Chapter Two
Iron
I dropped the body on the ground as Hawk walked through the living room with his arm covered in blood.
“So, what fucked up shit is Blue involved in now?” Hawk just shook his head as he looked at another room. I stepped over the body pulling out my phone to check in on the club. Duke had sent me a photo of Mercy dancing on the stage looking tired.
I frowned messaging him back to let him know that she could rest for a moment.
He sent one back quickly saying that she disagreed and still kept on dancing.
I shook my head as Hawk walked back in dragging another body but also had three laptops under his arm.
“We got what we came for. Alex will look over these so we can clean up and finish our night” that signal was all I needed as I flicked the match dropping it to the pile of bodies.
“How bad was it?” Hawk just shrugged as we both walked out.
“Blue got wind of a large drug and trafficking ring. Those four were a part of it. Just having a look at the laptop before I grabbed it was enough to convince me that these guys needed to be gone”
I turned to watch the living room light up in flames.
“There will be another police investigation from this” it urned to walk away as Hawk got onto his bike.
“Yep. But the police will only find four drug dealers. Our alibis are solid for tonight so it will give us time to get this done before the police are on our asses again” I swung my leg over my bike starting it up.
“They wouldn’t even get close. See you at the clubhouse” I saluted him as he rode off. I sat on my bike watching the flames get higher. The house was a fire hazard anyway in the quiet street. It would take a bit for the fire trucks to come. By then the bodies would be crispy.
I took the other direction away from the clubhouse. After every kill I needed to take a minute to breathe in fresh air so I could clear my head before I went back to tell the Prez what had happened from my perspective.
My phone rang in my ear. I hesitated for a moment. This was my time off before I could get back to reality.
“What?” I could hear the club in the background, so it was one of my guys.
“Boss. The dancer you asked me to keep an eye on is staying at the club tonight. Her car had broken down and one of the bartenders offered to take her home, but something came up. I know we have rooms for this reason, but I thought you might like to know”
“Which bartender?” I turned my bike around making my way back to the club.
“Sissy. She has taken Mercy under her wing as soon as Mercy started at the club. What do you want me to do?” I stopped the bike slightly put off at the way I was acting right now.
“Leave it. The club after hours is safe enough. I will be in tomorrow anyway”
“Sure, thing boss. Have a good rest of your night” I waited for Duke to hang up before turning my bike back to the club. I shouldn’t be concerned with a dancer like this.
“Fucking hell” I mumbled to myself as I spotted the gates in the distance.
The gates opened on my approach thanks to the remote on my bike. We didn’t have any prospects that could man them, so the gates and fences were it for us. They were high with electric currents going through then so no one could get across.
“Took you fucking long enough” Blue walked out of the clubhouse as I drove into my parking spot.
“I had a ride. I will give you the information you need then I’m going to go to bed” I walked past him into the clubhouse where the lights fucking blinded me.
It was pushing midnight right now which was too fucking late for me. Running a club meant I did do some late nights but most of the time I was out of there by ten then back at the club to hang out.
“Any problems at the club tonight?” The Prez was sitting down at his desk as I walked in.
“None” I shook my head dropping down on the chair.
“Good. I want you to still keep a lookout. Now what we as your take on the men tonight?”
“They had three laptops which had drops scheduled along with names. Hawk would have shown you the laptops when he came in. All I did was kill two of them and cleaned up the mess afterwards” I leaned back placing my hands behind my head as the Prez raised his eyebrows at me.
“Well then. I see you have done your job properly so get out of here” I grinned getting up.
“Night” I chuckled to myself as Blue glared at me.
Blue was to highly strung and with what was going on right now he has gotten progressively worse.
“Beer?” Hawk held out a beer to me as I leaned up against the counter.
“Alex has the laptops now. He is going to hack into them to get more information” I nodded taking a sip pulling out my phone. I haven’t received any new messages. It’s good that it is a quiet night, but I wanted more updates on Mercy or should I call her Mercedes?
Shit. I dropped my head to the counter laughing at myself. Fucking hell.
“Whats eating you?” I didn’t even react when Rider came to sit next to me.
“He has been like this all night. Even his kills were sloppy” I grunted at Hawk but didn’t say anything.
“That never happens. Maybe you need to get laid” I lifted my head to look at Rider who just grinned at me. I just gave him a what the fuck look before gulping more off my beer.
“We are not in high school anymore. Who the fuck uses laid?”
“It got a rise out of you” he just shrugged.
“Fucker. No, I’m just tired. I’m going to finish this beer then I’m heading to bed” I downed my beer getting up.
“Hey, I didn’t mean it. How about I come to the club with you tomorrow?” I just gave Rider a thumbs up before heading outside.
The cool night air didn’t really do anything about the confusion in my head. All this thinking was giving me a headache.
“Fuck. Let’s just sleep then figure it out tomorrow”
Yes, that was a good plan.
Mercedes
“You caught the eye of big boss man. Interesting” I was sitting in the small single bedroom in the club.
Sissy was sitting on the chair next to a small desk.
I honestly didn’t know that the club had rooms like this.
It did make it safer for dancers or bartenders to stay here if they had no car or lift to take them home at the end of the night.
“Big boss?” Sissy just grinned at my question.
“Yep, tall, dark and sexy. He even has that brooding look going on as well. Didn’t you see Duke messaging every ten minutes then watch you liked a hawk for the rest of the night after Mr Iron walked away” I sat back grabbing another piece of my sandwich.
