Bad Girl by Julie Miller

Author:Julie Miller [Miller, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-06-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Ten minutes in front of the monitors in Josiah’s office could teach a girl a lot of things.

For one thing, Opal Cunningham kept a lot of cash in her office, in a safe behind a door that locked with a keypad like the secret room upstairs. And the bleached-blonde bitch was either skimming money off of After Dark’s profits, or she was managing two separate accounts. Because she was very definitely counting out two piles of money on her desk. Although the camera angle didn’t allow Riley to see the information Opal typed onto her computer, the club’s finance manager carefully bundled and logged in one stack of cash, and locked it back in the safe. But with the second batch, she pulled a gym bag from under her desk and stuffed the money inside without entering any data.

After Opal stashed the gym bag and dialed a number on her phone, Riley turned her attention to the image coming from Rocky Calibrisi’s office.

Although she couldn’t make out the words, there was a very different type of conversation going on between Rocky and Lawrence Houser than the cajoling, customer’s-always-right exchange that had taken place out in the club. Lawrence stood up to argue something and Rocky came around his desk to shove him down in his chair. Rocky showed his muscle, leaning over the stunned man, jabbing a finger in his chest and making something extremely clear.

So much for the fast-talking businessman Riley had known. When Lawrence’s posture sagged and he raised his hands in surrender, Rocky sat back on the edge of his desk and pulled a business card from his pocket.

No, wait. Riley squinted to get a better look. It wasn’t paper. It was more like a credit card. Or a plastic key card.

She instantly shifted her gaze up to the monitor showing Danny Mertz at the top of the spiral staircase. When he adjusted his position on the stool where he sat, she saw the ring of keys and a similar key card hanging from his belt. She looked back down at Rocky and Lawrence. Was that key card passage into the secret room?

Rocky waved the card in front of Lawrence, but snatched it away when the older man reached for it. With his gestures and posture reading like an apology now, Lawrence dug inside his wrinkled suit and pulled out his wallet. He counted several bills into Rocky’s hand before the club manager handed over the card. Leaving Lawrence little time to gloat over his success, Rocky grabbed him by the collar, turning over the chair as he hauled him to the door. He threw Lawrence up against the wall for another finger pointing lecture before pulling him aside and opening the door.

“Oscar!” Riley backed her chair up against the far wall and held her breath as she heard Rocky yelling in the hallway outside Josiah’s office. The monitor showed the guard in front of the elevator responding to the summons. He shoved Lawrence into the guard’s waiting grip.

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