Chapter 30: Doing It Her Way 2
Cielle had been at this for almost a week now.
Every night, a different bar. Every night, a different crowd. Every night, the same result.
She was having fun, sure. She had met all sorts of people—people eager to talk, people eager to be heard. But none of them were giving her what she wanted.
Her mind games weren’t working.
She wasn’t manipulating and she definitely wasn’t making a proper poker face.
Half the time, she was too caught up in their stories to even steer the conversation where she wanted it to go. One guy had lost his childhood pet and ended up pouring his heart out about how no other pet had ever lived up to his golden retriever, Max. Another girl had just been dumped and wanted revenge, and then there was the dude ranting about how his b
