Chapter 28

We arrived at The Cove after thirty minutes. It was a club on the first floor that doubled as a small bed and breakfast on the second floor. Weird set-up, yet it worked in the establishment's favor when people were too drunk to go home. Dance music was blasting from a speaker when we came in, and the LED lights changed directions every now and then, creating a hypnotic illusion. All eyes were on us.

"Lynx!" a Latina woman with a glass of cocktail on her hand greeted. She was one...