“Do you ever let that go, Ethan?” I ask. I knew that question was coming.

“I won’t answer until you answer me,” he says.

“You’re going to have to wait then cause I’m leaving,” I say and walk out the bus. He’s there speechless and isn’t coming after me, which makes leaving to club Majesty easier. I don’t know why I would want him going after me. I half wanted him to ask that question, but then I half didn’t want him to. If that even makes sense.

I walk through club Majesty’s Employees Only door and see the faces I haven’t seen in a while.

“Seducer is coming on a week day?” Mary asks. “That’s a first.”

“I need to get away from things,” I tell her.

“I have some pills, honey, if you really need to get away,” Karen offers, but I shake my head.

“I just need to do some work and get it over with,” I say. A knock on the employee door surprises everyone. They enter the door, but I don’t look back. They’re probably not important.

“I’m sorry,” Ethan’s voice says to me.

He came after me.