

Rachel was right it was a shitty day. Not only was Jessica in a snit she was in a royal snit. Rachel didn‘t

hear the whole conversation, but it was about some well–to–do guy that stood her

It sounded like to Rachel that Jessica

had followed this guy here and thought that she was going to have him to herself. Instead, he ghosted

her.

As soon as Rachel was getting ready to knock on the door, as usual, the door flew open, and standing

before Rachel was a very angry Jessica. She pointed at Rachel…

“YOU, YOU STOLE MY NECKLACE, IT WAS WORTH MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN

YOUR LIFETIME, IS THAT WHY YOU TOOK IT. I AM GOING TO GET YOUR MANAGER UP HERE

RIGHT NOW!!!!!”

Rachel just stared at her dumbfounded, she can‘t possibly think she could accuse her of taking the

n*ecklace, she hadn‘t even been in the room yet.

Still, she pulled her cart over to the end of the hall and waited for Nick

the manager to come up and deal with this mess.

Nick came up and Rachel could tell by the look on his face that he wasn‘t happy to be there. He went

over to Jessica‘s room and tapped on the door.

She answered in a fury, pointing over at Rachel and saying that she was to be fired immediately or she

was never setting foot in this hotel ever again.

Nick looked over at Rachel with a knowing grimace.

After she was done screaming at Nick she slammed the door in his face. Nick, motioned for Rachel to

follow him. She left the cart, someone would be along to take over.

They walked back to his office in silence. Rachel had planned on getting another job after Anna

graduated, still, she needed the

income right now, and being fired wasn‘t going to help with getting a new job.

They sat down and he cleared his throat.

“You are one of my best employees, I know there was no way that you could have stolen her

n*ecklace.”

“I watched you get into the elevator and knowing the schedule of how things are done, I know that you

were just getting to her door when she had another one of her tantrums.”

“However her father owns this hotel, I have no choice but to let you go. I will not fire you though, I will

simply state that you gave your two week‘s notice and that today was the last

day.”

“I will make sure you are paid for the rest of today and your one-week

vacation. I am sorry for this.”

“I have tried in the past to just reassign my workers but she caught on to that and made it hell for them.

I don‘t want anyone else to have to deal with that.”

With that, Rachel walked out of the hotel in a daze. Well, she thought isn‘t this an interesting

development. I have been wanting a whole day off and now I have one thanks to that

b*tch.

Still, I am going to have to find a new job soon. Bills don‘t pay themselves. She sat alone in her car still

in the hotel parking lot, she reached into her glove box and pulled out a snack size milky way.

It was her secret stash she used for really bad days. She looked in there and found only one more left,

well she thought that was telling.

She heard a knock at her window and looked to see Amy looking back at her, she pointed to the

passenger side of the car and Amy hopped inside.

She emptied her pockets, they were full of the little chocolates that they left for guests. Rachel started

to laugh.

“I heard what happened, that b*tch how does she get away with it. Just for one day, I would like roles to

be reversed and she can have a say of shit all to herself see how she likes it.”

“Are you going to be ok, Rachel?”

“I am going to be alright Amy, Nick gave me vacation pay and today‘s wages. He also put in my record

that I was the one that was leaving and not being fired.”

“Good ole Nick, I wish he would grow a pair.

Rachel looked at Amy and they both laughed. Amy had been Rachel‘s friend since middle school. Amy

knew everything that she had to go through. Amy was leaving in the fall for college and they wouldn‘t

see each other much after that.

So this was a special moment for them. Amy had to get back to work she was taking Rachel‘s place.

“Do you want me to short–sheet her bed, or mess around with her makeup? I don‘t mind getting fired.”

Rachel laughed again, she was going to miss Amy.

“No, you don‘t have to stoop to her level. I will see you again soon, now go play nice with the viper.”

With that Amy left her alone in the car feeling better about her situation than before.

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Archer watched Rachel from his truck, she seemed upset sitting alone in her car. Just as he was about

to go and see what was wrong, another woman came out and jumped into the car with her.

They seemed friendly and before long Rachel was laughing and looking better than before. Whoever

the woman was she managed to help out Rachel

Archer watched as after the woman left, Rachel pulled out of the parking lot and drove off to the

downtown district.

“Stop being a creepy stalker and just go and talk to her already.”

“Shut up, Solis.”

Solis started laughing at that, as Archer followed Rachel to her next destination.