Chapter Six
Iron
I took a sip of my coffee in the office at the club while Mercedes got dressed in the bathroom across the hall. The papers in front of me was a quick breakdown of Davies. And honestly the man was a piece of shit. Lower than shit.
He has had three fraud charges against him, but they had been dismissed, he then has had assault charges, but they have also been dismissed.
“Is that the information on Davies?” I looked up at Mercedes who walked in wearing a very tight red number.
She had red love hearts covering her nipples and red booty shorts.
Her hair was tied up making it flow over her shoulders.
She looked fucking amazing, and I hated that I was allowing her to go out to the stage wearing that.
Ha, I had to laugh at myself knowing that if she had heard me saying allowed… well out loud, I would have gotten a smack and a dirty look.
“You look… nice” she just gave me a grin turning around in a circle shaking her ass in my face.
“My arm is feeling a lot better today so I’m going to go out there” I watched as she grabbed a pair of dangerously high heels that were black to finish off the fucking amazing outfit. Well mostly an outfit.
“What are you thinking about?” I dropped back just looking at her. Didn’t even care that the moment jolted my injured shoulder.
“Come here”
“Oh. But I’m going to be late. What if the boss yells at me” I laughed as she sat down on the desk in front of me.
“Well, that would be a shitty boss if they yell at you. Give me a kiss before you go out and enjoy yourself” Mercedes gave me a big grin then leaned down to kiss me. I heard the door opening then a whistle.
“Sorry. Should have knocked” I looked over seeing Ink, Hawk and Caleb walk in.
“Serious stuff. Go have some fun”
I tried not to groan when the Prez and Blue walked in as well. The whole club would be stopping by to have a chat so it will be a long night.
“Oh, you are dancing Mercedes?” Ink grinned at Mercedes who gave me another kiss before standing up.
“Yeah, my arm is feeling ok tonight. I don’t want to push it so I might finish my set early” all the guys zoned into the large bruise on her arm. She had wrapped a piece of fabric around to try and hide it from the customers but in this light, you can see it clearly.
“Don’t push yourself. We will all be up here tonight so just come in whenever you feel like” The Prez stepped forward giving Mercedes a gentle smile.
“Thank you. Ok I will be off” I smiled when she ran over giving me another kiss before running out the door. Before the door fully shut, I was on the phone to Duke.
“Yes boss”
“Mercy is coming down for her set. You are on her tonight and if you see her tire out then I want you to turn off her light and protect her till she comes upstairs”
“On it boss” I hung up as the others stood around or sat on the couch.
“So, what do I owe the pleasure” I sat back looking at the Prez.
“What the fuck was she wearing? Holy shit” I just ignored Rider as the others just smirked.
“She is a dancer here. I can't say no to her dancing because she genuinely enjoys it. She doesn’t dance because she is in debt. She just dances” I shrugged.
“I have been told about Mercedes today from the others. Is she your woman now?” I nodded grabbing the file on my desk.
“She fought it and fought me but she folded in the end. She will keep me on my toes for sure”
“We need to discuss the garage. Alex has found some interesting things in the garage's finances. Most of them came from cars that have seen better days so they can disappear under the radar of the police. I’m thinking that there is more going on right now behind the scenes that Paul or even the other workers aren’t saying” Prez sat forward on the couch looking over at me with a serious expression. Fucking hell it never was easy.
“Drugs?” of course it was fucking drugs. Its always fucking drugs.
“I suspect that they are hiding drugs in the rundown cars and driving them off to be collected” Blue rested his hip against the chair. The man was making me clean up so much shit for him lately that drugs in a car would be a piece of cake.
“How are we going to get into the garage to have a look at the cars. If they are used for drugs then they will be locked up and have high security” Hawk was the recon guy so I would be following his lead on this.
“Scope out the place in the next few days. Scatter the times around so we don’t get suspicious. Then when we have enough information and evidence then we will go in at night and have a look at the cars. Davies is a real problem in this side of town” we all agreed.
