When we arrived at the club, Allianna was waiting, held in place by the guard I sent her off with. She had been showered, dressed, and looked well. She was a beautiful woman.
“Ready to get to work?” I asked. She rolled her eyes.
“I am only doing this for my daughter.”
“Do it well, and no harm will come to you or your daughter, Allianna. I am not doing this to punish you, your family owes us. I’m sorry that responsibility fell on you, but you are 100 times the person your husband was ever going to be, and that will get you far with the cartel.” She nodded, I felt her trust me a little more.
“What am I supposed to do?” She asked nervously.
“You are to find us 4 beautiful girls to use in the whore house. Find them, talk with them, get them to follow you to the office where we will pick the ones we like.” She quivered. I did not like this either, but it was either this or her and her daughter died. “It will be okay, I know this is hard, but do this well, earn Maximo’s trust and you will be reunited with your daughter. Show your loyalty to us and you will be rewarded.” I whispered in her ear. She nodded.
Maximo led me to the office, walking over to the large sofa in the middle of the room, and sat down. This was his office, it was similar to his bedroom. White marble floors, dark green walls, dark wooded furniture, and a black sofa. I walked over to the window overlooking the dance floor. I saw Allianna at the bar, drinking, and talking with a cute American girl. She was blonde and thin, but very drunk. Nice choice I thought to myself.
Maximo stood up and strolled over to the window, next to me. I felt him inching closer to me, but I ignored it. I just kept my eyes on the room below me. He was behind me now, holding me close to the window. He reached down and pulled the hair off my neck, smelling my skin. “Why is it you always smell so good?” He asked. I ignored his question. He spun me around quickly until we were face to face. “I asked you a question.” He demanded.
I smirked and answered sarcastically, “Well, Maximo, I shower and use very expensive perfume.” He smirked and lifted my chin up to meet his eyes.
“I don’t think it is just that, Fallon.”
“Then what is it, Maximo?”
“It’s power. You are becoming powerful here with me and it is starting to show.” He smirked. He thought I was becoming powerful because of him?
“I have always been powerful, Maximo.” I retorted, annoyed. He pushed my body back against the window, running his hands up my hips to my arms, my breasts, my face.
“Well, it didn’t look good on you until now. Power suits you, mi amore.” His arms were ravishing my body, his finger lipped the seam of my dress on my chest. I felt myself getting wet, craving his touch. He ran his finger across my jaw and grabbed behind my head. His fingers ran through my hair. I didn’t notice he had taken my braid out of my hair. He grabbed the back of my hair and pulled me towards him, turning me around and lifting me onto his desk. We heard a knock on the door. “What?” Maximo hissed.
“Um, its Allianna, I brought some friends for you to meet.” She answered drunk, giggling.
Maximo went over to the door to open it as I stood up and straightened my dress. Allianna and 6 girls around the age 18 stumbled into the room. “Private party!” The girls yelled as they filed in. They were dancing and grinding on each other. They touched Maximo as they entered the room. “Who is the hottie?” One of the girls asked. He hissed and closed the door behind them. They were all great choices to be used as hookers. They were all thin, young, pretty, and not from around here. They must have been here on vacation. Maximo inspected each of the girls faces, nodding towards me and Allianna. Allianna walked over towards me.
“Did I do good?” She hiccupped and sat on the desk in front of me.
“Allianna, you did good.”
“Please, call me Ali.” She smiled and grabbed my hands. “Is my daughter safe?”
“Yes. Your daughter is on her way to New Orleans, Louisiana with a nanny I trust with my life. If you plead your allegiance to me and decide to work for me, you can join her, but you will be my eyes and ears in Louisiana. You will be in charge of running my club there.” She looked deeply into my eyes.
“Fallon, I do not have a passport or green card.” She answered sadly.
“Ali, that won’t be a problem. I have connections. You will be taken care of, but as I said, you must plead your allegiance to me. I will expect your full support, competence, and loyalty.” She nodded quickly.
“Yes, I plead my allegiance. Please, I will do whatever you ask.” She answered a little hyper.
“Okay.” I smiled. “You did very well here, Ali. I am proud of you.”
“Thank you.” She smiled sadly, knowing what was going to happen to these girls. “They are down here on fall break from school. They are from Washington one of the girls told me.”
“Don’t feel bad about this, Ali. You did this for your life and your daughter’s life.”
“I know, but I never saw myself as this kind of person.” She answered honestly looking towards the ground.
“Well, I will not ask something like this of you again. Your tasks will be less degrading in the future.” She nodded and stood up from the desk. “You may go, the guard will put you up in a hotel until your green card is ready. I will be in contact with you. Do not speak with anyone from your life before this. People must think you are gone. I will have clothes, a phone, and your things ready within this next week. Do not leave the hotel unless I contact you directly, understood?” She nodded and walked over to the guard who led her out of the room, she smiled at me before the door closed.
I looked over to Maximo who was now on the phone. He told the girls to follow him to his limo and they followed like hungry dogs, drooling over him. Once he got all of the girls in the limo, the guards locked the doors. They had no idea. They were all drunk and having the best time. The limo took off and Maximo turned towards me. “Smart of her to bring more than requested. They will make up for the other girls and be a great addition in the house. They are so young.” He smiled wickedly. “Ready to go home?” He asked. I gave him a small smile and got into the back of the black SUV.