Free The Billionaire Saved My Life - PART 2 by Sherie Keys Page A

concerned.
    “No, I'm fine. I just can't keep up with you guys tonight.”
    Tanya edged her way through the dancing crowd and found herself outside the bathrooms, not sure how she even got there. Those tequilas were fun at the time, she thought, but now they were making her head spin and she could hardly stand. In fact, her legs didn't feel as if they were her own.
    She managed to get into the bathroom, pushing past three other girls who were lining up for a stall to become vacant.
    “Hey, can't you see there's a line?” someone whined.
    “S-sorry,” Tanya said. “I only want to splash my face.” She staggered to the sink but couldn't turn the taps and staggered out of the door again.
    “You need some help?” A girl said as she watched Tanya leaving the bathroom.
    “No,” a male voice interjected. “She's all right, she's with me.”
    “James,” Tanya gasped as James caught her under the arm and started to drag her towards the exit.
    “What, what are you doing?” she said to James. “Where are we...”
    “It's all right, Tanya, I've got you now. Come with me and I'll make sure you get home safe and sound.” He walked her across the street and made a left turn. As they walked, Tanya's legs finally gave way and he had to carry her to his car. He sat her down and her head flopped to one side. “Tanya? Tanya,” James sang her name, but she was not responding. “It's okay,” James said. “She's out cold.”
    Catherine sat up. “Hand me her purse.”
    “Why?” James said.
    “Her friends will worry if she just disappears like that. I need to reassure them.” She rummaged in Tanya's bag for her cell as James got into the driver's seat and started the ignition. “What are their names?”
    “It's Kaya and Mae. Jeannie's in there too, can you believe?”
    “Well she always did know how to slum it. There, I sent them a message saying she's on her way home in a taxi. She didn't feel good. Let's go.”
    When James arrived at Tanya's apartment building, they had to hook her arms over their shoulders and support her all the way to her door with her toes dragging on the ground.
    “There's no security camera here is there, James?”
    “Look, you know I checked all that out. No cameras and no security guards. This is so easy it's dull.”
    Outside her door, Catherine searched for Tanya's key and they continued to drag her inside.
    “Which way is the bedroom?” James said.
    “This way,” Catherine said.
    They pulled Tanya onto the bed and lay her down. Both James and Catherine looked at each other.
    “Now you have to be all in with this, Catherine. No backing out now, all right?”
    “I'm here aren't I? Now let's just get on with this.”
    “This is the nice part,” James said and started to take off his jacket. He threw it across the floor.
    “And now for the beautiful Tanya.”
    Piece by piece, garment by garment, Catherine and James removed every item of Tanya's clothing. Tanya was completely oblivious, her body limp and floppy like a rag doll as the pair of them pulled back the covers and positioned her inside the bed.
    “How long will the drug last?” Catherine asked.
    “Maybe an hour. We've got more than enough time on our hands. Let's get some drinks, have them in here. Make it look authentic.”
    *
    It was almost midnight; Kurtis couldn’t sleep. He had sat with a drink of brandy in his hands just rolling the large glass around and barely drinking from it. He couldn't help thinking about the events of the past week. He wondered if he was being unfair and that maybe he should have answered Tanya's calls.
    It was bloodyminded of him. Jeannie always accused him of being stubborn and maybe she was right. This was Tanya, the woman he loved. How could he not have given her chance to say her piece. Just as James had managed to put seeds of doubt into Tanya's mind, causing her to doubt him, here they were again, doubt hanging over their relationship. This time, he was the doubter and yet again, James