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As I headed for the ball roouard at the entrance I opened e I kept there for work Holding ers, I offered hie He looked at it and then gaveopen the door and allowing irl definitely had its benefits

I thought To less than elegant There was a chane fountain and a chocolate bar and the sounds of a live band playing in front of a huge dance floor The tables were adorned with silver and black linen table cloths and each one had a bottle of French chane and a vase with orchids inside of it Candles flickered and the lights were low and everyone was dressed in solitter of diaany bar stretched along one long wall and that here I saw him

Aaron sat with a group of men The cut of his suit accentuated every curve of his a body It was obviously custorey and he wore it with a silver dress shirt and silver cuffs I couldn’t see the cuff links from where I stood, but I’d seen theraved with a beautifully scripted AW Everything about hi and lust in the pit of , I slipped on my mask and went over to where he sat I leaned in close, surprising him and whispered,

“You’re the handsoain, you always are”

Aaron turned to look atelse… disappoint poked in the chest with a heavy prong He took my arm and we stepped away fro with

“What are you doing here?” he asked me The tone of his voice was stern and cold with no traces of the warmth he spoke to me e were alone

“It’s New Year’s Eve I wanted to see you…”

“You shouldn’t be here, Robyn! I didn’t ask you here”

Fighting the tears now that wanted to well in rateful for the ht…”

“No, I don’t think you did think You run around acting like a teenager soe buddy party that you can crash This is o” He never raised his voice above a whisper, but his words were like being slapped in the face

I didn’t say anything else…what could I say? I was ain, thankful for the e the security at the door as he tried to tell ht

I walked out into the night air, past the cabs that were lined up and the chauffeurs that waited for ood to be seen with the woht, but the ache in my heart radiated with the hot sensation of eret I didn’t feel the cold, I was numb I wandered down 42nd Street towards Broadway There were hordes of people out and I just wanted to disappear into the crowd

When I got al off and the croere loudly cheering It was ht…and I was alone Everyone around me seemed to be locked in an embrace of some kind I realized if I had stayed withby those who cared aboutaway from the revelries down 7th Ave to the quieter corner of 43rd Street where I could catch a cab for ho about how Aaron spoke to me and how disappointed he’d been to see me I was in a dazed state, confused about how he could be so warht in that room full of people that he obviously didn’t think I fit into I didn’t see the rab my purse and try and run with it The strap was over my shoulder and when he tried to move forward, he pulled rabbed it hard enough to snap the strap and he pushed me out into the road

I didn’t see the car co…and thankfully I don’t remember the impact

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CHAPTER FOUR

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ROBYN

There was a bright light in ainst my eyelids that it almost hurt I wanted to openthem closed After a short battle, I slowly lifted the s my nostrils I blinked a few times and tried to s My mouth was as dry as a bone and my throat was parched and scratchy When my eyes finally adjusted I could see that I was in a bed in a white rooh the open blinds I looked over toof clear liquid dripping through a tube that was apparently in one of the veins inand the motion made me nauseous