EXT. to INT. - EXOTICA NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

Gerri stepped out of her car into the humid California night, already well past eleven. The streetlights and neon from the bar across the street gave her an instant headache, made worse by the noisy, drunken lineup of scantily clad women and overdressed young men standing in line outside the black painted doors. Exotica's entrance challenged convention, the quieter street on this side of the building helping it stand out from the small ...