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me. I
said sorry, man, didn't see you there...then he....”
              “He attacked
you?”
              “Punched me.
Kicked me.” He held out his right hand. “Slammed this in the door.”
              I couldn't help
it; I yelped out loud. Angry-looking bruises covered his hand, his fingers swelling
up in sickening shades of purple and green.
              “Looks like the
bone's broken,” Danny said as he hung up the phone. “At least one of them, by
the look of it, and I'd be surprised if it wasn't more.” He sighed. “The
ambulance is on its way. They should be here soon...”
              “What happened to
the guy?” I asked Steve.
              He shook his
head. “Dunno,” he said. “He just vanished. And I got dizzy – wanted to chase
after him, but couldn't...” He almost swooned once again. “That girl...I think
she put something in my drink while I wasn't looking...I had a beer or two, but
not this much. Nowhere near this much...” He coughed. “I'm so stupid,”
he said. “To fall for a pretty face like that. I should have known something
was up. She was way out of my league...” He gave a bitter laugh. “I
thought it was just my lucky night...”
              Danny and I
looked at each other.
              “Are you thinking
what I'm thinking?” he whispered to me, his voice scratchy and low with worry.
              “That something's
fishy about this? You bet.”
              “Roni?”
              “Roni.”
              Danny sighed.
              “I don't
understand...” I whispered. “I know it's personal but...why make it this personal?
I mean – so, you turned her down once? It's not the end of the world.”
              Danny looked
nervous, but said nothing, staring down at his shoes. “Roni doesn't like being
said no to,” he said. “That's all there is to it. But I'm sorry, Neve – so
sorry I dragged you into this mess, dragged all of you into this mess...”
              “No...” I reached
out and took his hand. “It's not your fault. It's hers. ”
              He jerked away –
almost coldly, I thought with surprise. “We need to call the others,” he said.
“We need to let them know what's happened, to figure out a plan. She will not get away with this!” His voice was steely with anger – his rage palpable
and potent.
              “Don't worry, darling,”
I whispered back. “She won't.”
              I texted Luc and
Kyle; they were at the hotel suite within minutes. I couldn't help but feel
self-conscious when Luc and Kyle caught sight of me – still naked except for
the dressing gown, which clung somewhat revealingly to my curves. Even now,
under these circumstances, I hated for Luc and Kyle to see me like this – to
see the bed where, just moments before, Danny and I had been making passionate,
frenetic love.
              They both eyed
the bed nervously, averting their eyes both from it and from me, as I pushed
the dressing gown across my body, trying to cover myself up even more modestly
than I already had done.
              “Don't worry,
Steve,” Luc was saying gently, his voice smooth like honey. “Danny told me that
it's only going to be another five minutes or so...and then the ambulance is
going to get here. You're fine, just a few bruises.”
              “My...hand...”
Steve's voice was shaking, although he seemed more lucid now than he had done
when he first stumbled in. “What are we going to do about my hand?”
              “What about it?”
              “ How am I
supposed to drum with this hand ?”
              We all fell
silent.
              For the past five
minutes, we'd been worried about Steve's health, his safety, the mysterious man
out there who had beaten him up for what seemed like no reason. But now it hit
us. This wasn't just