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And yet there is suddenlyin the air
A netic pull
An ache in ht? His confession, however brief?
I can’t place what has changed but I still feel it after I leave the stage, and it’s both enticing and troublesome
I’m so distracted as I trot down the steps, onroom, that I don’t see the in to asp
If there was any question in his irl that delivered heroin to him yesterday, my reaction confirrin "Well, well Came in for a show Didn’t expect a shock"
This is bad So very bad If only I weren’t so fixated on Cain, I would have seen Bob co I would have spotted him in the crowd and hidden my face from him Fuck! Of all the clubs he could be in, he has to be in this one? Is this a fluke? Or did he tail me here?
Based on the look on his face, I don’t think so I think he’s telling me the truth and he’s as surprised to findfor us froht, Charlie?" A slight slur in his words tells me he’s far from sober
Even better I don’t knohat kind of drunk he is and whether I can trust him to keep his mouth shut But the fact that he approached me so openly tells me I can’t With hesitation, h of relief He’s still there, talking to Nate, his eyes trained on so else It doesn’t look like he has noticed er, he surely will Or Nate will Or Ben I can’t have any of the partner
I need to deal with this potentially explosive situation and fast
Sing my revulsion, I offer Bob a fake friendly sh his and lead him to the one place I will have privacy until I convince him to turn around and leave I approach the two no-neck bouncers guarding the VIP rooo-ahead
And I pray that Cain isn’t watching ly as wide as they are tall--look at le nod I don’t waste another second, leading Bob into the first available rooo, so I know the rooms are all the same--clean, dimly lit, and simply furnished Since then, I’ve visited these rooht Cain has always been the one waiting forinto a nightmare
"What would Mo her tits onstage and traffic--"
"Shut up!" I snap, whirling around to face him Heleagues," I air quote that, , "you sure shoot your mouth off" I tilt my head toward the camera in the corner of the room, my brow intentionally arched
Bob catches my move and dismisses it with a snort and a lazy wave "Those are for show None of these owners actually want proof of what happens in here"