@diamondkatz
Goddamn it was Hell to be back.
Why had he even bothered? Dominic had been asking himself that since setting foot in that fucking carnival. Fucking nostalgia. That's why. Carroll was like a black hole and just sucked you in. He'd been missing it since he'd left. Missing his family. And he'd thought the atmosphere of the carnival might have softened the tension between the brothers. He found out pretty quickly that he'd thought wrong.
Then Batholomew had to go and show up.
Which meant something was up.
And Dom needed a drink.
He slid up to the bar at Eden's and ordered a whiskey and a beer just as the girls' sets were ending and they were gathering their take for the turn - Penny on the farthest stage, Cherry nearest to him, and Diamond dead center. He glanced between the three, casually landing on Diamond just as she switched places with the next girl.