“Pizza? I’m fucking starving right now” Ink walked over to Caleb who I forgot was even there. He was in the corner just observing like he always did then looked at me then through the window to the club downstairs.
“Yeah, we can order. Beers as well?”
“Yep, might as well chill here for a bit before going back. Are you staying here tonight?” I stood up to walk over to the window. I could see a huge crowd around Mercedes cheering for her. She didn’t look tired, but I know she would collapse when she got up here.
“Yeah, I’m going to stay here tonight. It might take me a bit to get Mercedes to come and move in with me” Hawk just gave me one of his rare grins.
“She is that much of a ball buster?” I just laughed. Yes, she really was.
“Defiantly”
Mercedes
The music was pumping tonight which was good because I did in fact regret my decision to come down here and dance. I loved dancing but my arm was still hurting so I would have to swing from my right today. Normally I found it easier to swing from my left. Asshole of a man.
Duke looked up at me and smiled as I danced around the pole.
There was a good-sized crowd around me watching me shake my ass to the music.
My box in the front of the stage was filling up nicely as well which was a plus.
I needed some new outfits to parade in front of Iron.
Just by the way his eyes scanned me from head to toe was amazing.
Duke was watching the crowd and me like a hawk which told me that Iron had said something to him about keeping an eye on me. Having the boss be my man was a good feeling.
“Hey, no touching the stage” I danced around as Duke did his job at protecting me.
“If you want to see a naked woman then there is a strip club just down the road. Now piss off” I giggled as Duke shot me a look.
“Don’t do that. Just dance until you get tired and then run up to the boss’s office so you can get dress and fed” I bit my lip smiling at Dukes grunt.
“Ok then” I closed my eyes and did just that.
When I had just had my fill of dancing I regretted looking over at the entrance. Davies and a group of men were at the bar having drinks and laughing, knowing that Iron would want to hear this I signalled to Duke then my stage went dark.
“Get me out of here” I jumped down trying not to look over at Davies just in case he recognised me.
“On it. Let's go”
I hid behind him as he walked swiftly towards the staff area. I was never like this but something about Davies and the way he treated me have gotten me pretty shaken up that I wanted the protection of Duke and Iron with also the group of guys upstairs.
“Why are you hiding? Something wrong?” I shook my head as I ran through the staff doors then straight up the stairs labelled main office. Duke had left me as the door shut but I knew that his job was to the dance floor and keeping the peace. In here I was safe and away from Davies.
I ran to the office door opening it up quickly. I didn’t care that they were all staring at me all I wanted right now was Iron, who was sitting at the desk right at this moment. He pushed away from the desk and opened his arm out to me.
“Davies is here” I dropped down on his lap panting into his chest.
“Where?”
“Just at the front bar. He was with a group of guys laughing and having a few drinks… He didn’t see me which was good, I would know because he would walk over to me just to taunt me…
I got out of there as soon as I could… I was done with my dancing anyway” that took a lot to get out due to my panting.
I danced for a living, so I thought my cardio was ok, maybe it was the adrenaline.
“So, Davies is here in the club? Does he know who owns the place?” Ink shook his head. I was kind of shocked when he leant into a tall man who wrapped his arms around Inks shoulders.
“That’s Caleb you are looking at. He is Inks man and a detective. It is a good thing he is here because he can get more evidence for your case. Though I do kind of want to deal with Davies myself instead of the cops” I watched Caleb just shrug at what Iron had said.
“Do what you want to do. I’m just here so you lot don’t get arrested”
“And to get us clearance” Ink laughed.
“I’m going to head downstairs to have a look at him, you never know what these bottom feeders will do in a place like this” Blue stood up to walk out the door followed by Hawk and the other guy that I didn’t know his name.
“That’s Rider. You will get to know all of us, there isn’t many of us in the club, but our sister clubs are a lot bigger than us.
The Devils Rejects up north in Sydney have about nineteen members and growing.
Then there is the Salvation Kings in Sydney city area which is a little larger than us.
We all get along so you will see them from time to time” Iron kissed me on the head after that.
