The Best Plot Twist

~VALERIE'S POV~

The restaurant pulsed with that late-night Vegas hum. Dim lighting cast everything in gold. Low music mixed with the smell of expensive food and perfume.

Floor-to-ceiling windows looked out over the Strip Club, neon lights twinkling like fireflies against desert darkness.

Beatrice had insisted on this spot. "Semi-private but still fabulous," she had said.

She wasn't wrong. The boot