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“After I left Ecstasy, Mamba and I went to Valley View.”
“What’s Valley View?” Lisbeth asked.
“It’s a warehouse where they have underground cage fighting”—he weighed his options and went with the whole truth—“that Nick and I own down by the airport.”
Her brow furrowed. “And I’m guessing it’s illegal.”
“The fights are unsanctioned, not regulated, and basically free for alls.”
Nick would be up his ass for divulging too much of their business, but he had to make her understand what her new family was all about.
“What does that have to do with Monroes?”
“When I was leaving, I saw Alex Monroe there.”
Lisbeth mashed her lips together. “Why would he be there?”
“He said he was checking it out for some clients, but I also saw him talking to Frank Barnett.”
Lisbeth drew in an impatient breath. “I have no idea what you’re trying to tell me.”
“Frank Barnett is a New York hood who set us up with the Oasis back in Brooklyn.”
“I don’t remember anyone by that name coming to the Oasis.”
By the time you worked there, Frank had stayed in the background and collected his share, but the greedy fucker was never satisfied over the years, so that’s why Nick and I decided to move it all to Vegas.”
Lisbeth crossed her arms over her chest. “Right now, you’re making yourself sound way shadier than my future father-in-law. Operating an illegal fighting den, confessing to working for a New York mobster who also funded your first business.”
“You’re missing the big picture. Alex Monroe looked pretty tight with Frank Barnett. Like they’ve known each other for a while.”
“And you know this Frank Barnett, too, so I guess you’re either just as guilty, or the same rules don’t apply to you?”
“There’s more. Mamba told me Monroe is at the warehouse all the time. He also told me Monroe uses Nightlife Magic as a front for his more lucrative ventures.”
“Stop talking in code.”
“Alex Monroe is involved in kiddie porn, human trafficking, and underage prostitution. He specifically uses his clubs in the Orient to recruit new talent and then uses these same underage girls to smuggle in fentanyl, heroin, and meth. Who’s gonna suspect a pre-teen smuggling drugs in a Disney fanny pack?”
“That’s ridiculous.”
“Not according to Mamba.”
“I see, so you want me to take Mamba’s word, an outlaw biker, and yours as well after you’ve already confessed to doing business with this gangster, Frank Barnett?”
“Yeah, 'cause it’s all true.”
“And you just decided to come here before dawn to tell me all this?”
“I came here because Wicked got raided tonight for drugs, and I thought you might be in on it with them.”
Lisbeth’s mouth dropped open and then clamped shut into a tight line. “I can’t believe you could even think I’d be involved in something like this, and right now, you sound very paranoid and a bit unhinged.”
“It’s been a crazy fuckin’ night.” Samson rubbed his eyes with the heel of his hand. “The club got raided, and two girls OD’d in the restroom.”
“Oh, my God, that’s terrible. Are they—”
“They’re gonna be fine, but there was more.” He paused, his brain again conflicted over how much he should tell her. “We’re pretty sure it was a setup by Alex Monroe, Frank Barnett, or both.”
