Authors: Tara Janzen
Cutting Loose (26 page)
She slipped the painting free from its hiding place, took a quick look, and rolled it into a tight tube. She was heading toward the window that opened onto the alley even as she was sliding the painting into the cardboard sleeve she'd brought with her in her tote bag.
The Oxford was an old historic hotel, and the windows did open. In room 215, where fifty bucks to the reservation clerk had guaranteed Otto would be put, the window not only opened, it opened onto an old fire escape that she'd personally checked out two nights ago. It had held her then, and it held her tonight.
By the time she heard the commotion of the no-towel-guy and the maid discovering a dog-collared, thong-clad foreigner leashed to the bed, she was in the alley, disappearing into the shadows.
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CUTTING LOOSE
A Dell Book/January 2008
Published by Bantam Dell
A Division of Random House, Inc.
New York, New York
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2008 by Tara Janzen
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