Fractures in Ink by Helena Hunting

Author:Helena Hunting [Hunting, Helena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Helena Hunting
Published: 2016-11-13T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Sarah

Every time I passed the suit’s table, I could feel that man watching me. I didn’t make eye contact, overtly aware of the message it would send. Xander had taken up residence at the bar. His eyes were on me, too. My grace period was about to end, and I was terrified of what that would mean. What if he didn’t say I was unavailable next time, or worse, he put me in a situation like Dee’s?

Dee finished her early set at ten, and Candy took her place on the stage. As she began, the table of suits was escorted to the back of the club. Xander went with them, a slick smile plastered on his face as they passed the private booths and kept going. A sick feeling settled in the pit of my stomach.

I’d dedicated myself to getting a MBA to get away from all this, yet I’d been disappointed that so many of the men I’d encountered during my internship were just as much pigs as the ones who came to places like this. Money didn’t end up down women’s panties in the business world—at least not literally. Climbing the corporate ladder meant better pay and more power, and there were always shortcuts to getting there. One of the other female interns had already been dismissed for inappropriate conduct. She’d been caught blowing an account manager in a copy room. That was a path I would never take. I would earn every damn stripe and fight every last stereotype they threw at me. And so far I was succeeding. I’d earned respect because I worked hard and took my internship seriously.

But here things were different. Here I was the stereotype. My denying that guy meant someone else would have to deal with him. And I had a terrible feeling it was going to be Dee.

The suits passed through the area surrounding left stage, moving toward the doors leading to the private rooms. I searched the club for Grant. While I didn’t necessarily trust him, I knew he tried to protect the girls who weren’t all that keen on protecting themselves. I’d also seen how he was with Dee. He wasn’t like that with anyone else.

I found him straddling the line between center and left stage, his attention focused on the private booths.

“What do you need, Sarah?” he asked at my approach.

“Who’s dealing with those suits tonight?”

His eyes narrowed, his bored expression morphing into something hard. “Tonight isn’t the night to be looking to switch roles.”

“Is it Dee?”

“Does it fucking matter?” His tone was blade sharp. For all his calm veneer, he was lethal when he needed to be. I’d seen him lay a guy out with one well-placed punch.

“One of the guys in that group was a handsy asshole.”

“Like that’s anything new. Let security do their job and get back to your tables.”

He wouldn’t look at me, which meant our conversation was over.

I returned to my section, but I kept an eye out for Dee. Five minutes later, she came out of the dressing room, escorted by Max.

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