We went inside to the front desk, Rivers behind me with the barrel of the pistol digging into my back. I'd always heard from self-defense experts that if you can feel the gun you can spin around to the side before they have a chance to react and fire. I, however, wasn't going to try it to see if it worked.
The desk clerk wasn't there. I turned the registry book like I was looking for Russo's name. I had to make sure I found an unoccupied room if I was going to pull off what I had planned...