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She saw me and waved.
I frowned, wondering what she was doing here. In truth, I would have preferred if no one knew of her presence in New York, especially now, with all the uncertainty over Jimmy. But here she was, dressed like a beacon of light, her long platinum hair—twin of my own—hanging like a curtain down to the small of her back.
Everybody in the club would notice her.
She must have noticed the frown on my face because she changed direction and walked towards me as I stood on the third step between floors. She came right up to me, the blue light making every part of her look as if it was glowing, but especially her eyes. She smiled up at me.
“What’s up?”
“You tell me,” I said, looking around the room with a furrowed brow. “What are you doing here?”
She shrugged. “Brought my friends for a fun night out. Why? Am Ipersona non grataor something?”
“It’s just not a good time, and there are plenty of other clubs.”
“Yeah well, I thought I’d bring you some business. Sue me.” She sounded annoyed.
I looked down at her and smiled. “Kat… hey, come on. You know I wasn’t trying to give you the bum-rush. I just think your friends would have more fun at the Shade Room. Have you been yet? I think Taylor Swift is playing there tonight,” I lied sarcastically. “You should go.”
She threw back her head and laughed. “You’re so funny sometimes, Alexei.” Rolling her eyes, she turned away from me and began to walk away.
“Hey! Where are you going?” I called.
“To VIP.” She threw back, “The show’s about to start, isn’t it?”
“Hey, wait.” I took the two steps down to her, turning her around. “Katya.”
“Alexei,” she said in the same admonishing tone I used on her.
I sighed, shaking my head. Just then, I spotted a familiar face in my peripheral vision and turned just in time to see Nora making her way past us. She bumped into Katya, mumbled something that might have been an apology, flicked me a very quick glance and hurried off. I remembered that she hadn’t told me if she would continue dancing or not.
In fact, there were a lot of things we were yet to discuss.
“Who’s that?” My sister’s question felt odd.
I turned to find Katya staring curiously after Nora.
“A new dancer. Why?”
“I don’t know… she looks kinda familiar.”
I frowned. “She’s new. How can she be familiar to you?”
Katya’s frown deepened. “I don’t know. She just is.”
“Hands off though, you hear? She bats for my team.”
She turned to me and smiled. “Is that Jules’ replacement?” She peered at Nora, checking her out. “I’d say it’s a definite upgrade.”
“Shut up and stop staring at her ass.”
“Why? It’s a nice ass.”
“It’s also off-limits.”
“Psh, I heard you the first time. No need to be so territorial.”
“Well great. Now go and…” I shooed her off, hoping she’d leave.
