Chapter 32 - After party (1) (1/2)
As they approached Black Rose night club, the snow was falling heavily. Even at this cold and snowy night, a long line of people waited patiently to get inside the club. Bouncers are standing at the entry door, and one young man between them is deciding who can go in and when.
As Sarah and Aiden approached the entry, ignoring the long line, the young man between bouncers noticed them, spoke something into his headset, and showed a wide smile, ”Miss Hill, it's a pleasure to see you tonight. Please do come in. We are honored that you came to our humble establishment.” He removed the barrier and let them inside immediately.
Sarah gave a small nod, and the two of them entered while people in the line shuffled unhappily and whispered among themselves, ”What do we need to do to get such a treatment? … It's freezing!”
A young lady welcomed them inside, ”Miss Hill, your room is ready. Do you want to use it tonight?” She glanced at Sarah and then her sight got stuck on Aiden.
”Yes, thank you”, Sarah responded, ignoring that lady is ogling at Aiden.
The young lady led the way through a dark hallway, and up the stairs into a private VIP room. There was a muffled sound of people talking and loud music in the background.
The VIP room has a large half-circle shaped sofa, and a round table in the middle of the room. There are few other smaller sofas and chaises on the side. One side of the room is open to the club and has a glass railing.
The VIP room provides a good view below, where people dancing in a low-lit club. It's packed as usually for Friday evening. Various light effects are running over the crowd.
”Miss Hill, do you want your usual?”, young lady who guided them asked Sarah while her eyes involuntarily moved to Aiden.
”Yes”, Sarah responded while removing her coat.
”And for the gentleman?”, young lady asked. She was happy that finally she has a good excuse to look at him.
”I will have whatever she has.”, Aiden responded while helping Sarah with her coat.
Young lady nodded and left the room, unhappy that Aiden didn't look at her even once. She told herself that it's only because he was keeping his coat away.
Aiden and Sarah stood next to each other by the railing, observing people downstairs.
”Are you interested in going down there?”, Sarah asked.
”No preference from my side. Do you want to go?”, Aiden returned the question.
”I don't like getting into crowded areas.”, she frowned, obviously remembering unpleasant experiences.
Waiter got inside the room while balancing on a large tray two red cocktails, sparkling water and few bowls with various snacks. As he left, two of them took a seat on the sofa.
Sarah looked at Aiden who observed the red beverage, and smelled it before looking at Sarah, ”What is this?”
Sarah stifled a laugh. 'Did he just smell it?'
She said proudly, ”It's something I discovered and perfected during a trip to Mexico. Base is strawberry and has a variety of fruits. It does not have alcohol.”
He took a sip, and nodded in approval, even though his smile looked a bit forced. ”Not bad. It's on the sweet side. Does it have a name?”
”Name is True love.”, Sarah responded. ”And for the sweetness, that is where sparkling water comes in”, she poured some sparkling water into her glass with red cocktail before taking a sip.
Aiden copied her behavior and added sparkling water to the cocktail. ”Do you come here often?”
”Not very often. But whenever I do, I come to this room. This room is customized for Hill sisters, and only we can use it”, Sarah responded.
He was curiously looking around, ”Customized?” It looks like a regular room.
Sarah smiled, and pulled out a remote out of a secret compartment in the sofa. She pressed a button and a thick glass started to descent down over the opening to downstairs. When fully lowered, thick glass formed a transparent fourth wall, blocking the noise coming from downstairs. Sarah pushed another button and thick glass shimmered for a moment before getting dark brown tint which gave it the appearance like the other three walls of the room.