"Would you like to dance?" Derek asked.
"Uh..." That was all I could get out in my panic. I was trapped. Memories of the fire threatened to surface again, my two sisters and I trapped and screaming, but I wouldn't let them. I couldn't let them.
"Jasmine needs to use the facilities," Kendra said, glancing at me with her forehead wrinkled. "This one's locked."
Derek took my hand and brought it to his lips to kiss it. What was it about my hand that he liked so much? I must have dipped it into some love potion by mistake. Or he thought that was charming or something. He searched my eyes with his, his lips still lingering on my hand. Then he clasped his hand tightly around mine.
"Follow me," he said and gently pulled me away from Kendra.
I looked back at her, my heart beating fast, and s
