She felt the head of his erection probing for entrance when all of the sudden she heard, "Kenna, where are you? You ready to leave yet?" Danielle was calling for her. From the sound of her voice, she was moving down the hall toward them.
Chad pressed his mouth to Kenna’s ear and whispered, "I always wanted a threesome. Now I get to have you both."
Kenna didn't think it was possible, but she overcame the fear and flew straight into adrenalin-fueled anger. When Chad shoved up her skirt, he had freed her legs. She swung her leg back as far as she could and used momentum to increase the power of her knee as it swung up to hit him in the balls. He bent at the waist and lost his breath. She took full advantage and threw another knee straight up. She heard the satisfying sound of his nose breaking. He let go of her, so she pulled her right hand back and swung downward with all she had to land a punch on the left side of Chad's face.
Turning, she ran as fast as she could. Danielle was halfway down the hall and froze when she saw Kenna running right at her, her lip bleeding, her shirt hanging in shreds and the skirt pushed up over her waist.
"Kenna, what the fu..."
"Run!" was all Kenna could scream before she reached Danielle, grabbing her arm without slowing down.
Danielle spun around with the force but didn't take off. Instead she started yelling, "What happened to you? Kenna, stop, tell me what happened."
"Kenna!" Danielle and Kenna turned toward the name being bellowed.
"It's Chad. We gotta go now," she said to her friend. Chad turned the corner around the cubicle at the end of the hall. Danielle's eyes widened as she started putting the pieces together. They both turned and took off at a dead run toward the stairs. The sound of Chad's heavy breathing and feet hitting the thick carpet echoed in the office as he closed in on them.
"We gotta haul ass, girl!" Danielle said as she flung open the door to the stairs.
"You have to be careful. He's dangerous, and so is Bob. I'll explain when we get out of here. Just get to your car and get home. I'll call you," Kenna huffed as they flew down the stairs heading to the underground garage.
They looked at each other when they heard the door opening four floors above them and pushed harder to make it to the garage. Kenna's stockings ripped as her bare feet slapped each concrete stair. They hit the door to the garage, and Danielle took off to the left to the general parking area half a ramp up. Kenna pressed the unlock button on her keys when Chad burst through the door. She looked over the trunk of her car as she rounded it to get to the driver's door and saw him running toward her. The garage was lit by an eerie yellow light, enough for her to see the blood staining the front of his shirt from his broken nose. His left eye had begun to swell shut. Knowing she only had seconds, she wrenched open her door as fast as she could and hurled herself into the front seat. She didn't bother with a seatbelt and pushed the engine start button at the same time as the auto lock. But she could already see Chad behind her car. He stood there with his hands on his hips and the twisted smile was back. Apparently he thought she wouldn't run him over. Boy, was he wrong. Before she could put her car in gear and have the satisfaction of flattening him like a bug, car lights appeared from the level above and an engine roared to life. Tires squealed and a brown Lumina rounded the corner on two wheels.
Kenna could see Dani's eyes narrow as she gunned it in Chad’s direction. Kenna heard a thud and saw the Lumina race past her with a honk. She looked back but could no longer see Chad. Not caring if she was going to run over him again, she put the car in reverse and floored it. She didn't feel a thump, so she looked into her rearview mirror and saw Chad's body lying motionless in an empty parking space.
Her body shook as she navigated her car to her apartment, trying to figure out what just happened. Who was Chad? What was this poker night? What did Bob do with the stripper?
She reached her apartment and parked her car in the private garage. She told the footman to allow no visitors and went up the elevator to her apartment. She approached her door slowly and listened before opening it. She walked into her apartment and stood quietly. She listened, just to make sure no one was going to jump out before locking the door.
Placing her purse on her Queen Anne chair, she jumped when her cell phone rang. "Hello?" Her voice trembled.
"Kenna, sorry for any disturbance our party caused you tonight. I'm guessing you were working late?" She recognized Bob Greendale's voice immediately.
"I don't think I'd call that a party. I think I'd call it a felony. What happened to the girl? Is she okay?"
"Oh, fine, fine. She does this kind of thing all the time for VIPs. The senator really enjoys the ladies, you know. Did Chad explain everything to you?"