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"Also, I wanted to say thank you for coming."
"What?"
"I know you had plans tonight and I'm sorry. Genuinely, I’m sorry that you had to cancel."
"Oh. Well, thank you."
"I hope the person you were meeting wasn't too upset…"
I know I'm prying, but I am curious who she'd been intending to meet.
"They were not happy," she says. "But we were able to reschedule." She nods. "So we'll see."
"So are you going to tell me more about..." I pause as she shakes her head.
"No, I'm not." She smiles sweetly at me. "Shall we make our way inside so that we can get to work?"
"Okay," I say, nodding. "Let's do it."
We head toward the front and a burly security guard looks me over.
"Can I help you?" he asks.
"Yeah, we're here to get some drinks and maybe some appetizers."
"Are you on the list?"
"Sorry, what?" I stare at him.
"The list. This is an exclusive invite-only bar. You can't just get in."
"Oh, what?" Skye says, looking at him with pouted lips. "But he's been promising me all night that he was going to bring me here." She looks up at me. "If we don't get to go into Club Z, we're not going to make love tonight," she says.
I stare down at her and then look over at the security guard.
"Is there nothing that we can do to get me in? Perhaps I'm on the guest list, I'm not sure."
He looks at me for a couple of seconds, and then at Skye. He stares down at my $500 Italian leather shoes, at my $10,000 Rolex, my $20,000 suit, and he nods slightly.
"What do you do?"
"I'm an attorney, a partner at a law firm here in the city."
"Okay. I mean, I can see if we're allowing any guests for the evening." He stares at me. "For a price."
I nod. I pull out my leather wallet from the back of my pocket and take out five crisp $100 bills and slip them into the palm of his hand.
"I would appreciate that very much."
He stares at me and I stare at him. He looks down at his palm and gives me a small little nod and smile.
"I think that there may be one guest spot available." He opens the door. "Have a good evening."
"Thank you."
I usher Skye inside before me and she looks up at me with wide eyes.
"How much money did you just give him?"
