The Sweetest Honey

Get Her Out

(Sam’s point of view)

Tyler and I follow Clara to a strip club. For a moment, I thought we were caught when she looked towards us before getting into the car. Luckily, she left without investigating. She went in around the back, so we will have to just go in and see what happens. I wipe the sweat off my forehead.

“We are never going to tell Lexi about this Tyler. She will kill me.”

“Don’t worry Sam, this was Alpha’s orders. You had no choice.”

“She might not care, just promise if she ever finds out that you will tell her that I looked at no one but you.”

“OK, Sam.”

he said with a chuckle. I have to figure out how to deal with this delicately.

“Tyler called Goliath and put him on speaker phone. We need to know how he wants us to proceed.”

He takes out his phone and dials Goliath’s number, holding the phone between us as it rings. Goliath picks up.

“Hey, is everything ok, guys?”

“Goliath, we followed Clara and her friend to a strip club. I think they work here based on what I overheard them saying in the diner.” We hear a loud roar and a bunch of stuff breaking.

“Goliath, hey buddy, she might just be a waitress or work in the back. She was dressed in a waitress uniform.”

Tyler yells into the phone. After he says that we wait in silence for what felt like a very long time for Goliath to respond.

“Here is what you are going to do. Go in there. Check it out, and if she has any of her clothing removed, get her out of there.”

Tyler and I look at each other, silently asking the same question.

“We are totally for that Goliath, but how would you like us to remove her from a crowded strip club?” I ask.

“I don’t care how as long as you don’t hurt anyone. You will have to think of something. I have to go someone is at the door.”

He hangs up before we can say anything else.

“well let’s go in Tyler.”

We get out of the car and go into the club. It smells awful like BO and cheap perfume. It’s making it harder for me to track her scent. “Let’s just sit over in that corner and order some water or something so we don’t get kicked out.”

I look over at Tyler, and his eyes are wandering around the room like a kid in a candy store. I nudge him with my elbow. “Get it together, man!”

“Sorry, I never imagined my first time at a strip club would be like this.”

We walk over to a table and sit down. A waitress walks up to us. A top less waitress that is.

“would you two like a drink?”

I look down at my hands and then look up at Tyler who’s tongue is practically hanging out of his mouth while he stares at her chest. I cleared my throat to get his attention, but it didn’t work.

“two club sodas, please.”

I grab some money out of my pocket and hand it to her. She walks away, and Tyler finally snaps out of it.

“Tyler we need to hurry and find out where she is and get her out of here.”

I hear a big commotion and look over at the stage. There was a huge crowd watching a stripper dressed in all blue.

“There she is.” Tyler says.

“where?”

I look around but don’t see her.

“That’s her on the stage.”

I take a closer look.

“Are you sure Tyler?”

He shakes his head yes.

“It is a little hard to smell her scent, but I am positive that is her.”

It's just great, I think to myself. How am I going to get her out of here? Should I tell Goliath about this? A shiver runs down my spine. “Give me your wallet, Sam.”

I look up at Tyler.

“Why?”

“Just do it.”

I pull my wallet out and hand it to him. I have no idea what is going on, but I’m too stressed to fight it. He pulls out my cash and throws my wallet back to me.

“Hey what the hell, Tyler!”

He ignores me and heads over to the A.T.M. using the packs emergency card he gets money out. Then he gets out even more using his card. He better not be thinking of having fun while we are here. We have actual issues to deal with. I see him walk up to a girl and ask her something. She points towards a man, and he walks to him. What is going on here? He places a big wad of cash in the man’s hand and points to Clara then to me. Finally, he is walking back to the table.

“What was that about Tyler?”

He smiles hugely.

“You are about to go get a lap dance in the V.I.P room, Sam.”

My jaw dropped so far that I thought it would hit the floor.

“ooooh no no no no no I am NOT!”

“Don’t worry Sam, nothing is going to happen. You are going to take this money and offer it to her. Tell her to take it and go home early for the night. Maybe take off tomorrow, too.”

I huff and fall back into my seat.

“In this plan of yours, does Lexi kill me, or does Goliath?”

“We will just tell the that we gave her money and asked her to take the night off. I would do it, but she might recognize me and leave the room before I have a chance to talk to her.”

“Tyler were you one of the people that spread rumors about her?”

“No, of course not. I can’t say I helped her, though. I now regret not telling Drake to shut his mouth. I guess I was more focused on training and studying to deal with the high school drama.”

I look up to see a woman coming towards us.

“hello sir, Diamond is off the stage and will join you shortly. Let me show you to the V.I.P. room. I get up and follow her up to a big door that weirdly enough was covered in velvet with big VIP lettering. She opens the door for me, and I walk in. “Diamond will be in shortly. Just take a seat and relax.”

“Thank you.”

I look around the room and see a small stage with a pole in the middle. The entire room is red with velvet on the walls and on all of the seats. It was fairly clean, but I don’t really trust it. I hear the door open and see Clara walk in. Thankfully, she put her top back on.

“Hello handsome, would you like to watch me dance on the pole first, or do you want to go straight to the lap dance?”

“I umm umm just want to give you this.”

I put the money in her hand. It was at least a thousand dollars. She looks up at me in shock.

“I just found out I have to leave for a work thing, so I thought that I could pay for you to have the night off. Maybe a couple of days off if that will last you.”

I start to sweat, but I hope she doesn’t notice.

“Are you sure?” she asks.

“Absolutely, just promise you will at least use it for the night off. I want it to be used for something good.”

She looks like she might cry. “Thank you, I promise to take the rest of the night off. You paid for the rest of the night anyway. She smiled at me, and I gave her a little head nod and walked out the door. I see Tyler back at our table.

“It is done now. We just have to make sure she makes it home safely.”

I see Clara walk out and go into the back. I keep an eye on the door, not letting myself miss her come out.

“Tyler did you mind link Goliath yet?” I ask without looking away.

“I did, we just have to make sure she gets home safe, then we can go home. He said he would take it from there.”

I watch as Clara walks out, mostly looking like her normal self, and dressed back in that waitress uniform. She walks up to her red-headed friend and shows her the inside of her purse. They both shriek and jump up and down. They both walk to the back room. As I wait for them I can’t help but to think about Lexi. I hope she is awake so we can fool around some. I see Clara , her friend, and a bouncer go out the back way.

“come on Tyler let’s go.”

We headed out to the car and were about to get in when we heard a bunch of noise coming from the back. We take off running rounding the corner.

“Oh SHI*!”