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Steam rolled as she opened the glass shower door, and reached for the towel she had hanging on the rack. She didn't feel it and looked out of the shower to see that it was not there. Confused she looked around till she saw the towel in a pile on the floor. Funny she thought, I don't recall bumping into the rack on my way into the shower. She snatched a towel off one of the other racks and rapidly dried herself. A cold chill swept over her as if someone were in the room with her. Of course she knew better, because she would have known if someone were there. Pushing the thoughts from her mind she finished drying herself. Uneasiness was in the pit of her stomach and she just could not shake the feeling that someone had been there or possibly still was. Making quick work of dressing herself she walked back into the bathroom to put a touch of powder on her nose and highlight her beautiful blue eyes with a dab of mascara. She slipped on pair tennis shoes, grabbed her purse and keys she headed out the door without a backward glance.

When she spoke to Officer Greer later she would not tell him about her suspicions this afternoon. He would either brush them aside as paranoia or make a guard her new best friend. Jordan rode the elevator down to the hotel lobby and stepped off to a madhouse. The lobby was filled with guest waiting to check in. She headed out the door and quickly flagged down a taxi. She instructed him to drop her off at the market place and he quietly nodded his head and eased out into the light traffic. Several hotels went by before she realized that they were headed in the wrong direction. Trying not to panic she tapped lightly on the window." Sir I think you might have misunderstood me I wanted to go shopping." This only caused him to grin back at her as if he could not understand a word she said. He speeded up and she began to really panic. This time she banged on the glass with her fist. "Stop the car let me out! Why are you doing this to me? Please!" Panic stricken she tried the door handle but it would not budge. Jordan surveyed her surroundings a moment and then began to kick the door with her foot. They were now on a curvy road now outside of town somewhere and she was being slung all over the back seat. "Damn! Why didn't I put on my seatbelt?" She questioned herself sternly and with one last attempt to free herself she dug her heels into the floor and gripped the seat till her knuckles turned white. Finally she had steadied herself enough to fasten her seat belt. Quickly hooking the device and leaving just a little room to move she kicked the window behind the drivers head with all her strength. This caused the window to give way and hit him. He was so startled that he turned and looked at her with death in his eyes. Throwing an arm over the seat he tried to reach her but she was buckled in at a safe distance. He turned around just seconds before they came around a big curve with a steep embankment on both sides. Swerving rapidly he tried to avoid going in the embankment but, the car's brakes locked and sent them careening toward the other side. Whipping the wheel around rapidly they had a mere miss of the ditch; the tire blew and sent them flying off the side of the road. Jordan screamed in fear as the car crumpled on the rocks flipping end over end.