"Wait, where is Tina”? I asked them looking around the house.
"I'm here!!!" Tina shouted from the outside waiting outside the car.
"Are you serious? She's going with us”? Andrew asked.
"Yep" I said. "Don't worry; just go with your usual routine. It’s better that we open her eyes in that world than to look at it her own self." I said to him, and he agrees.
"Yes, it’s better we teach her techniques, and everything." He replied, nodding his head.
"Technique of”? Tina asked.
"Not being drunk”? Andrew said before throwing his head off, and laughs.
"Yeah sure" Tina said raising her two hands in the car as we all look at her, and made her blush.
She looks like an adult yet very innocent. Our baby girl isn’t a baby anymore.
We're riding in a limousine as per Vincent suggested. It accommodates us really well. It’s very spacious.
"Do you guys go out like this always”? Tina asked.
"Well it’s not like we're clubbing everyday but this is usual to us but not the limousine though." Zoey said. "Thanks to Vincent of course." She added nodding to Vincent's way.
"Should I call you Uncle Vincent”? Tina asked to Vincent, giving her a smile in return.
"Just call me Vincent or whatever you like." He replied, smiling to my niece. He's sweet.
Tina just smiled, and shrugged her shoulders. "Uncle Vincent it is." She said as she looks again in her phone, texting.
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The club called Emerald Club is in full swing and full of people when we got inside. "Good evening, Sir, Ma’am" said the waiter who greeted us when we got first in the line. We don't need to wait outside just to go in because we'll be having one of the VIPs.
This club is one the top five most expensive clubs in New York. I think it’s the most. The one I am working in is just the same as this.
The floor is marble like you can mirror yourself on it, and the air conditioner is very satisfying. You won't be having sweat here when you dance. The design is magnificent as well.
I saw Tina looked at me, and held my arm.
"There are lots of people! Where did they come from”? She asked me, making me chuckle.
"I don't know. Should I ask them”? I asked, and she shakes her head.
"We gotta protect this kiddo." Andrew said as he puts her arm on Tina's shoulder.
The waiter assists us on the second floor where the VIP room is located. It looks good inside. A little naughty because of the colors but still classy. It has red, black, and white theme. You can also see the dance floor from up here because of the one way mirror wall.
"Are all the clubs like this”? Tina asks as she launches herself on the black couch. We all looked at her in confusion, and amusement.
"No, and don't ever think of escaping in the middle of the night." I said, wiggling my pointing finger left, and right like a pendulum. Nancy, and Zoey chuckled.
"Yes, and you'll stay here. No going down on the dance floor without me or Vincent." Andrew interrupted looking serious as hell. "Understood”? He asked.
"Yes, Sir!" Tina answered, saluting, making me chuckle. "But...." She added.
I tilted my head "but”? I asked.
"Can I drink too”? She asked me.
"Yes." I said, smiling to her. "But maximum of two." I said as I show her my two fingers. “She lit up, and grinned.”Not three, and I hope your mother won't haunt me in my dreams for even agreeing you to come with us." I added, shaking my head.
I saw Tina look up at me. "She won't. I already ask her myself yesterday when I went to her grave." She said, giving me a small smile.
Oh...
I only nodded my head, and think of something to light up her mood. "You ask her yesterday? And... How do you even know that we'll be clubbing now”? I ask her, smiling.
I saw her grin, and I sigh. "Because... I just know. I ask her if I can come with you, and join you." She replied.
"Okay, I know that she'll be guiding you when you're already crawling because of being drunk." Nancy said making us laugh. Talking about changing the mood
"Yeah. She will." Zoey said in agreement.
The waitress came up, and put down our drinks on the table together with some crackers, chips, and some fruits.
They all watch me as I gave the Blue Margarita to Tina. "Let's get you started with this. Don't drink too fast. You might not be able to feel the drowsiness when you're drinking it but trust me, it will." I said to her, and she looks like she's really studying it.
"Yeah. Been there, done that." Zoey said.
"And she's really taking it seriously." Nancy added as we all look at Tina who slowly puts the tip of the glass in her mouth.
"You guys are bad influence." Vincent said, smiling, and shaking his head.
"It’s better to teach her ourselves than doing it on her own." I replied to him.
"Good point as always." He replied.
We all converse, and laugh at Andrew's corny jokes. Sometimes, I feel Vincent skin touches mine accidentally, and we both look at each other. Feeling the building tension between us. Control. I say to myself.
We heard a phone ringing, and look around at whose phone is that. Tina picks out her phone, and look at us. "Excuse me." She says as she stands up, and put the phone on her ear. "Hello." We heard her say before she went to the corner of the room, looking at the large one way mirror.
Zoey, Nancy, and I raise our eyebrows together thinking the same thing.
"Does she have a boyfriend”? Zoey asked.
"Well.. Not that I know of" I replied, shrugging. Then they all went to their own business.
"So…" I heard Vincent said.
"So”? I said, making him chuckle.
"What's your work”? He asked, looking handsome as ever.
"Oh... I'm a manager at one of the clubs here in New York." I replied to him. "You”? I asked before realizing what I just asked, he answered, chuckling.
"That's a very good question. You're good at managing, I see."He said. "And I'm working as the CEO which is the company I started years ago." He replied to me.
"So a CEO huh”? I said, nodding my head as I sip on my cocktail.
"Yes."
"What it’s like to be the boss's boss's boss”? I asked, humoring him.
"What do you mean? Like the work”? He asked as he crosses his legs in a very yummy way. Oh s**t! I mean manly, and NOT yummy. I nodded. "It’s like you're time isn't yours always. Unlike you, I don't have weekends." He simply answered. "But I get to go at the office anytime I want." He added.
"Oh I wish I can do that." I said resigning on my seat.
When I look at Tina, she hangs up her phone, and went straight to us.
"Someday" I heard Vincent said, making me smile. Yeah, like I can be like you?
"Who were you talking to”? Andrew teases Tina, and smirking.
"Friend" Tina replied, sticking out her tongue.
"Yeah sure" We all said, making her blush.
"Hey, Tina”? Vincent called.
"Yeah”?
"I have a question to ask”? Vincent asked making my niece creases her brows.
"Ahh… Sure”? She said, hesitating.
"I would like to date your Auntie, is that okay with you”? I heard Vincent asked. Andrew choked in his drink, Zoey, and Nancy stopped drinking, and Tina? Her mouth's forms a big letter O. Me??? I'm in shock. He always makes me shock.
"Ahhhhh.." Tina started as she looks at me to find an answer but I was too busy rewinding what he just asked. "If she likes to, that's totally fine with me." Added Tina who regained herself but drinking the cocktail almost everything in it.