Chapter 563

• I watch the pair saunter to the bar, heads close, as Jake obviously imparts some much-needed wisdom or maybe drags Leila's first-time truth out with hostility. They’re only just getting there when I spy Leila appear across the room. She instantly spots the most attractive pair here by a long shot, and she loses every ounce of Leila confidence and spark. She fumbles with her bag and turns, retreating to the ladies’ room as though her ass is on fire.
• This is not going well.
• I go to get up, but Sarah catches my arm, sitting me back down, her eagle eyes having seen Leila too.