“Oh, hell no. Let’s get outta here,” Rain said and left the room.
I followed her out of the bedroom and closed the door behind me, but we weren’t leaving yet. “Search the place.”
“What are we looking for?”
“Anything.”
“Anything?”
We turned down the music and quickly searched the apartment looking for anything that confirmed that these were actually the men who shot Zakiya, or who paid them to do it. We didn’t find anything.
Once again, I was back to square one and wondering how much more time I was gonna put into this. All I really had was a picture that she took at JR’s and some e-mail that could have been sent by anybody who worked at the club. I still felt that Nice N. Slow could be Miles. What I needed was to get a picture of him so I could show it to people at Paradise.
“Where you goin’?” Rain asked.
“I’m takin’ you to the club.”
“Good. I need to pick up my car; tired of you leavin’ me stranded and shit.” Rain ran her hand across my thigh and down to my crotch. “Unless you wanna go get a room first.”
It was after five when we left the room. I drove Rain to the club and hoped Miles would still be there. I got lucky. When we pulled up in the parking lot, Miles was just coming out of the building.
Rain got out of the car quickly and stopped Miles before he got to his car. I got out of the car, got a small camera out of the trunk and snapped a few shots of Miles. I spent the next couple of hours with Rain before I told her that I had to go.
Chapter 32
Mike Black
“Monika on the phone for you, boss,” Kevon said and handed me the phone.
“What’s up, Monika?
“I got something for you. Any way you can drop by here to see it?”
“I’m on my way,” I told Monika and Kevon drove in that direction.
When we got to her apartment, Kevon turned off the car and turned to me. “You want me to come with you, boss?”
I thought for a minute. “Yeah, I think you should.”
We went inside the building and up to her apartment. When Monika opened the door she looked surprised to see Kevon standing there with me. “Come on in,” Monika said and walked away from the door. When Kevon closed the door, Monika turned around. “Your friend isn’t coming in with you?”
“He waits at the door for me. Makes sure no one comes in on me.”
Monika laughed. “Believe me, I got so much firepower in here that you’ll be safe.”
“So I heard. One day we’ll have to have a conversation about you and your skills.”
“Be sure that you do. I’d be very interested to hear what you have in mind for my skills,” Monika said in a way that told me that I could fuck her right now. But I was there for business.
“What you got for me?”
“You were right. Eileen McManus is the key to everything.”
“Who is she?”
“She’s Vinnelli’s mistress. I thought the name sounded familiar but couldn’t place it. Her name is Amanda White. McManus is her maiden name, Eileen is her middle name.”
“Mistress, huh?”