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the gun at pussy's head.
    "A whore.  She's got information about the kids, she fucks one of the father’s best friends."  I step back.  A fuckin Club whore was meeting this pussy?
    "Name."  Danny is fuckin furious.
    "I don't know!  She's dark and has dark hair.  She gave me some of the kid’s pictures.  I just had to get more of the one kid.  I was paying her for that and she was going to give me more if I took her out of here.  She's meeting with someone else that will pay her more.  I get a cut for delivering her."  He leans back and Danny shoots him dead center of his forehead.  Fuckin guy.
    "Can't talk if he's dead, Brother.  Neighbors are going to have PD here."
    He looks at me.  "If he had more, we'd have it already.  Streets deserted, everyone’s at work.  Get his phone, bag, laptop and wallet for Geek and Little Ben.  Three pictures of Taylor; we need to know why.”  He walks away, calling into Security.
    I grab everything but the fuckin guy’s clothes, dumping his pocket shit in with it.  Fuckin Danny notices everything with one eye.  I didn’t notice everyone gone.  Opening the fridge and freezer, I find a file I almost missed.  I drop it in the bag and walk out with Danny.  Cleanup pulls in as we leave.
     
     

Chapter Three
    Two days
    Amanda
    The shop is closed tomorrow, so why not.  "Where are we going?"  I ask Tess.
    Her whole face lights up.  "Oh, I'm so excited!  How about the Plank?  I've only been there once.  I'm going to call CJ.  She'll love it!"  She's so fuckin cute; her smile is infectious and I smile right along with her.  She pulls her phone and calls CJ then Anita and Penny.  They are a trip to go out with; I'm starting to get excited.  I finish my grinder, smiling as she talks; she looks like a little fairy and is always so happy.  Everyone she talks to has her smiling bigger.  She closes her phone putting it on the table.
    "Now that you have us all gathering at the Plank, tell me what's going on that you need this girl’s night out."
    She looks at me surprised.  "You need a night out.  Since Bob is usually at R&R, I thought we'd go to the Plank."
    What the fuck?  "Why does it matter where Bob is?"  She sees too fuckin much.
    She smiles but looks thoughtful.  "I think this is one of those times you just need to go along with it."  She's not going to say any more so I let it go, wondering if she saw me with him and Chet.  She rolls half of her grinder up, telling me she needs to get back to work.
    I stand with her.  "I'll see you at eight at the Plank."
    Max stands beside her as she hugs me, giggling.  "You will!  Have a good rest of today, Amanda."
    I turn toward the shop while she goes the other way, toward the Bakery with her furry guard Max at her side.  I see Chet across the street; he nods to me and follows Tess from a block away.  She usually has someone watching her but they aren't so obvious about it.  I wonder what's going on this time.
    I stop at Nancy's shop to see if she has something for me to wear tonight.  I love her clothes; she always has edgy styles that cover you in the sexiest way possible.  "Just me, Nancy."  I yell when I hear her say she'll be right out.
    I look through the clothes on the first rack.  Pulling two shirts, I move to the next and pull a cute dress with a low cut back and fully covered front.  "You will look great in that.  How are you, Amanda?"
    I smile looking back.  "I'm good, Nancy.  How have you been?"  We have shops close together but don't really see each other much.  I work a lot of nights while she's here in the day.
    "I'm good; Tess told me I need to find you the perfect outfit for tonight."  She smiles at my surprise.  "She told me yesterday."
    I laugh.  "Fuckin visions."
    "I have some things on the dressing room door for you."  She takes what I'm holding and walks back.  I don't even bother looking at anything else; Nancy knows about clothes and what would look best.
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