Chapter 352

Receiving permission from their heroes should have broken the ice, and it did for some of the fans. Half the girls and most of the guys hit the cocaine. A couple of the band members behind the bar poured Champagne for the newcomers. Everyone took a glass. Two of the guys didn’t hit the party favors. Instead, they snaked through the crowd and talked to Riley. She smiled at them and made small talk. I watched with rapt fascination. I didn’t know what Riley had in mind for the night, but I had seen what her face looked like when she was basking in attention. I wondered if this was a test for her fans. Whoever scratched the itch of the attention whore that lived inside her was going to get her attention in return.

Henry, on the other hand, encouraged all the girls to indulge their party instincts, and he held court in the center of the room, the six ringing him in a circle. They were almost drooling. He looked at them like a predator ready to strike. I didn’t blame him. The girls