Upstairs, in the main part of the club, Mari was still busy. The line outside was gone now that White was in the house, and only occasionally someone entered Wonderland Club.<br/><br/>The dance floor was packed already, and people were completely under White's spell, almost in a trance-like state.<br/>As everyone was drinking, dancing and enjoying the night, Mari was spending her time doing what she did best - making sure everyone was happy and well taken care of - and actually enjoying it.<br/><br/>Mari was definitely a people-pleaser. She loved to see people's happy faces and make sure their needs were met.<br/>That was true about the patrons in Wonderland Club and the other people who worked there, all of whom Mari regarded as family.<br/>If someone asked her why she felt this almost desperate need to please, she either couldn't or wouldn't want to answer. It was a deeply rooted need, or urge. It could stem from a constant fear of being abandoned, or just the general kindness of her heart, too soft to see anyone upset.<br/><br/>While the two men and DEE discussed her, she was busy sitting with one of the lonely patrons, listening to some sort of sob story about his life with infinite patience, only moving when someone required her presence, and then heading right back to the lonely man to keep listening and listening, eventually giving him a soft pat on the back.<br/><br/>She didn't look flirtatious at the moment, just kind and caring, only listening and reassuring the man that whatever other people thought or said,<span style="font-style: italic">she</span>cared about him.