It was cold when she pushed her bike away from the bike rack, getting farther away from the crowd. Her shift, which was supposed to have ended forty-five minutes ago, had taken a lot out of her. Dealing with drunken men and crying babies wasn't as easy as she thought it would be, though it seemed like there were more and more of the drunks every night. She was getting quicker at dodging groping hands and bodies. She just wished she could receive some of that attention, although in a more charming manner, with sober men.
Emma wanted adventure. Her two jobs bored her, and nothing in her life ever changed. She was still living in the same crappy apartment she was in six years ago, still breaking up with and eventually getting back together with the same scumbag ex-boyfriend her 'friend' had set her up with two years ago, and she was still trying to lose that extra fifteen pounds that never seemed to stay away.
Pedaling through the city's giant park, Emma never even saw the shadow stalking her, the shadow that would lead to a bigger adventure that she had ever prepared for.