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The woman turned around to leave and Claire acted on an impulse, "Hey, wait!" The brunette turned to look at her while she continued, "If you don't have a car, I can drop you," she did not see anything other than a phone in the woman's hand. 

Although there could be someone picking her up, but Claire just did not want to be alone. It was past 2 am by now and calling Elvina did not seem like the right choice given Archer could be there. 

Archer has not been around lately but Claire did not want to take a risk. 

And this woman...was helluva interesting! 

The woman narrowed her eyes, "You are sus..." she pouted. 

"Oh no no no," Claire shook her head, caught in between laughter and tears, "Don't look at me like that. I am not into women. I can really drop you. I just... had..."

"Kind of bad night?" The woman asked.