Chapter 86

I push past the two girls leaning in front of the main door, using a nearby pillar to rest. Dressed in red underwear and satin robes over fake boobs and sculpted bodies. I think it’s our pole dancers for the show tonight, and I try my best to ignore their eyes following me as I get to the door behind them. Not taking them in at all.

I’m desperate for fresh air and push myself outside to stand on the front steps of the building, pulling the heavy wooden door shut behind me. Sun is assaulting me instantly, even though it’s a crisp frosty day with a smell in the air of threatening rain. I blink and shade my face for a second as my eyes adjust and inhale the air as deeply as possible. More in a bid to feel less frantic than to breathe.

It’s blinding after the darker confines of the bar, and I stumble forward before my eyes have settled into the brighter surroundings.

“You okay, Miss Walters?” The familiar voice of the head of security comes through, and I nod in his di