Is this destiny?

~ San Antonio, the Opulence hotel ~

In the morning, they met in Penny\'s office.

Penny shared with Sarah and Aiden details of her meeting with Marcy. Marcy mentioned to Penny several managers who are abusing their position. Penny was aware of some of them earlier, but few were new.

Penny told them her opinion of Marcy: "She is enthusiastic to see that I want to make things right. Marcy does not approve of Mrs. Swalwell and her misdeeds, but she keeps it to herself because she needs the job. It\'s not easy to get into a management position in hotel industry, and she is Mrs. Swalwell\'s assistant for the sake of experience. Marcy said that she has evidence that we can use, and she will provide it today. Also, she will talk with Mrs. Swalwell about few sensitive topics today so that we have a better understanding what all Mrs. Swalwell did over the years as a general manager in this hotel."

"We know that Mrs. Swalwell is working with Marcus White. She called him yesterday twice. We are not sure about the content of their conversation, but we can assume that it was about the new owner.", Sarah gestured toward Penny (aka the new owner).

"Does that change anything?", Penny asked.

Sarah glanced at Aiden, indicating that he should to respond.

"No. That woman is not useful for us. You can do whatever you want with her.", Aiden told Penny and then clarified: "She probably told Marcus that you are the new owner, but no matter where Marcus looks, you are Penelope Sanders from Minnesota who currently lives in Los Angeles and is about to get married to a generous fiancé. There are no electronic traces to connect you with Morgan family. Your parents rarely showed their faces here, and you were mostly at home. That helps our story because no employee can recognize you as Harriet. And even if they know that you are Morgan, Marcus does not care, and your parents are powerless. Legally they can\'t touch you, and if they try in any other way... we got you covered."

"You want to have Marcy as the next general manager?", Bridgette asked Penny.

Penny confirmed. "Marcy is qualified, and she showed enthusiasm to work for the benefit of the hotel. She is young and ambitious and wants to prove herself. That puts her in the same line with any other qualified candidate who would apply for a position. However, the fact that she already knows the ins and outs of this hotel puts her at an advantage with everyone else and... I like her."

"Do you need us here?", Sarah asked Penny.

"No. I can manage. It should be done by lunch…", Penny responded.

"We will leave Jesse and Oni with you, just in case.", Sarah assured Penny. "While you wrap up here, we will head out to Stars Resort and get a head start to check on the progress of security surveillance installation and see if we find anything suspicious…"

With that, Sarah, Aiden, Ron, Zula, Allen and Julius headed to Penny\'s second hotel in San Antonio, Stars Resort.

Sarah and Aiden want to finish this five-hotel business as soon as possible, so that they can return to their missions. Noah is handling the army of Chaos, and he is sending regular reports, but they can\'t leave everything to him, it is too much considering that it\'s not only Sarah and Aiden, but four generals are absent as well (adding to the fact that Ade is being demoted).

This reminded Sarah that they still didn\'t talk to Sophia and Felix about their role in the army of Chaos! If Sophia and Felix are in the loop, they could help with some urgent decision making (maybe), and Sarah knows that Felix would melt from happiness if he sees what all they have in their warehouses. Since he does not know that they are an underground force, Sarah gave Felix only a fraction of what they have (mostly precious metals and stones), fearing that if she gives him more, he will start asking questions. Ah, she needs to talk to Sophia and Felix as soon as they get back.

~ San Antonio, the Stars Resort hotel ~

The Stars Resort hotel is about one hour drive away from the Opulence. Both hotels give the same luxurious atmosphere with a difference that suites in the Stars Resort are larger and spa offers more services.

Sarah was pleasantly surprised that Marcy already took over some of the responsibilities. She called Stars Resort while they were on their way making sure that the staff welcomes them their suites were ready: one top floor suite for Sarah and Aiden and three two-bedroom suites for their people.

"I think that we should promote some of the new kids to deputies of the current generals. They can shadow the current ones on few missions and learn. Who performs well can start by acting as substitutes until they are ready to take over.", Sarah told Aiden when they were in their suite, unpacking. 

"You think they are ready?" Aiden paused and observed that Sarah nodded before agreeing with her: "Some of the new kids are promising. Let\'s talk about it more when we get home."

Both Sarah and Aiden know that the first seven kids arrived less than four months before the ones from Sierra Leone, but they spent almost two months in the Cabin with Stella until their Beach house in California was completed. That is why the first seven have an advantage in their fighting skills. But even with that, few kids from Sierra Leone (like Allen and Julius) are catching up.

Sarah sat on the sofa and patted a spot next to her, indicating to Aiden to take a seat.

"We planned for this to be two or maybe a three day trip. At this rate, it will take more than a week.", Sarah started.

Aiden agreed with her conclusion. He knows that the two of them have their tasks and can\'t afford such a lengthy stay, but Penny can\'t rush her work either. And both of them share an opinion that this is not useful utilization of their time, because they are mostly waiting for Penny to be done with her meetings.

"Let\'s prioritize what we need to do and then discuss if we will leave some of our kids behind or not.", Aiden suggested.

Sarah approved this idea. "We should check all five hotels in person as well as scout the general area before we pick the suites for our use. Do you think that it\'s safe to leave hotels with their existing security?"

"Jesse and Oni can stay by Penny\'s side until she comes back to Los Angeles. Other than that, I think it\'s fine. I don\'t want to leave our kids on monitoring duty."

"How about people from the White family?"

Aiden rejected the idea. "We have Eve watching, and she will tell us if anything happens. Based on what we have, Morgan family is done, so the only person presenting any threat is Marcus. Marcus is busy with his schemes against Jeff, and these hotels were not his anyway. He is interested in them only because he thinks that it might give him information on the army of Chaos. With us out of the picture, his men are wasting time by staying here."

Sarah thought about it before agreeing. A second later, she flashed a malicious smile. "Since your Uncle is so interested in the army of Chaos, how about we go and visit him?"

Aiden laughed seeing that Sarah is playful, ready to cause trouble. And it\'s obvious that she has something on her mind. Well, he was never the one to say \'no\' to some fun. "I\'m listening..."

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