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lips part in a dazzling display of straight, white teeth. Just from assessing his facial features I’m all hot and bothered. I bite the corner of my bottom lip, damn his lips . He stands there; devilishly handsome as my eyes roam down to his powerful set of shoulders that are straining against his button down dress shirt. He has the air of authority and the appearance of someone who demands attention.
    “Up here baby.” He says in a husky tone.
    The song ends and another begins. As my eyes meet his again, he starts to lean in like he’s going to kiss me. Before I know it he’s spinning me again, placing his hands back on my hips, rocking side to side again. I can feel his hardness against my lower back and while it should be such a huge turn off, it’s the most erotic thing that has ever happened to me. Shit like this has happened before and its seconds before I’m stepping away from them but with this this guy its different, so different. The song is almost over but I’m not ready for it to end. I have this tingling feeling in the pit of my stomach and my whole body feels like it’s on fire.
    “Thanks for the dance.” He whispers huskily into my ears. Just those four words have my body blazing. I want to get one last peek at him but he’s gone.
    I need to find Summer to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. I don’t spot her anywhere so I scan up towards our table. She’s there and she’s leaning up against the railing, smiling down at me.
    I make my way back up and order another drink. Rex and Summer take a seat at our table, both smirking.
    “What?” I ask the both of them.
    Summer shakes her head and Rex chuckles, “I see you met Knox.”
    I eye the shot that was full before I left, it’s empty.
    Fuck. Me.
     

     
    There she is, out on the dance floor with her friend, who I assume is Summer, since Rex said that’s who he was bringing.
    I make my way over to Rex. “Hey man.”
    He stands and leans in to clap me on my back. “Nice to finally have you back.”
    I nod. “So is that her?”
    Rex leans up against the railing, “Yup, her and Summer.”
    We don’t say anything more. We stand there for a few minutes and watch the girls before I start to make my way towards them.
    I can’t believe this shit. She practically landed in my lap. Once Rex started talking about these two girls he met and started telling me all about them I knew it was her. Call it karma or whatever the hell you want to call it but she was put in my life for a reason and that is more than enough for me to get revenge on her fucked up family.
    Rex hadn’t put two and two together that Jasmine was the Jasmine Jennings that ripped our lives apart. He tried to tell me I was mistaken but I knew I wasn’t.
    I knew she took off after graduation but I had no idea where she went. It was like she fell off the face of the Earth. I’m sure her fucking parents are thrilled that their daughter is laid out in the Big Apple. They seem to control her life so I’m not actually surprised that New York is where she ended up.
    I took a few days to tie up my loose ends in California before I hopped on a flight to New York. I had to check this out for myself. It was just too good to be true. Rex didn’t agree with me that someone needed to pay for what happened but I wasn’t letting anyone stop me. I lost more than just my parents that day.
    Maybe once I get some kind of justice I can move on.

 
     
     
    Nearing noon the next morning I hear murmuring from the other room. I’ve been awake for about a half hour, just sitting and reading. Thankfully today’s Sunday; my declared lazy day. I do all my laundry, catch up on some reading and cleaning since every day during the week is filled with something. Lying here I drift back to last night. Knox. I wonder where he had gone off to after our dance. I never did see him again. Out of all the people at the club, why did it have to be him? I know I’m going to face him at some point, but why did it have to