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“You think this is a joke? We have high-end clients that would not find this amusing at all. How would it look when Mr. Van Stodden came in to sign the contracts and found his name as Van Snootington? Look at the second contract please.”
She did and noticed the mistake immediately. Why hadn’t she noticed before that she had typed Gingerbread House Lane instead of Ginger Lane?
“Victoria has asked me to reassign you to another attorney. She said for the past few weeks your work has been declining. We have all noticed changes in you, and they aren’t good. I want you to take a leave of absence for a month to get your head together.”
She started to protest, but he told her it was either that or he would have to terminate her. She knew he wasn’t kidding.
“Your father called me to let me know that I have a new grandnephew. Why don’t you visit the family in Georgia? I think you need a break.”
She felt mortified. But she knew he was right. She needed to get out of New York to get her head together not that she was interested in doing that. Why didn’t everyone just leave her alone?
“Okay, I’ll go visit my family. You’re right; I need a vacation.”
“Please work out whatever is on your mind. You know we are all here for you if you need to talk. Maybe you need to talk to a professional.”
She didn’t wait for him to continue. She rose from her chair and exited his office before he launched into her needing to talk to Dr. Newman. She wasn’t going to do that again; she was fine.
That night she prepared to go out to meet Gino at Ember. She texted him to make sure they were still getting together, and he let her know he would be there. She had had two small glasses of vodka while she was getting dressed. When she arrived, the line was even longer than it had been last week but when she gave the bouncer her name, he waved her through. She hunted for Gino and found him waiting for her near the entrance. She took him up to the VIP lounge, and they ordered drinks.
She downed her vodka and cranberry quickly and pulled him to dance with her. On the dance floor, she rubbed up and pressed herself against him. She could feel his excitement through her clothes. Several minutes on the dance floor and she were ready for another drink. They made their way through the crowd and went up to the lounge. She was surprised to see Dani, Roger and two of their friends there. They sat down with them after introductions.
Ava took notice of one of the men that was a friend of Roger’s. She thought he was very sexy, and she started to joke around with him. Gino was sitting on the other side of her looking helpless. Dani tried to intervene, and Ava pushed her away taking a long swig out of the champagne bottle that was sitting on their table. She then asked the man, who was named Jimmy, to come down and dance with her. The dance floor was very crowded, and after bumping into several people, probably more so because she was drunk, she pulled Jimmy to the general lounge area.
She plopped down on one of the leather couches near the bathroom and pulled him down with her. She began kissing him and ran her hands through his hair. Then she reached for his crotch and rubbed his balls. He followed suit by slipping his hands up her skirt where he found her to be without panties. He stroked her clit with his thumb while she rubbed his growing length through his pants.
When Ava didn’t come back, and she lost view of her on the dance floor, Dani tried to text Jimmy. She got no response and spoke with one of the security men in the lounge asking if Nico was around. Nico had them escorted to his office where she told him that Ava was missing and very drunk. He sent several of his bouncers to find her and contacted Samantha who had just arrived with Robert for an evening out.
Sam began looking for Ava herself and found her in the throes of an orgasm in the very public lounge area. She screamed at Jimmy, and one of the bouncers pulled him away. She shook Ava who looked up at her with half lidded eyes.
“Why did you do that? I was enjoying myself.”
“What the fuck are you doing?” Sam started yelling, and not because the music was loud. “I don’t see you for weeks, and now here you are getting diddled by some guy you don’t even know? Why would you do this?”
“I don’t need you to lecture me. Especially you with your fucking drawer full of condoms. You had your fun; I never did, and now I want it.”
“Not like this you’re not. Let’s go,” as Sam began pulling her up by her arm, but she wouldn’t move.
“Either you come with me, or I tell Robert what I just saw.”
“Don’t you dare. He will tell everyone in the family, and my father will find out.”
“Maybe that’s what you need because hell if you’re listening to anyone else. Now let’s go.”
“Where are we going?” But her question was met with silence.
The next morning Ava woke up alone in bed. It took her a minute to realize where she was, Sam’s loft. Sam was not in bed next to her, but it was apparent that she had been recently.
“It’s about time you woke up,” Sam said as she entered the room.
“What time is it?”
“Time to face the music. You need to tell me what the fuck is going on with you, because this Ava here,” Sam said as she waved her finger toward her friend, “I don’t know.”
“It’s nothing. I am just getting it out of my system before I take the bar exam and start my career.”
“Really? Do you remember what happened last night?”
“Vaguely.”
