moved in!” she paused and pointed to the booth that was now empty. “Well the guy that was there,” she frowned. “Anyways, we don’t leave each other alone. That’s the rule. We have always used that rule Sky,” she finished giving Mark a dirty look.
“You went to the toilet alone ,” Sky argued back.
“Yes but we have been coming here for months and this is Trinity’s first night in the City. You leave her alone for five seconds and the animals will come sniffing around ,” Nikkee snapped back.
“Chill out would ya. Geez we were only over here dancing ,” Sky said and then looked at me.
“Look, its ok Nikkee. I knew where you were and I knew where they were. I am ok, please don’t fight ,” I pleaded.
“Yeah it’s ok. She gets a guy and then the girl code is all tossed out the window ,” Nikkee said with a sneer.
“Oh so it’s like that is it. You’re jealous because I have a guy now ,” Sky sneered back.
“Jealous of Mark. HA! Hardly. I just don’t like the fact that you had forgotten all about your best friend’s wellbeing just so you can go dance with him. You could have waited. I would have waited for you ,” Nikkee spat out then pulled me away from the dance floor with her.
She steered us towards the front doors and then we were outside in the crisp clean or clean-ish air.
She sucked in a deep breath and then exhaled and walked a little further towards the side of the building.
“What was all that about?” I asked.
“God, I can’t believe she would do that. She knows better. And all because of HIM ,” she yelled out raising her voice at the “him” statement.
As I went to reply, Sky walked over to us.
“I’m sorry Nikkee. You are right and I shouldn’t have said those things. I am just so, so…I can’t get him out of my head and I just wanted to be closer to him,” she said in a low sad voice.
Nikkee sighed then replied , “I get that. But you don’t put ‘going to dance with a guy’ before your best friend. It is a code. A safe code. And please, I am so not jealous of Mark.”
“I know. I should not have said that. I am sorry.”
“Well I want to call it a night. How about you Trin?” Nikkee asked me.
“Yeah. I’m so tired. These last few days have been so full on. And you both dragging me around to every clothes shop today has really worn me out ,” I replied.
Nikkee pulled out her phone to call Jason.
“Geez reception is crap here. Just a sec. I’ll be right back,” she said walking off looking at her phone.
“Where’s Mark?” I asked.
Sky looked around and then said. “Over there,” she called out his name but he didn’t hear. “I’ll just go grab him. Be right back.”
She walked off towards the front of the club.
A chill from behind blew past my ear and out to the streets in front of me. My body started to shake and a scream built. A hand went over my mouth and the view of the busy sidewalk disappeared.
Chapter Six
“Oh my God, there she is,” a faint voice in the background whispered.
I tried to open my eyes. They only partly opened.
“Call an ambulance Jason. Quick!”
What I could see was a blur. There was a face in front of me but I couldn’t make it out. Then it was gone and I closed my eyes to blackness again.
A searing pain started gnawing in my chest and throat. I struggled to breathe as I came back to consciousness.
“Trinity, can you hear me. Do you know where you are?”
I opened my eyes slightly again. They slowly came into focus as a woman’s face started to appear. My left arm felt wet and sore along with my chest and throat. I tried to lift my head but it only got gently pushed back down.
“Trinity ? Can you hear me? Trinity? Trinity? Trinity do you know where you are?” the woman repeated as it slowly made its way to my ears. I went to speak. I opened my mouth, but no sounds came out. I gave a slight shake of my head. I didn’t know where I was.
“You are in an