Go time!

Maria and Laila were still lying on the bed like a couple of teenagers who are discussing their first crush. Maria had a big grin on her face as she was waiting for Laila to answer her question. During a moment of silence and her looking down as she played with the pillow she had put underneath her chest, Laila looked for the right words to say. With a bashful expression, Laila told Maria, "Well, let's just say that both of them know what they are doing and are skilled in that department but I do believe that for me Noah wins the cake."

Maria giggled upon hearing this and teasingly said, "Well that wasn't so hard, now was it?" After that she looked up in a dreaming daze as she said a bit absentmindedly, "Who would have thought innocent, shy, Noah, would be a stud in the making and good in bed to boot. You really lucked out on that one." This time it was Laila's turn to start laughing as she pushed Maria's arm playfully. "Hey, keep your mind out of the gutter. I can see your thoughts drifting off over there." Maria sounded unremorseful as didn't deny Laila's accusation but just said, "Oops.. Busted." and shrugged her shoulders, before dropping herself onto her pillow and hugging it tightly with a big smile on her face.

Laila shook her head and then said, "But you are right. I must have traded in all my good karma to have landed a great guy like Noah as my husband. I hope you will find someone great too. Is there anyone in the picture right now? Or do you have anyone in mind?" Maria appeared fully caught off guard by that question, despite the topic being on love. She quickly said, "No, not really." After saying that she quickly changed the topic by saying, "Let's focus on the audio. We might mis something important otherwise." After that Maria grew a bit more quiet and their conversation soon grew to a halt.

As Laila looked at her friend, who was pretending to be fine and fully focused on their mission, she felt like she needed to do something. Laila felt that she couldn't be fully happy with all the good things in her own life until she knew that she had done all she could to bring some of that happiness into her dearest friend's life. Though she wasn't sure how she would make this happen, she had plenty of time to figure it out. Maybe she wouldn't be able to give her friend the life she deserved during this trip but Laila was determined to keep trying until she had achieved her goal or Maria stopped her from trying. All she needed was one good meetup. Laila was certain that Maria would take care of the rest. But right now Maria was right and they should focus on the recordings in order to not miss anything of importance. She couldn't let this stakeout be for nothing.

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Laila and Maria stayed up practically all night as they listened to the recording of what was going on in Jake's room. They kept themselves awake by playing cards and when they could take it no more, they shifted to taking turns sleeping until the early hours of the morning. Around seven in the morning, the two of them decided to stop going back to sleep as they would have to be fully awake to beat Jake to the main floor. In order to complete their recording, they needed a shot of the two of them leaving the hotel so that Jake wouldn't be able to say that he had only brought the girl to a room and then left himself. The lie he tried to sell Laila in her previous life before admitting that he had stayed the night.

They had just finished taking a shower and getting dressed, when they heard sounds coming from Jake's room. It appeared that their 'targets' had woken up and therefore the time for them to leave had drawn closer as well. Maria and Laila quickly gathered their few belongings and rushed downstairs. There they checked out of their room and headed into the breakfast buffet. After filling up a plate for themselves, they took a seat at a table close to the exit since they didn't know if Jake had included breakfast in his reservation for a room. In case he would be leaving right away, they wanted a seat where they could see Jake and his mistress coming. That way they could jump before them and force a meeting for their final shot, regardless of Jake's choice during check-in.

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Fifteen minutes had passed and Jake and the mistress had been nowhere in sight yet. Maria and Laila were still enjoying their breakfast, or at least as much as they could while they were anxiously watching the exit in order to not miss their opportunity, when the moment they had been waiting for arrived. Laila heard a man's voice coming from down the hall and she recognized it as being Jake's voice. Soon after she heard the bubbly giggling that had been present during their dinner from last night. She tapped Maria's arm to get her attention, before she whispered "It's go time".