Not those short time. I want to have a good stay for the night.”Me: “Let me check first.”I sent a message to my secretary and told her to make a...reservation for me and to send me a message of the place when the booking was confirmed. While waiting for my secretary to reply back, we downed at least another two glasses. Beep beep. A message came in, “Boss Westin Stamford for 2 nights confirmed. Confirmation code XXXXX.” Sent her back a message, “Thanks and sorry to disturb you at this time of the. Can you come over and give me a hand?"You think to yourself that you would much rather enjoy your weekend then go over there and do someone else's hunny do list. But she is only next door."Sure, I'll be over in about 5 mins." Oh thank you so much."You hang up the phone. take one last drink of your beer, put on your shoes, grab a flashlight and head on over.You get to her house and she is already there with the door open waiting for you. You walk in to the house, "Where is the breaker box at?". ‘On foot, I mean.’ ‘They’d catch you within minutes,’ he said. She heard the sorrow in his voice, and her soul ached for him. ‘Dead end. And it’s all my fault.’ Her eyes were wet with tears. ‘You could…I mean, I can’t escape, but if there’s no way out, I…I think I might rather be dead than live like that. I don’t want them to put me under and brainwash me. If you-‘ ‘No,’ Burke said. His eyes were suddenly wild, filled with a manic hope. ‘That’s only if there’s no way out.’ ‘But if we can’t run,. Our secret. I get his drink without needing to be reminded of it.POV: NikolaiShe glances up at me every so often while she serves me my drink, huge round blue eyes peeking for a second and then darting back down to the half-filled pint glass in her hand. I take the book she's been reading and turn it over to read the summary. A supernatural thriller. I almost roll my eyes. I thumb to the page she has bookmarked and start reading halfway through a sex scene. I don't even have to look at her to.