Chapter 11
Luciano
The guys couldn’t find a single trace of Angelo, not surprisingly, the asshole was like a bloody shadow. He must have slipped up to be caught on camera so close to one of my clubs. I left a couple of the guys with my sister as the rest of us headed back home. It seemed like a salv option just in case Angilo was still lurking around somewhere. We made it back to the club about halfway through my angel’s shift. She was in the VIP area like I told her to be. Gond, I thought. She was dressed in all black again tonight, it suited her. She had left her long black hair out tonight and in cascaded down her back in alight waves, She had on a strapless, short length leather body suit and it molded to her curves perfectly. She danced with her eyes closed, something I had noticed fram the first night. She didn’t need to see, she was feeling herself, the music, the pole. She moved like the music ran through her veins. Her eyes snapped open suddenly and the electric blue aimed straight at me. Could she sense I was here? My heart did that stupid stuttering again and I almost didn’t hear Luca yelling at me to take a seat. Kevin was coming over, drinks in hand. He didn’t have to ask what we wanted, after working for us for six years, he knew what we wanted like the back of his hand.
“Hey boss, here you go
“Thanks Kevin, bey can you tell Violence I’d like to see her in my office when ber shift ends?”
“Yeah, is there a problem boss?”
tell her
“No problem, Kevin, just tell her to be in my office.
I watched as he made his way over to the stage, her eyes still locked on mine, and she gave him her partial attention. It was just after 1:00am now and I decided to head back to my office to see if she would follow my order to come to me. 1 had her pathetic excuse for ‘stuff‘ brought in that we got from her motel room and I was going to get some answers tonight. A knock on my door got my attention.
“Come in ”
“Mr Donatello, Kevin said you wanted to see me?
“Yes, please take a seat.”
I motioned to one of the dark leather club chairs across from my desk.
“Did I du something wrong sir?”
“No, you didn’t do anything wrong angel, I just wanted to check in with you to make sure you were settling in.”
“Oh yes, the club and staff are very nice. You’ve all been very accommodating to me,
“Good, that’s good. I noticed that you hadn’t listed any accommodation on your paperwork, I’m wondering if you have sorted out anything yet?”
“I’m sure you understand I came here on…some unusual circumstances. I have sorted oht accommodation now though. I can give you the address if you’d
I handed over the paperwork in front of me and placed a pen beside it. I waited for her to fill it out and then took it back to read over. The address she had given was a fair distance from here. Much too far to be considered safe for walking at night and not to mention the neighborhood it was in was once of the worst in the city. I raised my eyebrows at her, waiting to see if she would say anything more about it but she didn’t.
“Do you have a lift to and from the club?”
I watched her pupils dilate slightly, just a flash before they resumed their composure. She was a good liar. If I wasn’t trained to know when someone was lying I would have missed it.
“Don’t for to me.”
She rolled her eyes. Actually rolled her eyes. I couldn’t help but smirk at it. No one has ever rolled their eyes at me. No one would have the guts. This girl
as feisty, and I liked that, a lot,
“Okay fine, seeing as you’re not so easily fooled, no I do not but I am more than capable of walking.”
“You do realize that you’re my responsibility now, right?” I wanted to tell her it didn’t just have to do with her working at my club but also because of the effect she had on me, but I didn’t. Not yet.”
“So, what are you going to do. Drive me to and from work every day?” She said it sarcastically, but I ignored that and took it as an opening…
“Yes, I think I will Go get changed and we can go.”
Chapter 11
“What? No, I didn’t mean that I can take care of myself thank you.”
“Well, I’m not convinced you can angel. You see I went to my sister’s club yesterday and she had asked me to go to your old motel and collect your things before the owner through them away.”
I watched as her heart rate picked up slightly, and a flash of something in her eyes. Worry? Maybe. It was so quick. Dang, she wore a solid mask. I pulled the bag our from under my desk, walked around and placed it in front of her. Kneeling down so I could look into her eyes closely.
“Thanks for that”
That’s it?
“Well, what more did you want?” She half snapped
“Angel, you had no furniture, no personal effects, no food in the fridge. Nothing that would tell a person you lived there besides a tiny closet that looked more like your room than the whole place did. So on, I don’t believe you can take care of yourself, and I’ll be very honest with you right now. That won’t do I’m not sure what it is about you, but I’m intrigued and now I invested. As you know, Stacy asked me to take care of you and I do not take that order lightly. So, you will go and get changed, and I will drive you back to your residence so I can be sure you are safe.”
I will
“Okay.”
“okay?
was taken aback. This girl didn’t like to give much away, did she? She had cards, I could tell, but she held the so closely to her chest that I wasn’t going to see unless I forced her hand.”
“Yes, okay then.” And she got up, grabbed her bag and walked out. Leaving me still kneeling on the floor staring at the door as it closed behind her. This was going to be fun. I love a good chase.
