Chapter Sixteen- A Man Among Boys

Virginia's POV

Shit. 

Unable to sit still while awaiting a response from Brooks, I paced and fiddled with everything from my inner cheek to the ends of my hair. Realizing that Landon was completely out of his two backup inhalers and that Brooks had another one in his jacket pocket from the night before, I was desperate for the comfort of the albuterol. He was fine, actually better than, but I couldn't risk him having an attack and being without it on hand. Especially with the newfound 'civility' between Brooks and me. After a total of half an hour without a response and a call to Delaney, his assistant, only to be told she isn't an 'errand bitch', I managed to convince her to come sit at the condo while I went to Brooks myself. 

The supper club was a place I felt guilty even looking at let alone entering. There wasn't a woman without a drink in her hand, a dress a bit too tight, or a scowl on her face as I made my way inside. The men paid little att