They thought they were untouchable, clinking glasses in the VIP section while I sat in the shadows. They thought the music, the lighting, the cameras, and the price tag on the champagne made them bulletproof. But they forgot who paid for the champagne.
They forgot who paved the road they were standing on. And most importantly, they forgot that I don’t get mad. I get even.
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I pulled up to the Obsidian Lounge in my sedan, the same gray sedan I’d been driving for eight years because I liked knowing every scratch and rattle was mine. The valet glanced past me first, eyes scanning for Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and G-Wagons, the cars people took pictures of for free content. I watched his attention sweep over the traffic like a lighthouse beam, then reluctantly land on my car.
His shoulders slumped a little, disappointment flickering across his face. Then I handed him a crisp hundred-dollar bill. His posture snapped straight.
“Good evening, ma’am,” he said, suddenly respectful. That was the first sign. In this world, you’re either the show or the wallet.
I had always been the wallet. The Obsidian Lounge sat three floors below street level, hidden behind an unmarked black steel door in a nondescript alley. No signage, no neon, nothing to suggest that behind that door was a maze of velvet, mirrors, and $40 cocktails.
You didn’t find it on accident. You were invited, or you weren’t. I walked down the narrow concrete steps, my heels echoing off the walls.
Bass seeped through the door before I even reached it, a low, steady thump that vibrated in my chest. When I pushed the door open, the world dissolved into shadows and light. Inside, the Obsidian Lounge was exactly what the name promised—dark surfaces, sharp reflections, everything designed to make you feel like you’d stepped out of the regular world and into a curated dream.
Black marble floors. Black leather booths. The only color came from the bar backlit in icy blue and the flicker of champagne bubbles in crystal flutes.
This was my sister Britney’s playground. Tonight was her influencer brand launch, a vanity project dressed up as a “female empowerment lifestyle movement.” Really, it was an excuse for her to have her name printed on neon signs and flower walls. She’d spent the last month rehearsing her “impromptu” speech in the mirror while I reviewed shipping manifests and supply chain timelines on my phone in the background.
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