Seduction by Design
Chapter One
Miss Ashton," Hailey said, pressing down the lighted button on the
intercom panel.
"Miss Ashton, this is Dawson." Hailey Ashton could tell by the
scratchy static and the background noise that the security guard was
speaking into his pocket pager. "You'd better get over here to the
Sidewinder quick. All hell's broken loose and no one can seem to
determine exactly what's happened."
This was an emergency call, Hailey realized at once. The steady,
reliable Mr. Dawson was obviously shaken. "What's going on?" she
asked with professional crispness.
"Well, this guy here is raising Cain, yelling at everyone like a
banshee. Says something's happened to his daughter. From what I can
tell, the kid dashed into the ladies' rest room and holed up. This
character has attracted quite a crowd. People are beginning to
speculate all sorts-"
"I'll be right there."
"Do you want me to send a cart for you? It's hotter than-"
"No, I'll run through the compound," Hailey said quickly.
"Dawson, try to calm everyone down. Especially the father."
"Right."
He clicked off his transmitter and Hailey dashed out the ... read full excerpt from: Seduction by Design ebook