KING OF THE CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD
urs
er head as the lights of the club swirled and danced in a crazy pattern
ded to find Hel
them if she could slee
he couldn
e. What
home. And now she co
ccosted her at the bottom of the stairs wh
Timmy asleep and Diana
e'd leaned against the wall of the foyer, b
. I think it's time to sto
edge around him an
Donahue. My friends
ll behind her head, boxing her in. "How many
otch. He'd reached up a hand to touc
ly. "What are you doing? You have a
ive me crazy. Seeing this tight little body." He put a hand on her waist and
but he grabbed her with both hand
isse
his mouth against hers and tried to s
quit!" She'd fled with only her phone, the small bit of ca
e'd co
o busy flirting with guys at the bar. She tried to tell them what had happened. Helena
ayed on the playground. She'd built it up to be more in her head because well, she'd never had friends. It had felt monumental to have girls
self she'd do it at the end of the night. Besides, maybe Helena was right. Maybe loosening up
id in the books and on TV-she'd been doing a lot of
ked for cranberry juice but there must have been
head-butting a chick who was dancing seductively up and d
r her phone. Why couldn't she feel her
eally freak her out. She was
out. Everything kept going in and out of focus. And the lights.
t best friends, but she was one of t
is day had officially been too
rily at the little screen. It kept moving and dancing. It was hard to figure out which screen was
sleepy at the same
ext app, somehow. Thank
lief floode
ype a message, she fumble
hi
ark abyss. Would she e
ou from over there." A man dipped down in front of her
but her tongue was thick and
uld see it was the nice guy from earlier and she relaxed. He hadn't laughed or looked at he
e started, but
m snaked around her, supporting her weight
an splash your face," he was saying. "I
stay up on her feet and to keep stumbling along beside the nice man. He was strong
ch. All too much. The music pounded in her head with the force of an i
made her fee
ama. The big city is as s
lifting her feet. One and then the other
een walking forever. Weren'
frowned when she saw they were in a hallway
tried to dig her feet in. She needed
ied to say but
verything's gonna b
ght. More like he was talking
r head. Not right.
closed around her arms like talons and instead o
in her head. But only l
ub. The cool night air hit her like a thousand
door closed behind them a