Chapter 2

I paused as I reached for the handle of the diner, I couldn't help thinking that this was the end of my semi peaceful life I knew in my heart that it wasn't the life I was meant to lead. I scanned the room looking for Ranger Gonzalez he was sat facing the door, he smirked as I sat down across from him, within a minute a waitress came over and placed a stack of pancakes in front of each of us I raised my eyebrow

'I had a feeling you would be showing up' he shrugged as he reached for the syrup

'Tell me more about what you need me to do' I dug into the pancakes I guess I had forgotten to eat last night

'Don Fuentes was a small business man until he partnered with Carlos Sucrane together they built a very big empire selling alcohol to other business, about 15 years later Carlos disappeared big surprise he turned up dead, the difference between him and the new victims was that the symbol was tattooed onto his skin. What I need is an inside man he has a soft spot for people in need, what I need you to do is make your way into his inner circle'

'Sounds easy' I joked

'All we need to do is you to 'run' into him and present yourself as a damsel in distress'

'And how do we do that?'

'He likes to visit a club every Friday which happens to be today, it's a club for the elite of Mexico I have a way in for you once inside you sit at the bar and wait he is bound to come over you have a innocence that he won't be able to resist'

'Great sounds like a plan' I stare out the window there's a family who have just pulled up and are getting out the car there was two children and a dad my heart contracted in sadness I'd had a family a year ago and now I had nothing

'Do you want to know what happened to your brother?'

'Is he safe?'

'Yes he stuck around for a few weeks then took off, the Geckos are busy being lords'

'Good for them, I guess Richie got the power he wanted and Seth got his brother back'

'We should go we have a few hours travel before we reach where we need to be, I have everything prepared'

'How did you know that I would show up today?'

'Because you have the need to help people, your heart is made of pure gold which is a rare thing'

'My need to help hasn't helped me much'

He looked at me with sad eyes he motioned for me to get into the car, that's how we ended up sitting in silence for two hours but that was alright it gave me a chance to prepare myself for what I was getting into. So Scott was roaming somewhere on his own, probably feeding on innocent people which broke my heart but I tried and I had failed to help him, which I could learn to deal with.

We pulled up to a small unused garage that looked like it hadn't been used in the last decade

'It belonged to my family before bigger chains hit the area, lucky for us because we can use it as a base of operation'

'Base of operation?'

I followed him inside the garage and was shocked to find that it was almost empty besides a bed and a few other essentials

'You'll stay here we'll get you some other things to make it more homey but I doubt you'll stay here for long, Don Fuentes tends to move his prise possessions into his compound which is where I hope you'll end up shortly, here's some money go and prepare yourself for tonigh,t I'm going to phone my contact and make sure everything is going to run smoothly tonight'

I took the money and put it into my pocket I quickly cleaned up in the small restroom at the back and made my way down the street looking for everything I needed. I'm not going to lie I'm nervous, I've never been into an elite club and I didn't know what to expect not only that what if this Mr Fuentes doesn't take any interest in me and I let Ranger Gonzalez down? In this small town there wasn't much option but I finally found enough things to make me look half way decent.

At 9 o'clock I was instructed to knock on the bag door of the club in code and wait for someone to open the door

'You Kate?'

'Ermm…yes'

'Follow me' He was a young guy maybe two, three years older than me dressed in a white shirt and black trouser he led me through what looked like the Kitchens and through a passage way until we came to a set of curtains

'This is it, tell Gonzalez we're even no more favours' He pulled back the curtains and I half pushed me through I wasn't prepared for what I found, I imagined something like in the Twister but it was more upscale, plush red booths lined the walls with tables in the middle of the room that were draped in table clothes. I went and sat at the bar as instructed and ordered a club soda, I was regretting the choice of dress I've always loved the 1920's flapper style dress but no one ever tells you how heavy they are. After about 20 minutes of staring off to space there was a commotion behind me, I turned around to see a small group of people being shepherd to a private table in the corner I tilted my head a little to hear better of the conversation

'Mr Fuentes how are you?'

