“Hell, how do you think I pulled his fine, no cooking ass?”Apple said, winking at her as a woman in a vest showed her where to park.“What is the plan?”
“Seal Commander, you’re on my six, serving as my private security,” she said.“I have a small stack in the back I gently borrowed from my husband’s safe that I gotta return after I use it to get in the door.I’m going to ask for what I want, get to the room, and get the girl.I’ll call you.You look for the big bitch that hurt Pear and start a fight.I come down with the girl in the middle of ruckus, shoot her, the cops arrive, we leave with the girl, and find the sommelier.”
“What?”he said looking at her.
“Follow my lead and let’s do this,” Helen said.
At the entrance, they were eyed suspiciously.“No men allowed,” the woman said.
“The Commander goes where me and this money go,” Helen said, flashing the bag of cash.“I go have a good time; he stays with my money.I get my needs, he pays, we leave.What’s the problem?”
Apple placed his hand on his hip, smacked his lips, and rolled his neck.“I don’t even know why you like to come to these fish festivals, Boss Lady.You could stay home and order your clams and take your time to enjoy your meal.”
“Variety Commander,” she said, “are you letting us in or not?”
The woman allowed them inside.A table where food should have been displayed only showcased a couple of bowls of fruit, cheese and crackers, and a potential roast chicken from Costco.Azrael had come through.However, there was wine, which may have come from her personal reserves, but Helen didn’t see the woman in question.
Another woman in her early twenties met Helen at the bottom of the stairs.“How may I serve you?”
“I dunno, I want something, un-eager if that is word,” Helen said, looking around.“Most of the floor samples seem to enjoy the work if you know what I mean.”
“Are you requesting forcible?”
“No, I want willing, but not eager.She will do the job but isn’t anxious to make the party pop-off.You know what I’m asking,” Helen said, looking around the room again.“I’m nice.Don’t want to hurt no one, but I want to be able to show how good it can be.Not a conversion, but yeah, you know, all-girls school kind of thing.”
“Gotcha,” the woman said, showing Helen two images.One was of Candace, the other of an Asian girl with sad eyes.
“I haven’t had Asian in a while,” Helen said as the tablet blinked, leaving only the image of Candace.“I guess she’s it.Has she been washed, cleaned, tested?”
“All the above,” the girl said as a young lady appeared at Helen’s side.“Please show our guest to Room 4.”
Helen looked back at Apple.“Commander,” she said, as he snapped to attention, “give me thirty and you have the con.”
“A tank full of fish ain’t no con,” he said, smacking his lips.“I’ll be here when you finish drinking out the fish tank.”
“Remind me to fire you when I come back,” Helen said, snarling at him.She followed the girl up the stairs, reaching door number 4.Helen tapped lightly on the door, as a shaky voice told her to enter.
The girl who escorted her to the door arrived first.“Candace, you have a guest,” the girl said.
Candace looked up to see Helen, who was frowning.“She ain’t much to look at.You sure the Asian chick ain’t available?”
“I will treat you well,” Candace said.“We will have a nice visit.”
“I guess,” Helen said as the escort nodded and walked away.Helen locked the door and gave Candace a once over.“Well?You want to get out of here or what?”
“Cranberry?Is that really you?How did you find me?The security here is nuts,” Candace said, nearly in tears.
“Yeah.Yeah.Get out of those hoochie clothes so we can bounce,” Helen said, keying the open line on her phone to Apple.
Downstairs, he spotted the woman with a tattoo on her hand.The big girl fit the description of the woman Pear said beat her up.Her knuckles were bruised with broken skin, making his anger boil.
“You’re a big old bitch,” Apple said.“I bet you’re one of those who take joy in first licks and strapping up to hurt some of these young children?”
“Who let this man in here?”The big woman said.
“Your bitch let me in,” Apple said, provoking the woman.“If I liked pussy, I’d fuck her just to show her how it’s actually done, versus the shit you call yourself doing.”
The woman swung at him, which was exactly what he wanted.He punched her in the face, coming in contact with a really hard skull, hurting his hand.Apple didn’t move fast enough as the woman’s fist made contact with his lips, staggering him.
