The Army Doctor's Baby (Romance Novella) by Scott Taylor Helen

Author:Scott Taylor, Helen
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Published: 2013-05-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Lights strobed and music throbbed. The combination was fast giving Olivia a headache. She had never much liked nightclubs. Right now this was the last place she wanted to be, but Cameron had insisted they come out to celebrate the end of her exams.

The hot, bustling place filled with giggling girls and posturing men seemed to suit Cameron. He stood chatting animatedly with a group of his friends. He'd said they were their old friends when he talked her into coming out. But not one of them had bothered to visit her in the hospital or help her when she'd been desperate.

She didn't have anything in common with these people—girls with barely anything on and men swaggering around with huge egos.

When she'd been Cameron's girlfriend, this had been their normal weekend socializing. Olivia had grown out of this. It seemed Cameron had not.

She sidled through the throng of scantily clad women all holding cocktails, and leaned in to put her mouth to Cameron's ear. "I want to go home."

"Already?" He said something else, but she couldn't hear him over the pounding music.

"I'll need to feed George soon," she shouted in his ear.

"My mother will do that." Cameron chugged down the rest of his pint of beer and held up his glass. "Whose round is it?" Someone passed him another full glass.

He'd already downed three pints. A few more and he'd be falling over drunk. He turned away and started talking to a group of friends again. She pulled on his sleeve so hard his new pint of beer sloshed on the floor.

"Watch it," he shouted, shrugging her away.

"I want to go home. Now." Olivia tapped her watch for emphasis.

Someone said something and Cameron's attention moved off her again. He'd had so much to drink he couldn't concentrate. She was wasting her time. She hadn't wanted to come here. If only she had stuck to her guns and not let him talk her into it. Sandra hadn't helped. She'd encouraged Olivia to go out and enjoy herself. But she probably had no idea what a dive this place was.

Holding her purse tightly against her chest, she angled her body and pushed through the crowd towards the exit. The stink of alcohol, sweat, and mingled perfume filled her nose. Spatters of drink splashed her arm, or at least she hoped it was drink. She elbowed and shoved to get free. Eventually she burst out of the stifling atmosphere into the crisp, clear winter night.

Olivia snatched a breath of clean air and let it out on a sigh of relief, even though the chill made her shiver. That was the last time she would ever go inside a place like that.

A group of men who were obviously drunk shouted obscene suggestions to her. Feeling vulnerable and alone, she crossed the road to pass them and hurried towards the taxi line. With a burst of relief she climbed into a cab and gave the address. Very aware it wasn't safe to be traveling on her own late at night, she pulled out her mobile phone and called Sandra.

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