'I'm doing well, a bottle of the usual please'

'Of course Sir it will be right with you'

Behind the bar there was a mirror which I could watch Don Fuentes group through, there was Don Fuentes wearing a purple suit he had three other guys and two women with him they all were laughing at something he said another 20 minutes went by and I was thinking this was a bust until a drink was placed in front of me

'Compliments of Mr Fuentes' Bingo, I looked around at the 'elite' table and smiled at Mr Fuentes raised his glass at me and beckoned me to come over I lifted my drink and walked over to the table

'Thank you for the drink'

'No problem, tell me what is a beautiful young women doing sitting at a bar all alone'

'I was just let go from my job today and I was looking for somewhere I could drown my sorrows'

'Why where you let go?'

'I didn't fit the part' He looked me up and down and I fought the urge to squirm I've never had someone look be up and down in such an obvious fashion

'Why don't you sit with us?'

'Hazte a un lado yo la quiero a mi lado' Everyone moved up a seat and I sat down next to him, he pointed to each person and introduced them

'This is Luis and his brother Paco, this is Miguel and these two lovely ladies are Maria and Rosa' I nodded at each of them as he introduced them

'I'm Don Fuentes, and your lovely name would be?'

'Kate'

'Nice to meet you Kate…What are you planning on doing in Mexico now that you have no job?'

'I'm not sure'

'Do you have any family?'

'Both my parents died in a car crash just over a year ago I had a brother but we parted ways'

'You do seem to have got in a bit of a predicament' I tried to give him my best helpless look not sure if I was selling it or not

'I'm sure I will land on me feet'

'It just so happens that one of my waitresses quit yesterday I own a small restaurant would you be interested in taking the job?'

'Are you sure?'

'Everyone needs a little helping hand every once in a while, this is the address of the restaurant be there for 1 o'clock tomorrow, I don't want to seem rude but I have some business to take care of' Everyone at the table rose and Mr Fuentes brought my hand to his lips and kissed it.

When I was sure that everyone had left the room I sent a text to Ranger Gonzalez

I'm in he has given me a waitress job at his restaurant

A few minutes later I received a reply

Good, I've been sent on another case but I will check in on you in a few days

I sighed, so I was to do this on my own for the next couple of days but that wasn't so bad I mean I had survived 4 months on my own, and those months with Seth were no walk in the park either, and being a waitress has got to be more pleasant than dealing with drunks in a tiny bar in the back of Mexico somewhere. To make the evening past faster I googled tips on how to be a good waitress, did that count as cheating? Truthfully I had never worked a day in my life my parents provided for me and Scott whenever we needed something all we had to do was ask.

Something wasn't right I could sense it, I felt numb all over like I was floating the only thing that seemed to be functioning properly was my brain. The sound of laughter made me turn around in surprise, standing in front of me was Scott although it wasn't Scott at the same time it was his Culebra counterpart

'Katie-Cakes welcome to the party' He throughout his arms and spun in a circle

'Huh?' I looked around the room and had to stifle a scream we were in what looked like a frat house only instead of laughing frat boys around us there were merely lifeless corpses all with their throats spilt open there were blood splatters all over the walls

'What have you done?'

'I was hungry once I started I got carried away, oops' He smirked as he looked down at his latest victims

'Scott this is what I was trying to avoid you doing' He starting laughing again

'Who gives you the right to deny me this, I feel great' One of the frat boys started to move which caught Scott's eye, he walked over and grabbed the guys chin

'What do you say Kate, make this one into a Culebra he seems reluctant to die?'

'No you can't do that, Scott please'

'You're right, I'm still hungry' His body shielded me from the view of him feeding but it still made me sick to the stomach I looked around the room I needed to get out of here but fear was making rooted to the spot

'Why have you bought me here?'

'It's your dream not mine' Wait I was in a dream before I could fully process this I caught movement in the corner of my eye, Scott was coming towards me

'Since you're here and can't seem to go anywhere might as well take the opportunity'

'What opportunity'

'This one' and he lunged at me

I sat up so fast in my bed that I got a head rush, there was an annoying buzzing noise ringing in my ear and even after the dizziness had worn out it was still there. I looked around the room trying to look for the source and realized it was my phone alerting me to a text.

Good Luck on your first day

Freddie

Right I almost forgot, first day of my new double life just call me Kate 007

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Hazte a un lado yo la quiero a mi lado- Move over I want her next to me