“There is a bag in the bathroom with a hoodie and some track pants”
I gave Iron a kiss before getting up to run to the bathroom, I didn’t mind staying in my dancing clothes but having comfortable clothes sounded much better to me.
I opened the bathroom door as the others came up the stairs looking a bit grim.
“Mercedes go into the office. I don’t want you outside right now” I was a bit taken back by how Blue asked me, but seeing the hierarchy inside before I danced made me run into the room. I could hear the man behind me laughing at me, but I kept my face blank as I made my way back to Iron.
“What did you do Blue?” I heard the man once agin chuckle behind me as he sat down. I pouted to Iron but sat down on his lap again when he pulled me towards him.
“Nothing. Just a few more serious things going on in your club. Someone that looked like Davies left with his friends. And well, I will tell you the rest later” Blue flicked his eyes towards me then back to Iron.
“You can talk around her VP; I can vouch for her” I leaned back as Blue looked at me again giving me a small smile.
“Sorry, I don’t trust easily but if Iron vouches for you then I am satisfied.
Davies who you well know of was downstairs with a group of men that I have been hunting.
These men are the lowest of the city, fraud, murder and trafficking of drugs.
If Davies is with them, then that means that this is more serious than we first thought” I blinked a little stunned with what I had just listened to.
“Oh”
The others chuckled at my one word answer to all of that.
“Yep, pretty much everything we deal with in this place is to do with drugs then more drugs and sometimes killers. Exciting isn’t it” Ink threw his hands up making the stone man behind him crack a small smile.
“Drugs are an easy profit, if you traffic people then that is a sure way to get yourself arrested. Drugs can be run through everything and by anyone” the quiet man looked over at Ink who just pouted.
“Caleb is right. That’s why we do what we do.
Ok enough now. I’m hungry and want a drink before we get into more crazy shit tomorrow, are we doing it at the club or here?
” Butch who I now know his name and the fact that he is the president of the club.
I could see it because he just held a commanding aura around him that screamed listen to me.
“Here. If Davies is around the place, then I want to keep an eye out. It’s going to be a late night for me”
“Ok then. We eat and have a few then we shall decide who is going to be staying till the club closes”
Iron
We were all eating and having a drink. I didn’t want to drink a whole bunch just in case something happened within the club that I needed to take care of.
Mercedes was just sitting on my lap eating her pizza happily while the others made conversation with her. I was still shocked at how easily she fitted in with our group. She didn’t show any fear when they all came in which was good.
There was a faint knock on the door of the office.
“Come in” I called out curious on who was knocking at this time of night. The club was still pumping which meant that my workers would still be on the floor.
“Boss” Sissy walked in then stopped dead when she spotted everyone looking at her.
“Ignore them they are harmless” Mercedes gave her a smile. Sissy visibly relaxed at Mercedes words and made her way over to me.
“Whats up Sissy? You don’t normally like leaving your post in the middle of the shift”
“Well, you see, I heard a few customers talking about a dancer leaving early and complained then another guy came up asking what the dancers name was, and the other guy said Mercy. The man that walked up looked like a sleaze and grinned when he heard the name. After that he walked out of the club” I pulled Mercedes closer to me as she shivered.
“Let me guess. He was wearing a black shirt with an orange print” Sissy shook her head at Blue.
“Shit. Thank you, Sissy. We have it handled and will monitor from now on” Sissy looked at Mercedes smiling at her on my lap then ran out.
“This poses a bigger problem. Why would Davies want to see where Mercedes works and why was someone else asking after Davies?” I shook my head confused about that.
“Maybe he finds her attractive. You must admit, you are gorgeous” Mercedes giggled as Ink wiggled his eyebrows at her.
“Ok then. That settles it. Let’s get cleaned up and back to the club. Mercedes, I want you behind the gates tonight and how ever long it takes for Davies to be caught. Ok” I rubbed her arms as she went stiff.
“Ok” I kissed her on the side of the head as I could see her grind her teeth. That’s the stubborn woman that I found incredibly attractive.