ominous and foreign

Joe had to meet a man on Canal Street..
He took Cara to the Windsor Court Hotel on Gravier st.,
he knew the concierge well and trusted him..
The Windsor is a Four Diamond hotel,
busy with high end customers,
heavy security..
Joe felt it the safest place for her to stay the night..
Cara had never been in such a fancy hotel..
the room was like nothing she had seen before..
it was larger than the apt. she and her mother shared in Oxford..
Joe told her to order room service, not to leave the room,
He would be there early in the morning to take her to the airport..
Cara reached for her rosary in her purse..
she placed it gently on the bedside table..
her world was upside down,
fear she had never known rushed over her..
she wished Joe had not left her alone..
she walked to the window,
the view overlooked the Mississippi river,
ominous and foreign in the silver moonlight..
was this a dream?
the phone rang breaking the frightening silence,
she was startled,
she ran to the phone..
"hello"..
there was no answer..
"hello, who is this?"
she hung up the phone and ran to the door,
locking it with both dead bolt and slide lock..
she called down to the desk and asked for the concierge..
"Yes, this is Cara, Joe's friend,
someone just called my room,
do you know who it was?"
he said he didn't and would call Joe immediately..
as she hung up the phone,
There was a knock at the door...

wkm
Nashville