Chapter 54

The car park is less stuffy and a welcome break from the club indoors. Even with all its sexy lighting and modern exterior, it is still a giant black box with little to no natural daylight inside, and the way it is secured means it doesn’t ever have open windows for fresh air. It relies heavily on electrical lighting and air-con to keep the flow and temperature.

It doesn’t compare to coming outside to breathe and feel some natural sun on your limbs. Something I did a lot of when working in the diner inhaling fried grease all day long.

I perch my butt on a low brick wall that juts out in front of one of the new metal fences. It used to be the old territory marker for where to park, but it is pointless since he turned this into a hemmed-in paddock and acts as a makeshift bench. Leaning my head against the fence, I slide my shoes off and stretch my naked legs to warm in the sun. My dress is knee-length and rides up a little as I sit, so it’s glorious.

Closing my eyes