HIRED AND WANTED
I drank, watched the shadows, and reminded myself that leaving the party wasn’t cowardice.
A sudden movement caught my eye.
Amara.
She walked toward the pool like the world belonged to her. Her hair was damp at the edges, a loose strand falling across her face, and her bikini clung in all the right places. She tied her hair into a ponytail.
She dove in without hesitation. The splash was sharp, breaking the quiet around me. She swam with slow, deliberate strokes, and I couldn’t take my eyes off her.
She floated at the far side, paused, then swam toward the edge. I saw her sit, legs dangling in the water, hands gripping the tiles. She looked like she belonged in another world, a world I wasn’t
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