pte

ic

t now, it will be too late. So I ope

I know you're in here,

pletely drowns out my voice. The bouncer begins to drag me, eliciting stares

ve, but okay. Well, not for me anyway, seeing as I'd soon be thrown ou

y. The first bouncer is still dragging me. I know he's taking it easy on me. He could easily force me onto his

two options bri

the club undetected by the bouncers. It's all because of me.

ma

s the bouncers, who immediate

mething. This man - he seems to oo

rves me, because this man is stunning - not in the damn he's gorgeous, type of stunning, but in the dangerous glint of his eyes and the way he carries himself as

has on, and stop at his plain black tee. This man could have been wearing a burlap sack f

m to darken as he juts out a hand to me. "I'm the

st as I reply. "Name's Alicia, an

eyes flick to the people around. "Let's t

t the two of us. I feel my skin prickle as his eyes zone in on my face. This time, they go lower, and lower, lower still, until they get to the flip flops I

y and returns with a glass containing a brown liqu

of someone else's pain? An irresponsible one, that's for sure. I mean, he

s a sorrowful look creeps into his eyes. "She's most probably snorting

. Tanya may be used to the streets but s

en I realize he's trying hard not to laugh. It comes out a

past his neck. I'm in his face before he can blink, poking his chest. "Listen here, mister,

can see you've got a big mouth on you, hazel eyes, maybe you sho

I. .

he.

ight now or is this

away before I step back and give him a wide berth. "I don't kno

anger. The nerve of the man. The absolute temerity. He dares insinuate that Tanya i

r when I look up and see- "Tanya! Oh my goodness, Tanya." I hug

ce. When she's finally free, she rears back in shock. "A

s which are slightly red, she doesn't look the wo

h hands on her hips. "I ask again

cross to you on the phone because you blocked my number, and now you ask what I'm doing he

ddenly looks older, like she's seen a lot in h

t belong. Just go." She pushes me feebly before

punched. "I didn't get the chance to tell you mum passed away. She's lef

g at bay for a week now,