Chapter 36: Chapter 36

INT. - EXOTICA NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

Ray stumbled slightly as a cute boy with too much gel in his hair and a rhinestone stuck to the corner of his mascaraed lashes bumped into her and grinned, spilling his drink over her leg. Her buzz was already wearing off, the two glasses of wine she'd downed at Kinsey's before coming to the club burning away under the pressure of the music and the smothering press of bodies. Suddenly, this trip didn't seem like a very good idea.

Why did she like clubs again?

By the time she caught her balance, the girls were already moving away from her, Kinsey close on Gerri's heels. Ray turned sideways to slip between a pair of partying boys, fending off their hands as she went. It would do no good to grow angry, to turn bitch on them. Instead, she hurried on, cursing the heels she chose to wear as Gerri and Kinsey disappeared into the crowd.