She ran.
Melissa didn't wait for Matt to turn away from the clients he chatted with, she didn't stop to smile lightly at the bouncers standing in front of the club, she clutched the briefcase close to her thighs and walked like hell was on her heels. The two women who were in the room with Mr. Eduardo and her, had seen her lift the briefcase and she was scared that they'd give her out once her absence and that of the briefcase, was noticed.
She quickly flagged down a cabbie and was halfway to her apartment in a minute. She kept throwing glances outside the window, so much so that the cab driver gave her a pissed off look and stepped on it, arriving at her apartment immediately. She thanked him as she paid her fare and was about to apologize for her wary attitude inside his taxi when h
