Dean and Lorenzo drove to a dive bar that Dean knew some of the wrestlers visited when they were in Philly; he hoped that they would find one of the guys who knew Bray so they could track him down. The two men entered and each took a seat on a stool right next to the bar. Dean looked around to see who might be around; he thought maybe Erick or Luke might be there, they had spent the most time with Bray. Both men would have been easy to spot in the crowd being so tall; but Dean didn't see either one of them. He took a look around to the other side of the bar and spotted a face that seemed very out of place; Renee. This wasn't the type of place Renee would normally be seen anywhere near; he supposed that she could be there to flirt with one of the other wrestlers, but she was usually lower key about it. It appeared she was having the time of her life; and for some reason, that didn't sit well with him. She had been chewed out by Stephanie after trying to hit Lauren that night backstage; Dean's mind started turning. "Hey Lorenzo; this maybe absolutely nothing at all, but that blond woman over there does the backstage interviews and she has been obsessed with me for a while now. She actually thinks she's my girlfriend, but we only had a one night fling. The night I was giving Lauren a tour backstage; that woman went nuts, tried to slap Lauren's face. One of our bosses saw her do it and chewed her a new one. I don't know if she is involved in this at all; but this isn't a place she would normally be seen in and the fact that it looks like she's whooping it up, I just have an uneasy feeling about it."
"Well; let me just see if I can't get her attention and find out if she knows anything." Lorenzo looked at Dean, right before moving to a stool closer to where Renee was sitting. Dean wasn't real surprised to see Renee notice Lorenzo almost immediately and start slowly heading in his direction. She certainly was an enterprising woman. In a matter of minutes, Renee had approached the empty stool right next to Lorenzo.
"I'm sorry to bother you; is this stool taken?" Renee asked Lorenzo with a beaming smile and great enthusiasm. She never even attempted to hide the fact that she was looking him over.
Lorenzo smiled charmingly at her, "I do believe it is taken now; please join me. May I buy you a drink?" Dean watched as Renee purposely made sure to be leaning into Lorenzo. "My name is Lorenzo; and whom do I have the pleasure of buying a drink for this evening?"
"I'll just have a glass of white wine; thank you for the drink. My name is Renee and it's my pleasure to meet you. You must be here in Philly for…business?" Renee smiled.
"Business of sorts; and what is such a lovely woman doing here in a bar by herself, surely you have a boyfriend who must be wondering where you've gone off to?" Lorenzo asked.
"I recently got into a bit of an argument with my boyfriend; he was cheating on me with some other woman. The thing was the other woman wasn't even very attractive. I'm just not sure I can be with him anymore; unless she was out of the picture, you know what I mean?" Renee looked heartbroken.
"Of course; a woman like you shouldn't play second best to another woman. No, you should be a man's top priority; I wouldn't worry about this ex of yours, clearly he has no taste in women." Lorenzo handed her the glass of white wine. "Besides, you seem like far too refined to be one of those women who spend all their time plotting revenge on another woman; let that other woman find out what a loser this ex of yours is." Lorenzo chuckled. Renee smiled back at him and the two of them made small talk for a little while.
"So what business are you in Lorenzo?" Renee asked without trying to seem too overly interested. She also thought about what he had said, suppose he was right and she could do much better than Dean? She wondered if maybe she should just let the slut have Dean and find someone who could provide her with more financial security; Dean certainly wasn't making top money in the company. Looking over Lorenzo, she could tell by the expensive Italian suit that he must be swimming in cash; he probably only came into a place like this because he didn't know the city and therefore didn't realize there were far classier bars than this one. She supposed he also could have wandered into this place trying to stay in touch with the 'Little' people.
"I'm in the import/export business; my company was started by my father, and now I run it. It allows me to travel the world and meet new people." He gave Renee a smile. "I am a very lucky man, for example, to have met you here this evening." He hoped he wasn't spreading it on so thick that she would find him suspicious; but he had picked up on her eagerness to flirt with him. In his experience; that generally indicated a woman was more interested in what a man could do for her than what she could do for him. If that was the case; by convincing her that Dean was a loser and that she deserved better, perhaps if she had been part of Lauren's disappearance she would decide to give that up and move on to someone more like him. Not that he had any interest in her; she clearly was not anything more than a gold-digger looking for someone to latch onto. He also found it amusing that she described Lauren as 'not attractive' when Lauren possessed far more attractive features than her. Lorenzo made an obvious glance at his designer watch and then smiled at Renee. "I'm very sorry; I had no idea how late it was getting and I unfortunately have a very early meeting in the morning."
"You really have to go? We were just getting to know each other." Renee pouted at him.
"I'm afraid so; but I have to admit, I find you very attractive." Lorenzo reached into his pocket and pulled out a pen; grabbing a napkin from the bar top, he wrote down his cell phone number. "I hope you resolve your issue with your boyfriend. If that resolution should happen to involve you becoming single; this is my cell number, I would very much like to get to know you further." He smiled, taking her hand and kissing the back of it. "It was lovely to meet you Renee, enjoy the rest of your evening." Lorenzo gave Dean a quick nod towards the door, getting Dean to leave the bar before being spotted by Renee. He then made his exit from the bar meeting Dean back at Dean's rental truck.
"So; did she know anything?" Dean asked praying to a god he didn't believe in that Lorenzo had found something out.
"I think your instinct about her being involved somehow was correct; she made a comment to me that unless 'the other woman was out of the picture' she wouldn't be able to stay with her current boyfriend. I think we should pay very close attention to where she heads once she leaves here. I have a sneaking suspicion that she will lead us to where ever Lauren is." Lorenzo answered confidently.
"What makes you so sure of that?" Dean questioned.
"I believe I convinced her that she could aim much higher on the ladder than you and that her time would be wasted if she were plotting against the other woman. I have a distinct feeling that she will be going to see this Bray Wyatt person, in an attempt to end whatever deal they had so that she can then try to snag me." Lorenzo smiled. "If she doesn't lead us to Bray and Lauren on her own; we follow her to her hotel room and my men and I try an alternate way of convincing her to give us the information. Either way; we find Lauren and get our hands on Mr. Wyatt. I hope your company won't be too upset if Mr. Wyatt is unable to work for a while."
"I doubt him being out of commission in order to recover from a random, vicious attack by strangers will impact the company too horribly." Dean grinned.