A'S

face scrunch. "Jus' had to ruin the moment." He

ve him right, but it's my job to keep him safe, among other t

d get in a hot tub, right?" I mutter unde

nagg

plane of his body flush against mine even through my clothes, which are

. And no matter how annoyed I am with him, I would have to be dead to not feel anything when

them, but they are either too drunk or too intent on him to pay any

!" I

t way to free Jace. I crash head first into the water. The roaring of the jets is deafenin

he water out of my eyes. Jace is perched on the side of the tub, giving the wome

hing, almost losing his balance again from some hilarity only he can

t before the psychos in the tub think of any other crazy thing. My s

h me being greedy and fat. I let their invective roll over me. Not like it's the firs

the bed, but there are women there too. Security apparently hasn't gotten rid of all of them yet; I can sti

s slightly pale and sallow with a tinge of green. Alcohol's d

other sacrificed an entire African country of goats when he was born. I, of course, look like some kind

ite towels, march back out and toss one his way. "Dry off and get dressed. You're going home." I run a t

checkout. Two p

staying here

ction of the women on the bed. One of them spreads her legs. Outs

ing then, should you?" The hotel informed me he checked

" He smiles at me g

decently covered, I retrieve his clothes and dump them into a white plastic laundry bag with the ho

the hotel staff are waiting for us on the ground level. Before we leave, I instruct them to send Jace

f. If the staff notices my wet rat look, they don't let it show. On

Jace says. He lo

o the house tomorrow. Y

that

om here to the back exit without stu

at

efore he can even jump. The driver's waiting for us. I push Jace inside. I