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At the Nightlight Club.

Kristin’s shift was wrapping up, and she was getting ready to clock out.

James shot her a text, telling her to hang tight at the club.

“Kris, Mr. Bryce will be entertaining some guests here in a bit. Do us a solid and talk us up, will you?” The manager came over with a grin.

Kristin had a tendency towards social anxiety, the kind that made her dodge and deflect when around people.

But the manager didn’t seem to mind. In fact, she was on her like bees on honey.

“Who’s Kristin?” Outside, a posse of bodyguards in black escorted a woman in.

She was rocking shades, teetering on high heels, squeezed into a tight leather skirt. Topped off with a Chanel jacket, she looked like a frozen beauty in the chilly weather.

It wasn’t until the woman took off her sunglasses and the bodyguards cleared the area that the manager realized who she was.

Linda!

The manager had a bad feeling.

“Are you Kristin?” Linda approached Yara and popped the question.

Yara was shaking her head like it was on a swivel, scared out of her wits.

Linda sized everyone up, then turned to the manager. “Bring Kristin to me.”

Clearly, she didn’t think the current Kristin was Mr. Bryce’s type.

Kristin was tucked away in a corner, almost burying her head in the dust, her shoulders hunched habitually, too scared to stand straight.

Years in prison had left her scared stiff, so she kept her shoulders hunched as a way of self–defense.

The manager sneaked a nervous glance at Kristin. They were still in the dark about the whole Mr. Bryce and Linda situation.

Mr. Bryce might just be having a fling with Kristin, but Linda had been with him for three years.

When it came down to it, Linda and Mr. Bryce probably had a deeper connection.

“Are you deaf? Who’s Kristin?” Linda asked, her patience wearing thin.

Weighing the pros and cons, the manager reluctantly pointed to Kristin in the corner. “That’s her. You looking for her or something?”

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as she sauntered over and lifted Kristin’s chin for a closer look. “You’re Kristin?” The shock and disbelief were written all over her face as she continued,

blind?”

back and keeping

down. However, Kristin was all meek playing the wounded card like a pro, even though Linda

one James personally

nodded

taking another good look at Kristin. “You and James… had a bang?

bowed as if trying to bury herself.

of caviar and craving some plain old cabbage?” Linda muttered to herself. She’d come to see what she

think you can steal my

scared, stumbled backward and fell

Linda was stunned.

her, why wasn’t Kristin in showbiz with

forward and grabbed Kristin.

Kristin reflexively curled up, her body going into lockdown as she ducked for cover behind a

taken aback by Kristin’s

bodyguard frowned and

took a hard look at Kristin, and then

manager rushed to smooth things over. “Kristin’s a bit of

distress signal from Yara, charged down from upstairs to shield Kristin. “Miss Linda, please, don’t make this hard for her. She’s got a severe depression. If something happens to her because of

but she had to play the James card now.

in astonishment. “Is this the type James is into

in front of Kristin. “Mr.

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know the

wanted to see who’s

she was

pale as a ghost, not out

Garner hadn’t arrived just in time, they would have raped

since, Kristin would have an episode if more than two men got close. She’d have

Kristin’s condition, crouched outside the cabinet,

done two and a half years in the clink. During that time, Kristin had attempted suicide countless times until the guards, scared of repercussions, had put her through dozens of CT treatments. Each time she came back, Kristin was like a soulless corpse, her eyes hollow, sometimes even forgetting

didn’t know what CT treatment

got out that she looked

therapy, basically zapping people numb to dull the pain temporarily and reduce suicidal tendencies.

became more and more numb. She turned silent and lost her

basic self–care.

forgetful, easily confused, and often

the guards bullied

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