chapter 30: The end.
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It was two months later, that Joe sat by the bar in the Nightlifefanclub along with all his friends. Once and a while he drank from his colacan. Frank and Nancy were trying to have a conversation but the noise of the techno music was as loud as before and didn't give them much of a chance to it. Tony was doing his job on serving his guests but between business he went over to Joe and they chatted as lowly as possible, which wasn't that low. Callie and Biff were somewhere on the floor or upstairs or somewhere else, nobody knew where and Chet was enjoying his company: two ladies, can of cola and a large bag of potatochips.
'Have you heard anything?' Tony asked.
'Nothing at all' Joe answered. 'She'd call if any of them were caught.'
'Exactly, so that must mean she's fine' Tony said back.
'But what if she left country' Joe wondered.
'She definitely would have let you know if she would have done that' Tony assured.
'Yeah, besides, it's probably not too easy to leave when you're being searched for all over' Joe said relieved.
'Exactly' Tony said. They both noticed a woman taking a seat a few seats away from them. 'Well, gotta go to work' Tony said and stretched himself. He went to the woman with a glass. 'What can I get...-' Tony stopped in the middle of the sentence and dropped the glass. He cleared his throat, embarrassed and bent down to pick up the pieces. 'So what can I get you?' he repeated when he was done.
'A light bear, thank you' she said.
Joe stiffened. He looked to the side. Tony poured the bear from a can to a glass and handed the woman. She had blond hair, pretty face, well make-uped, and was wearing a low-necked blouse and a skirt and boots made of leather. Joe studied her in details. The seat next to her was empty and Joe moved to her.
'Hi, have we met before' he asked teasingly.
The woman looked at him. 'Could it be?' she said and smiled.
Joe also smiled, he knew those eyes very well. He reached out for a lock of her hair.
'This is weird' he said. He held a brown curly lock but not a blond one like the rest of the hair.
She pulled the blond hair off her head and more of the brown curly locks fell down over her shoulders. 'Better?' she asked and blinked Tony who grinned back.
'Much better' Joe agreed and took her hand. He stood up an pulled her with him.
'You want this?' Tony asked and handed his friend a key.
Frank smiled happily at Nancy and kissed her forehead. He looked up and saw his younger brother disappear in the crowd with a girl. He shook his head and finished his drink. He threw a goodbye at his friends and he and Nancy prepared to leave. They were halfway through the crowd when the song finished and before the next began a girl screamed somewhere, so loud that everyone were startled and looked to the direction where the scream came from. Frank's stomach tightened.
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It was two months later, that Joe sat by the bar in the Nightlifefanclub along with all his friends. Once and a while he drank from his colacan. Frank and Nancy were trying to have a conversation but the noise of the techno music was as loud as before and didn't give them much of a chance to it. Tony was doing his job on serving his guests but between business he went over to Joe and they chatted as lowly as possible, which wasn't that low. Callie and Biff were somewhere on the floor or upstairs or somewhere else, nobody knew where and Chet was enjoying his company: two ladies, can of cola and a large bag of potatochips.
'Have you heard anything?' Tony asked.
'Nothing at all' Joe answered. 'She'd call if any of them were caught.'
'Exactly, so that must mean she's fine' Tony said back.
'But what if she left country' Joe wondered.
'She definitely would have let you know if she would have done that' Tony assured.
'Yeah, besides, it's probably not too easy to leave when you're being searched for all over' Joe said relieved.
'Exactly' Tony said. They both noticed a woman taking a seat a few seats away from them. 'Well, gotta go to work' Tony said and stretched himself. He went to the woman with a glass. 'What can I get...-' Tony stopped in the middle of the sentence and dropped the glass. He cleared his throat, embarrassed and bent down to pick up the pieces. 'So what can I get you?' he repeated when he was done.
'A light bear, thank you' she said.
Joe stiffened. He looked to the side. Tony poured the bear from a can to a glass and handed the woman. She had blond hair, pretty face, well make-uped, and was wearing a low-necked blouse and a skirt and boots made of leather. Joe studied her in details. The seat next to her was empty and Joe moved to her.
'Hi, have we met before' he asked teasingly.
The woman looked at him. 'Could it be?' she said and smiled.
Joe also smiled, he knew those eyes very well. He reached out for a lock of her hair.
'This is weird' he said. He held a brown curly lock but not a blond one like the rest of the hair.
She pulled the blond hair off her head and more of the brown curly locks fell down over her shoulders. 'Better?' she asked and blinked Tony who grinned back.
'Much better' Joe agreed and took her hand. He stood up an pulled her with him.
'You want this?' Tony asked and handed his friend a key.
Frank smiled happily at Nancy and kissed her forehead. He looked up and saw his younger brother disappear in the crowd with a girl. He shook his head and finished his drink. He threw a goodbye at his friends and he and Nancy prepared to leave. They were halfway through the crowd when the song finished and before the next began a girl screamed somewhere, so loud that everyone were startled and looked to the direction where the scream came from. Frank's stomach tightened.
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