Chapter 50

New Year’s Eve . . .

It was two hours before opening. Customers were already lining up on the sidewalk to get in. Two hours before Derek hosted a New Year’s Eve bash at The Oasis one last time. He looked around at the dark interior of his beloved club. The security lights were on.

Derek exhaled as he remembered all the good, the bad, and the extraordinary. He walked over to the bar. He had fucked a hell of a lot of ladies on top of that bar. He turned around and looked at the dance floor. He had done the electric slide, the wobble, and the cupid shuffle with his customers on it countless times. Then he looked up in the rafters. There was a great view up there.

“You’ve been a good girl,” he said with a croaked smile. “But it’s time we both move on.”

The sale would be final three days after the new year. Derek walked to the back of the bar and raised his hand to the switch.

“All right, beautiful. Let’s do it one las