Page 104 of Such a Good Girl

I shuddered at the thought, trying to shake away the fear.

I had no idea what to think anymore.

I slipped back into the darkness, unable to watch the scene unfold in front of me any longer. I dressed and headed up to the Hush Hush club, desperately searching for a drink.

Rian was behind the bar. I gulped when I saw him, not sure what to expect.

“Hey,” I said.

“Hi, Kaylee,” he said, throwing me a knowing, but friendly, smile. “Want a drink?”

“Yeah, please. Whiskey, neat.”

He nodded and slid the glass across the bar my way.

“Any progress?” he asked.

“No, not really,” I replied. I wasn’t about to talk about what I just witnessed. “Thank you for not telling West.”

“I’ll let you do that.”

“Thanks,” I said, sipping my whiskey.

“I can’t imagine how hard your job must be.”

I nodded.

“We aren’t the only club y’all are looking into, right?”

“I can’t really discuss it, Rian.”

“Right,” he nodded, running a hand through his hair. “It’s just…I don’t know if you know this or not, but I saw Kajah the night she died.”

“You did? Where, here at the club?”

“No, at the Frenzy. That new club in West Hollywood.”

“You were there that night?”

“Yeah,” he said. “She was kind of out of it, a little. We talked for a minute.”

“Did you see her after she left?”

His eyes darted around, avoiding mine. “No, not at all. Can’t believe she fucking died.”

“Yeah,” I agreed. “Pretty grisly, actually.”

“I know. Who fucking strangles people? What the fuck kind of monster does that?”

My blood ran cold.

The cause of death hadn’t been released to the public.

I finished off my whiskey as fast as I could and left the club and headed back home to think, my thoughts in a tailspin.

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