Club 66 Omnibus by C C Mahon

Author:C C Mahon [Mahon, C C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allure
Published: 2019-11-04T07:00:00+00:00

21

The night was coming to an end when an icy chill made its way up my spine.

It wasn’t caused by the air conditioning.

I turned around in search of what wasn’t right. The room wasn’t full anymore, but most of the tables were still in use. Gertrude was serving the room. Behind the bar, Enola was doing well for a beginner. So what was…

He entered the room as if it was conquered land. My body recognized him before my brain did, and my stomach came up into my throat. Doubled over, I had to grip the counter to straightened myself.

Callum Carver was exposing himself to the public gaze, in all his glory: salt and pepper hair, broad shoulders, slim hips in a tux that would’ve fit better at a Hollywood award ceremony than in a bar. He cast a conquering gaze across the room.

A woman was hanging off his arm. A figure-hugging dress highlighted her thinness. Her brown hair put up in a bun showed off her slim and pale neck. She wore too much make-up for her age. Seeing her gave me another punch to the gut. Looking at her was like looking at an old picture. This girl, she was me, two years earlier. Same silhouette, same hair, same expression.

Callum’s eyes stopped on me, and the rest of the universe faded away. No more sound, no more movement, not even the beating of my own heart. I was like a deer in the headlights.

“Rebecca, my dear!” exclaimed Callum. “I’m so happy to see you again.”

I dug my nails into the palm of my hand and assembled enough courage to answer. “It’s Erica, now.”

He swatted away the objection with a wave of the hand. “You work here? Waitress, I suppose?”

He very well knew that I was the owner; I didn’t doubt it for a minute. I refused to take the bait and kept quiet. He took advantage of that to continue. “It’s very…um…working class.”

I felt my heart beat at the base of my throat. Which explained why it seemed so difficult for me to talk. I had kept a hand on the counter, and I clung to it with the vigor of a castaway. My head was spinning so much that without that, I would have fallen at Callum’s feet.

That idea sparked up the rage in me again. I inhaled, determined to tell him to leave. He didn’t give me time to.

“You could have so much better than this place. A luxury club on the Strip, dozens of employees. You wouldn’t have to bartend yourself anymore.”

“Get out,” I said through clenched teeth.

“Hmm? Did you say something?”

“She told you to get out,” intervened Matteo.

The vampire had joined us without me noticing. Gertrude was standing behind him. She was gripping her magical hammer, looking fierce. That expression on the troll’s face comforted me more than anything. Even the geek with the heart of gold was ready to fight for me. I couldn’t let her down. I tried again, louder this time.

“You’re not welcome here.

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