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I started to walk away but was tagged by a hand at my camisole and pulled back.
I turned around.
“I said no hands.” I looked around for Lenny or one of the other bouncers, but I saw none. The place was packed.
“You left without your tip,” Bachelor Number One said.
He held up a fifty.
A fifty was a fucking great tip and definitely worth the F-word. Even the dancers didn’t often get fifties.
I went to take it and he snatched it away.
He folded it in half, lengthwise. “I want you to take it with your teeth.”
Then he held it at his fly.
What a jerk.
My eyes moved to his and I couldn’t help it, fifty dollars or not, my lip curled.
“I don’t think so.”
I turned to walk away. He grabbed me by the waist, yanked me back onto his lap and curled an arm tight around me. With the other hand, he slid the fifty between my breasts.
That was the last thing he did of his own accord.
The next thing I knew, a hand wrapped around my wrist and Eddie jerked me out of his lap. The strength of the pull and momentum of my body threw me away from him several feet and I crashed into some guys who were standing around. Still, I saw Eddie yank Bachelor Number One out of his chair by his collar.
Then he held him by his collar and he put his fist in his face. It was not pretty and I winced. You could hear his nose breaking.
The other bachelor party boys rose from their seats in defense of their brethren and all hell broke loose.
Several guys tried to jump Eddie but he had his eyes on the prize, yanking Bachelor Number One free of the clutch, and still holding his collar, slammed his fist into his face again.
That was all I saw. I was being jostled and pushed back, teetering on my dominatrix shoes. Lenny got to me and pulled me out of the rapidly growing brawl. It started with Eddie and the bachelor party and grew.
I saw one of the bachelor party boys get thrown on stage. JoJo was dancing and he nearly collided with her. She let out a screech and all the girls began running around and then disappeared into the back.
I wanted to try to get to Eddie but Tanya grabbed my arm, pushed my purse into my hands and tugged me out the front door. The other waitresses and some of the dancers were standing outside, taking the brawl opportunity to get a smoke break in, and some of the customers were reeling out to get away from the pandemonium.
“Holy crap! Did you see that?” Tanya asked. “I watched the whole thing. You were in the way so your hot guy couldn’t see what was happening with the money. The minute that asshole pulled you on his lap, though, your man threw three guys out of his way to get to you. It was ace!” she shouted, clearly excited.
I felt a thrill race through me that Eddie would do that for me.
Three squad cars pulled up and the cops went in, the customers went out, and we stood around waiting for the all clear to close down the joint.
Eddie came out with a man in uniform, scanned the crowd and hangers on and locked on me. He said something to the cop, disengaged and walked to me. He had blood on his white T-shirt but it didn’t look like it was coming from him, thank God. His eyes glittered, even in the dim light of the club sign and street lamps. When he got closer, I noticed his knuckles were bloody and I was guessing that some of it was his blood.
I didn’t think. I just snatched up one of his hands and stared at it, then looked up at him, still holding his hand.
“We need to get you some ice,” I said.
Eddie didn’t get a chance to respond because Smithie lumbered up.
“How many times do I have to tell you bitches, no boyfriends?” he shouted at me. “Shit, girl. You are a fuckin’ pain in my fuckin’ ass. Do you know how much damage this badass motherfucker caused?” He turned to Eddie. “I knew you were trouble the minute you fuckin’ walked in.”
“He’s not my boyfriend,” I told Smithie, and Smithie turned back to me.
