You know that feeling when your life is hanging by a thread, and you’re just praying the snap doesn’t happen? That was me, Leo, every single day for the past three months.The air in the VIP lounge of The Velvet Room was thick, smelling like expensive cigars, top-shelf whiskey, and desperation. My heart was hammering against my ribs so hard I thought it might bruise them. I adjusted the collar of the uniform they’d given me—a cheap, tight black button-down that was one size too small—and swallowed hard."Just deliver the tray, Leo," I whispered to myself. "Drop off the drinks, smile, and get out. Five hundred bucks. That pays the electric bill."I wasn’t supposed to be here. I was a dishwasher, a busboy, the guy who stayed in the back where no one could see him. But Marco, the usual waiter, had called in sick, and the manager, a greasy guy named Tony, had shoved a silver tray into my hands and promised me triple pay if I took the special order to the Ruby Room."The Ruby Room is off-l
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