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I did remember the sound of her voice and the tone of it

Calh I hadn’t been waiting, anxious and desperate for any word of her since the last ti on clothes, but e

I took my black Q7, because it had a bit more room, and I wasn’t sure what to expect

I also recalled where she’d told e request

It was that damned neon rave warehouse club where I’d had to pick her up froo, that sa into her drink

What in all hell was she thinking to end up there again?

And when had she gotten back to town?

I would have to wait to find out, as she’d hung up before I could ask a single question

I got soe looks as I parkedout on God only knehat

"It’s a cop,down at ray UA track pants and atee, my unruly brown hair was messy as usual, and that looked like a cop to thenored the past Only one person in this mess of neon concerned h all of the partygoers lined up near the street Iris was always easy to spot, so I didn’t have to look hard to know she wasn’t outside

With a long-suffering sigh, I headed inside

The doorht cash for just this reason

I handed him a fifty, and he stepped aside without a word

I stepped into a crao on forever The place was a h the walls, and way tooa very narrow space

I plunged through the writhing bodies, scanning every head I passed

No sign of her

There was a second bounceranother set of doors at the end of the hall He had the opposite reaction of the other guy

He eyed me, top to bottom "You Dair?"

That took

What the hell was going on now?