Chapter 15

As time passed, Jasmine became more and more nervous. Although Mark’s instructions had helped her answer the cops’ questions, she was no longer worried about the police. She understood that Leon and Mark had gotten rid of Damon and feared she would be next. After all, Damon had made them a lot more money than her. If he was expendable, what was her life worth?

It seemed like easy money at first. Get the targets liquored up. Use the loosened tongues to find out more information. Pass it on to Damon or Mark. From there, it was none of her business. But she could guess pretty well. Mark and Leon sifted through the information for leverage to use on her clients. They could be forced to sign favorable deals with Damon. Or contribute to Leon’s business in other ways. All kinds of people came into the club from many different walks of life. Who knew how that information might be useful to Leon?

She realized the reason for Damon’s disappearance. Leon and Mark didn’t know what was in the safe. They couldn't afford the exposure of their scheme. The news media reveal of his affair with her was just the excuse they needed to get rid of him.

How ironic, she thought. Here you have Black Lives Matter protesting Damon’s disappearance, having no idea that other Blacks were the ones that killed him.

All of this did nothing to help her. What was she to do next? Damon was gone, and he had been her buffer from Mark and Leon. With all of the media hoopla and the investigation, she had a break, but sooner or later, they would put the arm on her to start extracting data from her customers again.

The truth was she was done. It was time to leave and start fresh somewhere else. There was nothing remaining for her in this town anyway.