Pixie’s Prisoner
“Make it a double.”The bartender, an ebony-skinned man with a shiny bald head and thick, ropy arms, nodded his agreement.As he shifted to grab the bottle of rum from the shelf, Laela caught his arm. “Never mind that. Champagne. The best you have.”He grinned, showing even white teeth in the neon light swirling across the dance floor in front of the bar. “You celebrating?”She smiled back, a tremor of excitement sweeping down her spine. “New job. I start tomorrow.”He lifted the bottle in a silent t...oast, then tipped it so the bubbly liquid flowed into a flute glass. “Good luck.”She took a sip, wincing a little as the carbonation hit her tongue. “Won’t need it. I’m gonna knock ’em dead.”An hour later, Laela Léa was still nursing the same glass of flat champagne. She twirled round and round on her bar stool, letting her legs hang over the edge. On each full turn, she peered out into the darkened dance floor. Bright laser beams bathed the Friday-night crowd, highlighting pink streaks in black hair, colored contact lenses that glowed florescent colors and more metal hooks, rings and studs than she’d seen in the entire tattoo and piercing parlor across the street.The frenzied beat of the techno music that flowed through the hottest night spot in San Diego soothed Laela’s restless nerves in a way the alcohol couldn’t.MoreLess
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