Chapter 15
Ink
It had been a month since the confrontation at the bar last time I was here. I was sitting in the manager’s office when one of the bar staff knocked on. “Ink, there is someone here who wants to speak to you. She wouldn’t tell me what it was about, she just said she needed to speak to the owner about some business she has with you. Her name is Ms. Carr. Shall I take her to the meeting room?” We had a small closet turned into another office where we would hold any meetings. It was a few offices down from where I was now. “Yes, please Cassie.” She nodded and smiled as she left.
I quickly finished up with what I was doing and then looked through the files of paperwork we had on clients and other businesses that we held contracts with, looking for the name Melinda. I couldn’t find anything. I left the office and walked in the direction of the meeting room, where Melinda waited.
Chapter 16InkI headed over to the bar again the next day. I hadn’t noticed it before as I had been looking for it, but I wondered if King had kept something in writing, something about this fucked up situation. I had called Sandy and told her to expect me, so when I entered the bar, she was waiting. “Before you disappear, I need to ask you a few things.” She looked concerned, “is everything ok?” she asked. I shook my head, “not really, but I’ll sort it.”We sat down in the office, “I’ll get right to it, do you know about the deal King has with the woman who was here yesterday?” I asked, Sandy shook her head, “no, I’ve never heard of that woman before, nor have I seen her.” “Ok, I need to take a look at all the books for income and expenditure over the last 12 months. I also need to see the files of every girl you have employed here.&rdquo
Chapter 17TinaI was with a client when the police raided. Stuart was an older man, in his 50’s I guessed, he was a little bit sleazy, and he favored anal, but he was a nice man. Always left me a tip, even though I couldn’t leave to spend it.“What was that?” he said, jumping up quickly.We had only just started; I was in my underwear and on my knees in front of him when he pulled out.We heard in the distance, “police!” Stuart paled and quickly pulled his pants back up, covering himself. “I need to get out, if my work were to find out, I’ll be sacked.”“There isn’t another way to get out.” I told him.To my horror and surprise, Stuart started to cry. “I don’t have anything else, I never married, I only care about my job. I can’t lose it.” I nodded, trying to think of a solution. I know he pays prostitutes
Chapter 18InkThe women were reunited with family members at the hospital. So many tears were shed by both the women and the families. Selina, Tina’s friend, walked over to us, holding the hand of a woman who looked like an older version of her. “This is my mom.” She told us, her eyes filling with tears again. “Thank you, for saving my baby girl and bringing her back home to us.” She told Ink. Ink nodded. “My pleasure ma’am.”One by one, the families left, taking their girl back home. There was just me and Tina in the waiting room. “You ready?” I asked her, she nodded. I took her hand and led her out into the truck I had picked up from the club when Tina went to the hospital. We walked in silence to my truck, and I helped her in.We drove in silence to my home. I had an apartment about quarter of a mile away from the clubhouse. “Are you sleeping at the clu
Chapter 19TinaAs I sat in the front room, unsure of what to do with myself, my thoughts drifted back to my mom. Was she ok? Was she still looking for me? I thought of Alaina. She had told me in the first few months that my mom had taken some time off work to look for me. How was Alaina doing?Ink told me how Alaina had been to his studio a few years back to get the same tattoo that was sitting on my arm. The tattoo that represented my past, the past that, although I despised, made me who I was. I wouldn’t have been alive right now if I hadn’t spent 10 years being abused by my stepfather.David was at the club. Again. He tried to explain to me that something had gone on and the club needed a new President. He apologized every night when he finally arrived back home, he promised he wanted to spend time with me, get to know me, but he had to put the club first for now. I understood, it’s not like I was hi
Chapter 20InkI woke up the next morning feeling better than I had done in months, lighter. I felt like the clubhouse finally had a shot of going legit. It would be a fuck load of work, but I was willing to do it. I loved the club, I loved what we represented, and I loved my brothers. I had already had word sent out last night to the clubs in the area that I was the new president. Most of them already knew it was coming after I had called them earlier in the week to tell them King had been arrested.Speaking of King, we hadn’t heard from him. He used his money to pay for a decent lawyer to get him off, but the odds were still stacked against him. Holgate had called me earlier in the week to inform me that he hadn’t been awarded bail, so he was stuck in jail until his hearing, which was scheduled for another month.My first act as Prez would be to name my VP. This would probably be the easiest decision I would
Chapter 21Tina“It won’t be easy, you know, I will do what I can, but Ferguson is a popular name. We don’t know where about they are. Even if they only took 20 minutes to get there, that could just mean they were staying in a hotel.”I know what he was trying to say, not to get my hopes up, and I swear I wasn’t. I just needed to make sure I did whatever I could. I decided to explain this to him.“I get it sweetheart, and I am so sorry they put you both through that. I have a friend in the police force, the one who helped me to get you all out. How about I call him in the morning and see if he can run some checks?” He offered.“Really? That would be amazing!” I cried happily.“There are no guarantees though sweetheart, I need you to know that before we start heading down this road, ok?”“I know, thank you David.” I reached f
Chapter 22InkI stormed closer to her. “Say it again.” I ordered.She looked down at the floor, embarrassed. Fuck that.I lifted her chin and looked her in her eye, “if you want me to kiss you, I need you to tell me one more time.” Confidence I had never seen in her before overcame her as she lifted her eyes. Her meekness dissolved under her stare.“Kiss me.”I dove in, kissing her with everything I had. My hands lifted of their own accord and reached round to the back of her neck, locking her in place. This was the best fucking kiss of my life, there was no fucking way she was pulling away from me before I was ready.She sighed, giving me ample opportunity to slip my tongue in her mouth, I could taste the strawberry flavor of her milkshake.I couldn’t take this too far, there was no way she was ready for sex yet, so I reluctantly pulled
Chapter 23TinaI waited in silence as he processed what I had just revealed. I felt nervous the longer he was silent. After everything that had happened, would this really be the thing that destroyed us before we had properly begun?“Say something.” I pleaded.“Is that everything?” he asked.I nodded.“Ok. Grab your coat.” He ordered, then he stood up and walked away, leaving me confused.“What? Where am I going?” Was he kicking me out? No, he couldn’t be, he wouldn’t do that.“We’re going to the club.” He told me.“No. I’m not going there.” I warned, shaking my head for emphasis.“Why? Do you think they will hurt you?”“I can’t be in a room full of men. You can’t ask me to, knowing what I’ve been through.”“Do you trust me?