Chapter 37: Chapter 37

EXT. - EXOTICA NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

Kinsey stood at the periphery of the crowd, out of the way of her two friends as they did their jobs while she did her best not to make a mess of things.

The street was full of milling, muttering divas and their dates, a veritable sea of tartly dressed and oversexed young people far too underage to be as drunk as they appeared to be. Kinsey hugged herself, chilled despite the warmth of the night. She felt icy cold crawl up her spine the moment she arrived at Gerri's side at the top of the stairs, only to realize Ray was missing. If she hadn't already been partially sober, that was enough to shake her the rest of the way out of her buzz and into guilt.