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music. 
    My senses are overwhelmed with the sights and sounds around me.  The club is dark, but multi colored lights beaming across a sweaty crowd light up the room as people bounce and sway to the music.  Chase's hand closes tightly against mine as he weaves his way through the crowd, either finding a path or making one as he goes, I'm not sure which.  He soon stops in front of a bar and orders us drinks. 
    "What do you think?"  His lips are next to my ear but he's still talking very loudly so that I can hear him over the music.  His hot breath causes a shiver to run up my spine and I wonder how long we have to stay here before we can go back to his hotel bedroom again.
    "Intense," I yell back.  He smiles, taking that as a positive as he presses a glass into my hand.
    "Hi Chase!" Two gorgeous blond girls walk up to the poker player and hug him.  He speaks briefly to them before they smile and one tries to grab his hand as she walks away.  I look over at him questioningly.
    "Fans," he shrugs, looking embarrassed.  "Come on, let's dance."
    He pulls me back into the crowd and I drop my drink back onto the bar before it's out of reach.  All of a sudden our bodies are pressed together as gorgeous young people surround us, all of them dancing and sweating in unison to the electronic sounds coming from the massive speakers all around the club.  It doesn't take long to forget everything and lose myself in a similar way.  Chase is a great dancer, and I'm happy to let the crowd push and jostle us together so that our bodies are pressed tightly as we grind.  His lips find my neck in the crowded low light and I laugh, raising my eyes to the sky.  This is what I needed after all.
    We dance for what seems like at least an hour before he grabs my hand and leads me from the floor again.  I'm tired and hot but elated and buzzed at the same time.  Leading me through the crowd, Chase brings me through an opening and all of sudden we're outside.  Just like inside, beautiful people surround us, the only difference now is that there's a pool and the people milling about it are wearing even less than the ones inside.  The desert air is warm, but still cooler than inside the center of the crowd so I welcome the break.
    "What do you think?"
    "It's fucking fantastic," I say, my face grinning wildly.  "I need another drink though."
    "Of course, wait right here."
    I open my mouth to say I want to come with him, but before I can he's disappeared into a crowd of people.  I shrug, deciding to take in the sights of this amazing club while I wait.  There's simply nothing like this back home.  The outdoor area is enormous, with a huge pool taking up a large part of it.  I wonder how people managed to get a swimsuit in past the bouncers and the dress code rules, and how drunk I'd have to be to feel comfortable swimming amongst all of these gorgeous people.  I watch them for a few minutes before I realize that it's taking Chase an awfully long time to get our drinks.  There's a bar on the other side of the pool, which is where I thought he'd gone, so I pick may way through the crowd until I'm close.  I spot his blond hair and chiseled jaw immediately, but he's not alone.  He's talking to a strikingly beautiful brunette, whose hand is resting familiarly on his arm and he's making no attempt to remove it.  As I watch, he leans close, speaking into her ear and then she throws her head back and laughs before leaning forward and kissing him on the cheek.  She's clearly not just another fan.
    I walk quickly up to interrupt them and she turns to me even before he does.
    "Lila!" he says when he finally notices me.  He sees me glaring at the girl next to him.  "Lila, Let me introduce you two.  This is Denise Parks.  She's my..." he pauses for just an instant before her voice chimes in to finish his sentence.
    "Girlfriend."  I feel my eyes widen as I turn my glare away from her and slide it onto him.

CHAPTER NINE
     
     
    "Ex," Chase