artment building, her duf

a stepped out fro

s eyes, his tie crooked. His right hand was swollen

Patricia grabbed at Lana's ba

back. "Don'

stopped to watch. A

g to the audience. "Just turn yoursel

mouth to tell hi

ibrated throug

moved like a shark through water. Behind it, four

o the curb, boxing in

ia froze. Their

pened. An elderly man in a tuxedo

d the Range Rovers. They formed a w

up to Lana. He igno

deep, ninety

aid. "Your parents hav

d at him.

eeched. "I knew it! A sugar

with naked envy. "So that's how yo

ound exhaustion. Explaining it to him would b

bag to one of

" Lana said. "We aren't in t

He looked at Wayne. Hi

d of security. "If they come within five y

ed toward Wayne, his sheer siz

eather was soft as butter. The door closed with a

spit on the ground. Wayne was holding u

er!" Lana sa

e her. He opened a

sive match, Miss Delacroix,"

window as the city blurre

arted