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t, because I know I couldn’t have heard him right. He glances

where she is

for Cali and let me know if she left her room and he didn’t, I’d say this is stressful for him. It’s well after one in the morning and he woke me up to tell me he couldn’t f

that she spent most of the day in a bar before leaving in

saying she never made it here. All I know is that’s when I hit him. How are you part of my security detai

g it as we speak,” he mumbles from the floor as h

myself and the three other men standing in th

exorbitant amount of money to settle. I gave him one simple task. He didn’t have to follow her or make her stay in the hotel. It’s not like I asked him to sit out

t too close and for that I’m grateful. They never even made any attempt to get closer to my apartment door while they spoke to me. I’m not aro

rall management of the business. He’s a people person. Always an easy smile and goes out of his way to make sure that everyone is happy. I wouldn’t even be here right now if him and his fiancé, Samantha, hadn’t conned me into being the best man in their wedding before telling me they were taking an extended honeymoon. Who does that

interact with and ignore the rest. For most of my life I’ve been called rude, unapproachable, and detached. I won’t go into the other things. I’m okay with all of it. At least, I was okay with that. Cali burst my personal bubble and has managed to stay th

river,” Dennis, another

swaying with his movements. Sweat beads on his brow, being soaked up by thick eyebrows. He do

e’d been drinking, but she was coherent and she wanted to go to the party so I didn’t think anything was wrong. Then these guys show up asking me all these questions about her. I don’t

o in the other, Dennis in the driver’s seat. Dennis has been with the casino for over five years. He signed on to be my driver, but proved himself to be worth a more prominent po

entially private, so most people go there to have parties. Some go to relax and with the size of t

have picked anyone else’s party to crash? Alcohol, loud music, half-naked women, and bikers do no

I tell my

of it. His shoulders slump and his lips purse as he sullenly makes his w