Chapter 170

On The Ramblin' Gambler, Elyse lay on the bed, listening to the gentle waves lapping against the sides of the boat. She needed to find Jolene and get out of there. How could she unlock the door? Where did she put her bamboo hair stick? She looked around on the floor in the area where she thought she'd dropped it after she'd successfully unlocked her door. If it unlocked her door on the inside would it unlock the other door on the outside? She had to try.

Voila!

She found it. She justified her actions of saving Jolene by risking her own life; it was worth every bit of anguish she had gone through so far. Okay, so what would she do once she found Jolene? She couldn't walk up the stairs and off the boat. She hadn't seen any means of escape on the floor she was on. Not yet anyway.

But first and foremost, she needed to find Jolene and then escape. Maybe her friend would have some ideas, too.