“What was that about?” Missy Ann asked her.
“I’m going to have to have a sit down with the guys. That was Clarissa. This big designer of lingerie from Charleston wants me to be the main model to showcase his new lingerie line.”
Missy Ann widened her eyes. “Lingerie?”
“I know. It’s as big a step as wearing a bikini, but from what I’ve seen of his designs the lingerie is very classy and sexy but not too revealing. There’s always an overlay of sheer adding to the sexiness and mystery of what’s underneath. I like the styles.”
“But what will the Hayes brothers say?”
“Not sure. But this is my profession and it could lead to a lot of other opportunities. Besides, the pay is amazing.”
Missy Ann smiled. “Then go for it. If anything, you have four sexy, muscular men that can be your personal bodyguards if need be,” she said and wiggled her eyebrows up and down.
Eliza Grace chuckled. “Could you imagine that?” she said and looked out toward the park, thinking about her sexy men and how complete they made her feel. Maybe they could be her personal bodyguards and she could have them nearby on every shoot. Then she shook her head. “I couldn’t be selfish like that. They have this case they’re working on right now and it takes up a lot of their time. They seem so upset about it but hide the details from me. I don’t want to be a burden.”
“Maybe ask them about going to see you Friday night. That way you won’t feel like you’re lying to them?”
“Maybe I will. They would want to be there.”
“I’m sure they would. Plus I’ll sit with them so they don’t do anything crazy or rash,” she said and winked.
“Like you could stop them.”
“Well, I could try to calm them until you got to them. I’d give it a try even though they are quite intimidating to say the least.”
“Well, I appreciate that. Maybe I’ll ask them later.”
“It’s the right thing to do. Plus you’ll be sharing another personal talent with them that they didn’t know about. They’ll love hearing you sing.”
Eliza Grace smiled. “Okay. I’ll call them.”
* * * *
Missy Ann felt badly for Eliza Grace. She had tried to tell the guys about Friday night but they had talked about the case they were working on and how they had to work. She didn’t want them to feel bad about missing her perform on stage and she didn’t want them to worry. But Missy Ann was a little worried. Especially at the way that guy Si and his two buddies watched Eliza Grace and kissed her hello. They wanted her and the faster she could get Eliza Grace out of here after her performance the better.
So when she saw Lynch and Parker show up with two other men she didn’t recognize Missy Ann went over to them right away.
“Oh my God, how did you know?” she asked Tazer as she gave him a hug.
“My God, Eliza Grace is going to be so happy,” she added and then hugged Lynch.
“What are you talking about? What are you doing here?” Tazer asked her as he took her arm.
She immediately knew something was wrong and she didn’t know what to do. She looked at the other two men. Both were very attractive and looked kind of intense.
“We’ll head over to the other side and keep watch,” one of them told Tazer and he nodded.
“What were you saying about Eliza Grace?” Tazer asked her and as she went to tell them what was going on the band stopped and the announcer began to introduce Eliza. She smiled.
“Well, just listen and you’ll find out what she was trying to tell you over the phone today.”
“Today?” he asked.
“Yes, she was trying to tell you she wanted you guys to come see her here.”
He squinted his eyes at her then looked at Lynch. But then the announcer announced Eliza Grace’s name and both Lynch and Tazer were shocked.
Missy Ann pulled out her cell phone and recorded the performance. Every so often she scanned over toward Lynch and Tazer but they looked straight faced and almost pissed off. So she kept the camera on Eliza Grace as she sang a few songs and the crowd went crazy.
* * * *
“You’re not going to believe this, but those two men are the ones from Rodney’s. Look,” Vic told Si as he handed him his cell phone and the pictures.
“Son of a bitch. Tell Luther to close up the back room. It’s a raid,” he said, feeling the anger build up inside of him. He watched the two men standing next to Eliza’s friend, Missy Ann. She was petite and cute too, almost like Eliza but with blonde hair and blue eyes but her breasts were huge for her size. A couple of their spotters singled her out as a potential girl to train.