Carmen slid out of the booth and stood up. When she did, the man placed the gun at the small of Carmen’s back.
“Walk, nice and slow. And don’t do anything stupid.”
When he started to walk Carmen out at gunpoint, seemingly out of nowhere, a man approached them quickly.
“Is there a problem here?” he asked, and Carmen’s heart skipped a beat when she looked at him.
“Mind your business.”
He grabbed the man’s arm and put a gun to his side.
“I’m making it my business.” he took the gun and put it in his waist.
Carmen looked up at the tall fine looking stranger and felt a mix of curiosity and ensnarement.
Who is he? Was naturally her first thought.
; He surely was fine. At least six feet three inches tall, very well dressed, chocolate-brown skin, and those deep penetrating eyes, Carmen thought as she stared into them.
“Now, let her go,” her bodyguard ordered, and Carmen could add a sexy voice to his list of pleasurable qualities. He looked at Carmen. “You can go now, Ms. Taylor.”
“Huh?” Carmen asked still looking at him trying to come out of her daze.
“You’re free to go now, Ms. Taylor. This man won’t bother you anymore.”
Max took Carmen’s hand. “Come on, Carmen.”
Carmen’s bodyguard watched as she and Max left Enzo's Palace, before he pushed the gun in his side a little harder.
“Walk.”
When Carmen got back to the station, she and Max, along with Dan Graves, her producer, went to see what was on the flash drive Simpson had given her.
“It has two folders on it. One named east and the other named west,” Carmen said.
“What’s in them?” Dan asked.
Carmen clicked on the folder. “It has video files in it,” she laughed a little. “With what I’m guessing are dancer names on each one.”
“Open one up, Carmen.” Max said quickly and Carmen smiled and shook her head.
The videos are of black women. The women introduce themselves and then they dance while they undress. The videos end with an invitation barcode that can be printed or sent to a cell for free access to Enzo's Palace.
“I’m gonna assume that they are just marketing,” Dan said and told Carmen to see what was in the other folder.
“Yeah,” Max agreed. “See what those are.”
“Perverts,” Carmen said and opened the folder. The files had the same names as the other one. “Looks like the same videos.”
“Yeah, but there must be some difference. Otherwise, why have them in a separate folder,” Dan said. “I think we need to check it out,” he said and looked at Max.
“I agree. Two people died over this. I think we owe it to them to watch them all,” Max said.
“Perverts,” Carmen said and clicked on a video.
The second video of each woman was the same as in the first video, except after they dance naked for a while; they masturbate and the video ends with a numeric code.