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She waved me off. “Not for you. This is for Cecilia.”
“I get that. I still owe you.”
Lemon held my gaze for several seconds, then nodded her head. “On the house. Get outta here.”
A horn sounded outside, and I knew she was right. I needed to get moving.
As I jogged through the clubhouse, several club girls had gathered in the main room. I spotted Chyna among them. She smiled and waved at me even as I glared at her when I passed. I paused at the door and looked over my shoulder. “If you’re still here when I get back, I’m gonna forget you’re a woman and beat the livin’ shit outta you, Chyna. You went too far this time.”
Her smile faltered, but I didn’t wait any longer. There were several brothers in the room who could take care of the situation. This was one reason we kept the club girls separate. They were escorted in and out of the grounds if they needed to leave. Also, there weren’t many of them. This was a secret compound and we intended to keep it that way.
Outside, I climbed into the SUV Knox had prepped for us. Me, Knox, Rocket, and Scrub were the only members here. Seemed light to me, but I’d never question Rocket on something like this. He knew I had no intention of leaving either target alive and both were big-time mafia. If he thought we were good, we were good.
No one spoke until we got back on the beaten path, on our way to Palm Beach. Then it was Rocket who broke the silence.
“Thorn and Lock at Salvation’s Bane have seen to it these fuckers have a private room with four girls they trust. Thorn’s only instructions were not to leave any way for these killin’s to be tied to the Playground or Salvation’s Bane in any way.”
“I can handle that.” Scrub spoke up, nodding his head. “We doin’ it in the room where they’re holed up?”
“Yes. Much as I’d love to bring them back and make them last a few weeks, I don’t want that kinda heat on us.”
“Surprised Thorn’s lettin’ this go down in one of his businesses.”
“Only reason is because Alfonso’s been pushin’ up on Bane. Tryin’ to move them out of Palm Beach. Thorn’s tried to meet with the guy to establish some kind of understanding, but Alfonso’s workin’ with another club. Probably because Thorn refuses to do things Alfonso’s way, and he won’t pay tribute to Alfonso. The mob’s been harassin’ the girls at Salvation’s Angels as well as tryin’ to run off the high-dollar customers at the Playground.” Salvation’s Angels was the strip club Salvation’s Bane owned, and the Playground was their BDSM club.
“Why’s Thorn continuin’ to let them in his clubs if they’re causin’ so much trouble?”
Rocket shrugged. “Bidin’ his time. Waitin’ for an opportunity to take the fucker out when he wouldn’t get his club in the crossfire. We’re doin’ him a fuckin’ favor.”
“What’s the plan?” I was sure Rocket had already gone over everything with Scrub and Knox before I got there, but I still needed to know.
“I’d make some smartass remark about how you’d know if you weren’t upstairs bangin’ your woman, but I’m pretty sure she needed to know she’s yours.” He smirked. “She good?”
“As good as can be. She’s healed physically. Still got a few bruises but nothing lasting. The emotional trauma’s another story. And I’m not talkin’ about only the beatin’. She’s got a lifetime of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse to overcome. The main thing is she needs to feel like she’s in control of what happens to her body.”
“I trust you’ll take care of all that?”
“I will. I’ll get her any help she needs, and I will always respect her wishes. She may never truly get over everything she’s lived through, but I will absolutely be by her side every step of the way.”
Rocket nodded. “Good. See you do. Now, as to this little adventure, Ripper and Crush are workin’ together to make sure the cameras everywhere over several blocks are take care of. Commercial and private. There will be no evidence we were ever even in the area.
“Once we get to the Playground, Lock and Thorn will take us up through the back of the club to the private room he’s letting Alfonso and DeLuca use. We’ll take care of them there.”
“What about his security?”
“Both men have two bodyguards a piece. Lock says they’re pretty attentive, even at the club. Venus is supposed to be takin’ care of ‘em.”
“Venus.” I shook my head. “The woman Piston claimed?”
“Yep,” Rocket chuckled.
“One woman. Takin’ on four mob body men? I know she’s a badass, Rocket, but if she can’t contain this…”
“This was Thorn’s suggestion. Venus is still part of Bane and he trusts her. Worst case, she fucks up and we have to split up to get Alfonso and DeLuca. Might get ‘em. Might not. But this means almost as much to Thorn as it does to us. It’s in his best interest to take these guys out.”
I shrugged. “Guess that’ll have to be good enough.”
“Good.”
