Jenny thought the shoes were a pair that she’d been given by an old friend years ago; she’d never worn those shoes and wrongly recognised this pair as those.
She couldn’t believe she hadn’t noticed how pretty they were before; they were metallic blue and had dark satin ribbons that wrapped around her feet and ankles ending in a small bow. She smiled; they really did compliment her outfit perfectly.
The taxi she was in pulled up in front of the club, climbing out as carefully as she could in her dark blue mini-dress she paid the driver and ran over to meet her group of friends, Rachel knew the manager and had gotten them VIP treatment all night.
Rachel flashed the bouncers their VIP pass and the group of 8 women entered, chatting and laughing. As they walked into the club Jenny felt strange, warmth from her shoes made her knees momentarily weak, but she disregarded it.
They’d been reserved a private booth that overlooked the main public area of the club, it was fantastic! Ivan, the owner of the club, greeted them as they sat and brought the group a round of drinks.
Jenny sat talking to Samantha and Lizzie as the music started to get louder as the night entered full swing, unable to hear each other well Rachel signalled that she was going to get more drinks. When she returned the girls all toasted to Rachel, spilling drink over the table as they banged their drinks together.
The spillage quickly spread and reached the edge of the table, resulting in a small drip landing on Jenny’s thigh...