The Deadline by Kiki Swinson

Author:Kiki Swinson [Swinson, Kiki]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2020-05-05T00:00:00+00:00

9

ON A MISSION

We left the club and headed to the hotel. The women being transported with me in the Mercedes Sprinter minibus were all in different stages of intoxication. The scent of sweat, perfume, ass, and weed made for a bad mix of odors wafting around the vehicle. I was out of my league, for sure. These chicks obviously sold ass for a living. Who else would allow themselves to be herded around like cattle going to slaughter? It would take some skill for me to remain calm when I got close to Barker. I’d been in real sketchy undercover roles as a reporter before, but I was confident in my abilities. We were loaded out of the vehicle a couple at a time. Dee, my new friend, made sure I was in the group of girls following him.

“Good evening,” Dee said to the concierge behind the desk at the hotel. The man nodded and smiled politely, like he was very familiar with Dee.

“You know who sent me. He’s had a wild night and wants me to prepare the rooms,” Dee said, sounding official. The man behind the desk made a face that read as a mixture of understanding and disgust at the same time.

“You know how it can get, so make sure you secure the entire floor. It can get very wild,” Dee said, using his hands to depict a sexual act. “No one we don’t know is to come up to that floor at all. You know the drill, but I was told to repeat it. Absolutely imperative that you secure the adjoining rooms and everything,” Dee said, sliding money across the counter in the man’s direction.

I furtively snapped a picture with my cell phone. This was solid proof of Barker having his people pay off others to keep their secrets.

“Yes.” The man smiled, quickly placing his hand on top of the cash and sliding it off the counter. “The usual?” he asked.

“Of course,” Dee said. He picked up a stack of card keys, spoke to another guy standing by, and then had us all head for the elevators.

* * *

When we got upstairs, a few of us were taken into a suite where there was music playing and the party continued.

“So, what happens now?” I asked Dee as I boldly walked over to him.

“You can wait and see,” he answered stoically. All of a sudden his mood changed. I walked away as more men filed in and out of the room. They partied with girls and some took them and left.

Almost an hour later, Barker and his companion entered the suite. A rush of excitement and nervousness flooded my body, causing my skin to feel tingly and sensitive. I followed them with my eyes and read Barker’s mouth as he told one of the guys he was going to the room next door. With the extra key I grabbed from the table next to the lamp, I quickly slipped out before Dee noticed and anyone else could miss me—or at least I hoped they didn’t.

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