Cassie observed the entrance of Midnight Blues once the cab pulled up to the curb. The crowd of people who’d been hanging outside, smoking and chatting, had dispersed into different directions on the street.
The minute she exited the cab, she noticed the lack of music pouring from the club’s open door. Guess Theo’s band had finished their set. There was a good chance that he and Jonah were no longer there, seeing as how it was close to one a.m.
A twinge of disappointment had her hesitating from going any further, but it was the cabbie’s voice that forced her to brush aside the thoughts. “You sure you don’t want me to wait for you, sugar?”
“Yeah, I’m sure. I don’t know how long I’m gonna be.”
She reached inside her back pocket and removed the money she’d found not long after they’d left