“I don’t think so. He was nice but I highly doubt it was because he was interested. He is a boss of a huge club. He needs to keep his employees happy in order to keep order” Sissy just gave me a look but didn’t say anything.
“Are you sure you will be ok in here? I can drive you home”
“I’m all good. You have to go the opposite direction of my place so it’s better that I stay here for the night. You don’t have to stay with me. I’m just going to eat this then go to sleep” I took a bite of the sandwich.
“Ok then. I will see you tomorrow” I gave her a hug before she walked out the door.
My body relaxed finally for the night as I rested on the bed. Looking over to my left I saw a door which was the rooms private bathroom. The club had four of these kinds of rooms meant for the staff. It’s so cool that they did.
I picked myself up to check out the bathroom.
“Are you fucking kidding me?” I gasped when the cupboard opened with neatly folded comfortable clothes and a pile of toothbrushes unopened. Even the shower had unopened small packets for shampoo and conditioner with soap.
I grabbed some clothes stripping out of my after-work clothes. I grabbed a new pair of underwear from my backpack that I bring to work every time. I always had a change of clothes for emergencies such as this one.
I took the longest shower loving the water pressure. I expected it to be a wreak pressure like in my apartment, but the pressure was perfect. The club didn’t skimp with anything.
The clothes I changed into were a little bit too big, but they were soft and now I was getting drowsy.
I snuggled down into the bed looking up at the ceiling going over in my head on what Sissy was going on about before. I didn’t see it when he walked up to me on my stage. He was very attractive with a slight beard and dark hair. He was dark looking and just the air around him screamed bad guy.
But I didn’t feel scared when I spoke to him. He was kind which was nice from a boss.
“Hopefully I can thank him tomorrow. Well today” I closed my eyes falling asleep on the comfortable bed.
***
“How much?” I rested my hip on the desk as I looked at the mechanic. There must be a joke here. I had gone to these guys for years.
My dad still went to them for the standard fix, but this was ridiculous.
“Sorry sweetheart. There was a lot more that needed to be done so the price went up” Davies was the cousin of the main owner. When he started here, I didn’t like him from the start. He was a sleaze that liked to fool unsuspecting people. I also didn’t like the way he looked at me.
“Nope. You said that the only thing that needed to be fixed was the timing belt which is still expensive but that was it. Nothing else needed to be done so it shouldn’t have been done.
I’m not paying for something that I didn’t ask for” I made my face blank as Davies stood up front the desk.
I didn’t move as he walked around coming to stand directly in front of me.
“Listen here. There was damaged around the area that needed to be repaired. Simple” he gave me a toothy smile which showed missing teeth. Fucking hell that’s just disgusting.
“I turned off the car as soon as I heard it go. I’m not stupid and know what a broken timing belt sounds like. Now I’m going to give you the one thousand for the fix then another hundred as a tip. The other six hundred you can just shove up your ass” I snarled grabbing the card reader.
I punched in the number then tapped my card before Davies figured out what was going on.
“Listen here you little bitch. You are going top pay me what is owed to me” I turned my head as I grabbed my keys from the desk.
“Nope, you listen here. I’m done with this place. I will be going to another mechanic to get the car check because I doubt that you did a good enough job” I took a step away, but his hand gripped my arm yanking me back into the office.
I managed to catch the eyes of Harold who was the second oldest mechanic.
“Let go of me” I hid my wince as his nails dug into my skin.
“No. You are going to pay me what you owe otherwise I’m calling the cops” I tried to get away, but it was no use.
“Davies, let her go” I let out a breath as Harold walked into the office. His hand released my arm. Call me a wuss but I stepped behind Harold who was staring Davies down.
“She owes money”
“You do not treat customers this way. Her payment was a little over a thousand dollars. Nothing else, the damage was minimal” I held my arm feeling the throb. I was going to have a bruise tonight. I wonder if I could cover it up with makeup.
“He said I owed him six hundred on top of that”
“ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME” I jumped as Harold yelled.
“I won't be back. Not until you have better management” I rubbed Harolds arm as he tapped me on the back lightly.
“I don’t blame you. Now you can go so I can have a chat with this one”
I flicked out my arm to get the feeling back into it as I made my way to my car, I had t look over my shoulder again but regretted it when Davies was giving me a look that screamed that I needed to watch myself.
Getting into my old Toyota I started it laughing to myself when it sounded worse than before.
If it gets me to the club tonight, then I will be happy. Now to get home so I could ice my arm.
Iron
The club was packed as usual at eight. The usual open time was eight, but people normally started to line up at seven then it was nonstop till we stop letting people in at twelve. Tonight, I had downed an energy drink because I would be staying here for a few more hours longer than I normally did.
“Evening boss” I nodded to Duke as he let me in. The music was loud and the laughter as cheering was high as the dancers swung around the poles.
“Evening. Drink?” I tapped the bar watching the dancers swing around the poles. In a normal night I would be scanning the place for anything out of the ordinary but tonight I was looking for one brown haired beauty from last night.
My normal glass of a double jack was placed next to my hand.
“Can you buy me a drink?” I looked over at a pretty blonde who was giving me a smile. I smirked taking a sip of my drink feeling the burn in my throat.
“I’m pretty sure there are many men who will offer you a drink tonight. But it won’t be me” I watched her pout but for some it would be sexy but in her she looked like a child.
Walking off I focused on the stages until I spotted her. Last night she had a big smile on her face but tonight she looked like she was in pain. I walked around the perimeter of the dance floor to get closer.
Then I fucking saw it and saw fucking red.
“Why the fuck is she dancing with an injury like that?”