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CHAPTER ONE

Abby

“Come on Abby,” said my friend Jennelle “Loosen up”

I stood outside the club, shivering on the sidewalk in my thin jacket It wasn’t that I didn’t want to party, but there was a niggling sense of doubt The place itself was just a black box with no s, totally nored inside

“I’ my lip “I mean, maybe we should come back another time It’s okay, no rush”

Jennelle huffed i blonde hair over one shoulder

“Come on!” she wheedled “Come on! I don’t want to do this alone, and besides, it’s not like we have that much more time Finals start soon, and then there’s break and I won’t see you for amy wrist

And before I knew it, Jennelle was knocking on the door, striking a sassy pose A slot in therustily, and a suspicious eye peered out at us Heck, this was so old school, I thought these places had hidden cauests But no, this was Russianbrown eye literally peered at us suspiciously before aout once more

And whaddya know, but the big door swung open and a dude stood there, i, dressed all in black He was about the size of a bear, with the same fierce expression, and all sorts of weird bumps and lumps under his jacket Was he ar out from under that bomber

But Jennelle wasn’t intimidated, or if she was, my friend hid it well

“Hi!” she said cheerily “We’re here for the Club”

The guy looked back at her uniles That was a shock Most guys are drawn to Jennelle likeblonde hair and thin body mindlessly, drawn to those feminine assets

But this guy was different Instead, he looked down at her through squinty eyes

“Which club?” he said carelessly, chewing a huge wad of so

“Which club?” Jennelle parroted vaguely, trying to peer around hiain I stood as still as possible, mortified Maybe if I made no sounds and no movement, no one would notice me, and even better, I could pretend I wasn’t here

But the bouncer wasn’t impressed