This room is full of different people, there are some that look like thugs, drug addicts, prostitutes, minors etc. I feel like this is not my neighborhood. Last time I saw Greenville, South Carolina is a peaceful neighborhood but I think I am wrong about that.

“Welcome to the dark side of Greenville Rebecca”. I heard Dylan’s voice while I’m looking around. I can’t help but to smirk, well what I saw from earlier is nothing to compare in what I am seeing right now.

“There are two floors of this room, obviously, this floor is for common customers in other words non-VIP customers, the second floor is for the highest paid customer only the VIPS members can go up there. Did you see that guy? He asked while pointing his middle finger to the guy at the second floor who’s sitting on a luxury sofa and having fun because of the two girls one is giving him a head while the other one is kissing him like there is no tomorrow. “He is the only son of the mayor of Greenville, a 27 years old sex addict, his father can’t do anything about his son or else his name will turn into ashes”.

“Common, let’s grab some drinks first.” Then he motioned me towards the bar counter.

“One El diablo and… what’s yours?” he asked.

“Sazerac.” I answered while my eyes were still roaming around. He told the bartender what my order was.

“So, what do you think of this place?”.

“Is this legal?”

“To answer your question, well the restaurant from earlier yes, it's legal, but this one… he said and motions his middle finger around the area and said “is not ''. The mayor wants to demolish this place but his son threatened him that he will reveal all of his father's wrong doings. For the mayors’ son this is his safe haven so I cannot blame him. Once this place gets exposed to the public his son will open his mouth and that is the end of his career.”

“So, the cops didn’t know about this place also?” I asked.

He sipped his drinks and said “actually it's been a year since this place was discovered by the chief of the Greenville but the mayor shut him up using money and position so this place is still alive up until now. And the owner is millionaire you know. Ow, wait I forgot to tell you be careful later a lot of the customer here are ex-convict, its either they are murderer or thieves, even the most known thugs here in Greenville are having a blast here. This is the safe haven of the people here so they called it “Paradise” like what you’ve said earlier.”

“Wow.” That’s all I can say and drink my Sazerac. My forehead starts to form a thin line when I taste the alcohol. It's been a year since the last time I drank something like this.

“You know a lot, are you the owner?” he suddenly choked at my question and laughed awkwardly.

“As an unemployed citizen of Greenville I have a lot of time so I wasted it by collecting information related to this place.” He said while stuttering and immediately drank all of his order.

I didn’t bother to ask any question and just studied the whole place while taking a sip of my drink.

As I roamed my eyes, I saw something…. a scenery that I hate to see. There are guys hitting a prostitute. I think they’re trying to have sex with the prostitute, ow! They even offered a large sum of bucks but the prostitute declined their offer, so they kept hitting her in different parts of her body. The manager arrived and tried to stop the commotion but the guys seemed dedicated to not stopping. The manager called someone, another prostitute arrived at the scene “I’m sorry, that girl is new here she’s just nervous. By the way, this Anna her performance is beyond your expectation, she is also one of the highly paid prostitutes that we have, I will give her to you at a lower price as the compensation for that newbie cause earlier. I hope you enjoy your stay here and have a nice night”. He stated and took his leave with that woman. I pitied that prostitute, probably she doesn’t have a choice but to work here.

“Hey, where are you looking at?” I heard Dylan’s voice.

“Ow, I just saw something bad.”

“you mean the commotion earlier?” He asked.

“Yeah, I feel bad for that girl, you know I think she has a good heart.” I said.

“How can you tell that? You don’t even know her.”

“Well, I don’t know. Hey would that be okay if I order another drink?”

“Of course., I did tell you that I will treat you tonight, right?” then he smiled “this is my congratulatory treat for my very first girl-friend.” I smiled “stop that, I might get spoiled.” “that’s good then, I will spoil you in every little thing you will do.” He said in a serious tone

Again, my heart just pumps like crazy. It feels like it will explode. I switched my eyes to the counter and ordered another drink “may I get another Sazerac?”. The bartender moves and mixes my order.

“D, what’s up bro? it's’ been awhile since you visited your place huh?” I heard someone say that to Dylan.

“Shut up, you need to cover that tricky mouth of yours.” Dylan’s shot back to someone.

“Why? Its’ true that you haven’t visited th—, ow, who’s this beautiful lady besides you?” After that I didn't hear any voices and I felt like someone was staring at me so I turned my chair and saw four pairs of different eyes. I smiled at them “Hi”.

“Hoho, so that’s why you're like that huh, you bastard”. I heard from the guy who has double piercing in his left ear then he jokingly hit Dylan in the arm. He has a facetious manner that is displayed all over his face. I kind of love that. Beside him I saw someone who likes to have an unpredictable character and his aura says it all. The third one, is who called Dylan earlier I think… oh my god is he a maniac? The way he looks at me it’s kind of awkward, I suddenly grab Dylan’s shirt because of that thought, Dylan looks at me with wondering eyes I just smiled at him. And the last one, I sense that there’s something about him, I cannot tell what he is, there is something inside me that keeps telling me that I should stay away from him. I think I need to do that. He has a creepy look; I cannot explain it for now. But soon…

I will find out what and who he is…