The man’s eyes flit from the money to Belle and back again.Finally, he snatches the money out of her hand and lifts therope. “Don’t cause any trouble, alright?”
Belle grabs my hand this time and I let her lead me inside.
The music thrums through the building the moment we’rethrough the doors. The bass pulses through the floors like aheartbeat. Belle eases closer to me as the crowd tightensaround us.
“There are so many people.” She has to turn towards me to beheard, forcing our bodies even closer together.
I wrap a hand around her waist. “If Elise is here, I’ll find her.”
The club is designed with an oval-shaped bar in the center anda ring of tables around it. The back of the space is open fordancing. A DJ booth looms on a raise
