CATHERINE SMITH After leaving home, I walked slowly to the bus stop due to the pain I was feeling. It took me some time to reach the nightclub. Samuel’s nightclub operated at unpredictable hours. Some days, it opened very early and closed in the afternoon, while on other days, it opened later and closed almost the next morning. However, it was always packed, no matter the day of the week. It seemed like the people of Los Angeles loved to party at any time of the day. My shift was supposed to start at nine in the morning today, but since Rose had been changing my schedule, I was working double shifts. Not to mention, she had separated me from Merlin and Luke. Lately, I had been spending more time in the stockroom, where she had assigned me to organize everything alone. I had to count ever

