Once again, if one myself apologising for the place this photo prompt took me. A bit dark, I know, but seeing a position from high up just made the story pop into my head.
Taking a deep breath, I walked up to the reception of the hotel. “I want to see the Paddock suite.”
The young man on reception winced at the name. “We don’t call it that, ma’am.” He looked down the piece of paper in front of him which I know contained the names of the detectives that were allowed to go into the room. “Can I see your ID please?”
Smiling, I handed over my ID and waited patiently while he checked it against his list. Eventually, he waved his hand in a way that gave me permission to continue.
“Do you need directions?” He asked me politely.
“I know how to get there.” I walked away and made my way towards the lifts that would carry me up to the 32nd floor. I grimaced at the hallway peppered with bullet holes as I walked with the confidence I did not feel.
There was nothing left in the room itself apart from the furniture and some of which showed evidence of the attacks. I looked out of the broken window and noticed everybody was just carrying on with life as if nothing had happened.
It seemed strange that was even possible.
Written for Sunday photo fiction
AngieTrafford 
Good story Angie. Sounds like one of the victims took the Superman route. Wonder why they don’t like it being called The Paddock Suite.
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I know no publicity is bad publicity, but that? Will anyone want to stay in
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Stupid thing posting early! Or even there knowing their security (given a member was shot six minutes prior) seems a bit slow? Thanks for reading and hosting.
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Excellent, Angie, lots of questions, but very nicely done.
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Well, to be fair, how often does this sort of shooting occur in any one location? Las Vegas has a fairly high crime rate, and having spoken with someone who lived in that city just a few years back, it’s much, much worse than I remember it. Still, as you say, life goes on. If it didn’t, we’d all be perpetually having anxiety attacks and paralyzed by our own fears. We have to go on if we expect to live.
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To be fair, never in UK! Bombs we are kinda used to, but,, shooting? I think the biggest shooting here was 11! So a Brit probably doesn’t see it the same way!
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No doubt. We’ve had a few bombings here, but they aren’t particularly common.
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We had the IRA!
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I really enjoyed reading it
See some of my blogs as well hope you will enjoy reading them 😇
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It’s like the opening scene from a US crime drama! Nice one Angie
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