“There’s no sign of them ODing, only them being passed out. The date-rape drug is detected. She passed out and was unresponsive. The drug keeps women conscious without the ability to do anything. We passed them off into the ambulance without thought. What if he’s done this before and we didn’t know about it?” Henry asked.
“Fuck,” Caleb said. “It all fits.”
“What you’ve got to ask yourself is how many girls weren’t packed away in an ambulance?”
Henry didn’t like the way this was going. “Where’s Richard now?”
Caleb glanced down at his watch. “He’s in the club getting ready for tonight.”
Pulling out his cell phone, he dialed Barry, who was one of the men who dealt with security and who they trusted. When they noticed the women passing out they’d asked for Barry to check security.
“Hello, boss,” Barry said.
“What do you have?” Henry asked. For once he’d love for their job to be easy. He didn’t like how one of their staff had been taking advantage. This was his world, and he took care of it.
“It’s not good. I recognized three women on camera who’d passed out. It was busy on a Friday night so I didn’t get to them. On the camera it shows Richard carrying them out looking like he’s helping them. I’ve just visited one of the women who was taken. She’s not been back to the club since.” Henry stared at his friend, knowing he wasn’t going to like it. “She was raped by Richard and threatened if she ever said anything he’d slit her throat. He worked for Drake, Henry. We fucking missed it. His references were all clean.”
Cursing, Henry rubbed at his eyes. “Make sure she’s compensated and let her know the bastard will never hurt her again.”
Hanging up the cell phone, he conveyed the information to Caleb.
“We’re going to the club,” Elijah said. “I deal drugs for the high not to abuse women. I want this bastard taken care of. I’ve got a fifteen year old daughter. I’m not having a monster on the streets.”
Henry hadn’t known Elijah had a daughter.
“To some you’d be considered the monster,” Caleb said.
“Don’t care. I’m a monster with morals. I don’t fuck with people who can’t fuck back.”#p#分页标题#e#
Leaving the warehouse, Elijah’s bodyguards followed behind him. They travelled in Henry’s car with Caleb sitting beside him and Elijah in the back.
“So, when is the big day?” Elijah asked.
He’d called Caleb up the following day after he proposed to Lydia to let him know he was going to marry her.
“We’ve not set a date,” Henry said.
“Never thought I’d see the day that the deadly duet was married and settling down.”
“Try it, Elijah. I wouldn’t change Donna for anything.”
“Married life is not for me. I’m happy with what I’ve got. I don’t need a woman bitching at me.”
“You’ve got a daughter. Shouldn’t she have a mother?” Henry asked.
“My daughter is taken care of. Her mother is a first class bitch. Believe me, she doesn’t need a mother. I’ve got a nanny taking care of her.” Elijah sat back, flicking through his phone.
They made their way across town toward Ecstasy.
Lydia was spending the day at the spa. Henry told her he was going to be at the club for most of the day and he’d see her later that evening. Henry was going to do more work on the painting while she cooked. She made him a better man, and he knew he was in love with her. From the first moment he saw her, he’d been caught in her dark brown gaze. He had been jealous of Darren who got to touch her when he couldn’t.
She was his, and Henry didn’t intend to lose her.
Entering the club, he heard a feminine whimper. He recognized that whimper. In the doorway he saw Arnold was on the floor with blood spilling from his side. The man was struggling to move, but no one was paying any attention to him.
“Let me go!” Lydia screamed.
The unmistakable sound of flesh hitting flesh tightened his gut.
“Shut your fucking mouth.”
Caleb and Elijah were at his back.
“Is that Lydia?” Caleb asked, whispering the words.
He didn’t say anything. Slowly, he entered the main part of the club. Richard was counting out money as Leon stood beside him. Bill grabbed Lydia by the hair and dragged her to her knees. The dress she wore was torn from her shoulders showing off the yellow lace underwear he bought her.
Anger consumed him as he took in the sight. The three men were standing there as if they owned this club. Pulling his gun from his hand, he clicked the safety off, drawing their attention to them. Elijah and Caleb also had a piece.