Chapter 16
ELSIE
“Elsie!” Violet shouts over the loud speakers, heading in my direction. “Holy s**t. I never thought you'd show up!”
I grin with a grimace. “Me neither.”
“This place is packed!” she continues to scream. “But there's space over at this end of the bar. I'll show you.” She turns on her heel, heading from where she came, a bounce in her high-heeled step, a shocking pep in her demeanor that I haven't seen until now.
At least that makes one of us.
I can feel Sophie Santellini at my back, can sense her long lithe figure. With black hair almost to her waist and a beautiful face, the long-legged woman who just talked my ear off in the longest taxi ride of my life doesn't just walk; she struts, and I can sense every head turn as she passes, her perfect clothes and even more per
