His Stripper Mate
He didn't look up, but he hummed a different tune—something faster, more frantic.
“Watch the stairs, Nick,” Huxley said, his voice a low vibration. “The shadows are getting long today.”
“I’ll be careful, Huxley,” I said, my voice steady.
I climbed the four flights of stairs, the grocery bags heavy in my hands. When I reached the fourth floor, I saw Zosia’s door. It was closed, but I could hear voices inside.
Zosia and the redhead—Sasha.
“…I’m telling you, Zo, he’s a unicorn,” Sasha’s voice drifted through the thin wood. “A clumsy, bourbon-soaked unicorn with a Patek Philippe. We need to dissect him. For science.”