FIXED ON YOUCHAPTER ONEI FELT ALIVE.The alternating flashes of dark and soft lights, the throbbing pulse froman Ellie Goulding club mix, the movement of sweaty bodies dancing,grinding, enjoying each other—The Sky Launch Nightclub got into myblood and turned me on in a way that I hadn’t let anyone or anything else doin quite some time. When I was there—working the bar, assisting the waitstaff, attending to the DJs—I felt more free than at any other time of myday. The club held magic.And, for me, healing.For all its vibrancy and life, the club was a safe haven for me. It was aplace I could attach myself without worry of going overboard. No one wasgoing to sue me for focusing too hard or long on my job. But rumor wasThe Sky Launch, which had been up for sale for quite some time, was aboutto be sold. A new owner could change everything.“Laynie.” Sasha, the waitress working the upper floor, pulled me frommy thoughts and back to my job. “I need a vodka tonic, a White Russia
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