Chapter 22

It has been two months since they got back together. Once their new lives were so near to each other time seemed to fly by. Sam was right, Frank was using and his behavior effected his work more and more every day. Andy tried to keep him straight, they needed him to be okay just a little longer, until Duncan will come and make them the offer. So at the moment they lived their busy lives, trying to keep everything under control.

"Baby, we have some guest in the back" Sam yelled over the noise of the bar.

"You want to meet them upstairs?" she guessed.

"Yeah but show them a good time first." he added.

Andy knew what to do. It was a big part of her job now. She owned the place with Sam, everybody listened to her and did what she asked. She pulled her top a little lower so her boobs would be a little more "out there", and walked to the back.

"Hello gentleman, welcome to our bar" she smiled widely "Please follow me and we will get you settled in" she turned and showed the to the stairs. Walking up she knew they would check her out, but it was part of the job now.

"Here you go" she walked into the VIP room "You will have your own bartender who will get everything you need. Also if you are here for business we offer you full privacy."

An older handsome guy stepped in front of the others offering his hand.

"Thank you miss..."

She met his hand and smiled "Casey. And you are welcome." his eyes stayed on her for a moment too long.

"I will leave you be then. Charice will get everything you need." she pointed to her standing in the room. "If there is a problem don't hesitate to let me know."

All the five men started to relax a bit, walking in the room, getting drinks sitting down. One of them lounged on the first chair "I want some entertainment" he said flatly.

"Sure. Do you have any preferences?" she offered politely.

"Yeah. I do. Someone with your height, your ass, and your tits." he stood and stared at her.

This happens a lot so she wasn't shaken by that at all "I'm flattered, but ..."

"But what?"

She hated cocky assholes "I run this place, I am more then happy to find you a suitable..."

He stepped closer and pointed at her "I am the customer, and what I want I get. You should know this, running this place."

What a dick! She usually kept her calm, but the nerve on this asshole. Everybody else seemed to know that this was his thing, because nobody cared to even pay attention. She stayed silent smiling.

"That's what I thought." he said happy winning the argument "Now gimme a lap dance." he stood in front of her.

She chuckled sweetly and then elbowed him in the face. Hard. You could hear something crack in his face. He fell down and all eyes were on her.

She turned to him "Listen to me you little piece of shit! This is my bar. So you better improve your attitude towards me or else."

He didn't see this coming "What the... You little slut!" he started take his gun but she kicked him in the gut with her sexy heels and took his gun, putting it on the back of her skirt. He groaned in pain.

"What the fuck did I just tell you!" she was pissed now. "I will remove your fucking balls and... Nevermind. I would usually kick people like you on the streets, but you are welcomed guest" she pointed to the others, smiling "So... apologize." she smiled, but her eyes stayed serious.

"Fuck you!" he slurred through his blood.

Andy chuckled again and took her cellphone.

"We have an asshole situation." and she put her phone away.

In a few seconds Sam was at the door. "Hello, welcome to our bar. My name is Sammy. I heard you a have a situation." he turned to Andy checking her for injuries "You okay?"

"Yeah" she kissed him on his cheek "This one demanded me to lap dance, called me a slut and then told me to fuck off."

Sam felt his anger rise. He stepped to him, picked him up like it was nothing. "Excuse us gentleman." And pushed him out of the door.

"Would it be a problem if he dies?" she asked the others calmly.

"Um.. yeah, a bit." somebody muttered.

"Oh okay" she turned to the hall and yelled to Sam "Sammy! Baby, don't kill him." she stepped back in. "I'm really sorry for the inconvenience, but as you can see we have a zero tolerance for assholes." she smiled "Have a great night." she started to walk out but heard one guy clapping. She turned in confusion.

It was the older handsome one "Wow, you don't see that every day. That was really something."

She saw how everybody chimed in with his opinion, so that means he is the boss or the alfa in the room. "You are a feisty little thing aren't you" he chuckled and Andy raised her eyebrow. He raised his hands "My apologies wrong choice of words. What I meant to say was you impressed me. It's really hard to do that." he stared at her thinking.

"I'm sorry to cut this short but if I don't leave my guy is going to kill your guy so, excuse me."

"Please. Until we meet again." he smiled and she smiled back.

When she closed the door he frowned. That was weird. I better tell Sam.

"Sammy!... Sammy!"

"I'm here, love" he stepped up behind him. Worried that maybe she was still hurt a bit.

"Oh.." she looked around "What happened to the asshole?"

"I left him at the door. Pretty sure he will crawl back to the room." he still searched her with his eyes for something.

She smiled and placed her hands on his cheeks "I'm fine. I elbowed the guy in the face. You would've been proud."

He laughed "I'm sure I would" he put his hands around her.

"Do you know who they were?"

"Nah.. Just really important."

"Anyway the boss was impressed by me, or whatever, I'm sure he's gonna ask me to join them at some point. Will you join me?"

"Yes." he kissed her suddenly so passionately that she felt every part of her body tingle. When he pulled away he watched her for a second "You are amazing!" eyes locked on hers.

"So are you. Now go work before I change my mind about working tonight and drag you home."

"Now that you mentioned that..." he started to snuggle his nose against her neck.

She giggled but pulled herself away, walking away knowing he is admiring her assets. She smiled.

"Casey?"

"Yes, Charice" she turned to her.

"Can you come, these guys in the second VIP room wanna talk."she talked quickly.

"Okay, thanks" she said already walking to Sam's office.

"Baby, they want to talk." she said from the door.

"The usual then?"

"Yes. You, me and then together"

"What do we have to concentrate on?" he collected the info from her.

"I think he is more like a respect guy than excitement and crazy." she tried to remember how the older guy presented himself.

"Okay, see you in 3 minutes" and he kissed her on the cheek.

"Hello. You wanted to see Casey?" Sam stepped into the room.

"Yes."

"She is busy at the moment, she should arrive shortly but in the mean time, can I get you anything?"

"Are you the Sammy?" older guy stood up to shake hands.

"You have to be more specific then that." he laughed.

"The Sammy who works with Frank and has saved him too many times."

"Yes, I believe that I am"

"Pleased to meet you. My name is Duncan. I'm Franks boss, so that makes me your boss too." he smiled.

Sam luckily played it cool. Jerry never showed them his picture, so they would not look for him in the crowd.

"I would like to say that I've heard a lot about you but I can't." he laughed and so did the others "And that's a good thing. Means you are good at what you do." he complimented.

Duncan smiled "I like you already."

"Excuse me" Andy walked in "You wanted to see me." she smiled.

"Yes, I was just talking to you man here." Duncan pointed to him. "Please, sit." he waved his hands to the others and they cleared the room. It was just the three of them.

"Casey, was it?" Duncan spoke first.

"Yes." she sat next to Sam placing her hand on his leg and Sam placed his hand on her shoulders.

"My name is Duncan." he stared.

"My bosses boss." she stated.

"Bright girl." he stared at her.

"I don't want to be disrespectful, but staring like that makes Sammy here anxious and ..." Andy said looking into his eyes.

"I get it... I have the same thing with my wife." he showed his wedding ring. "Just I can't believe it's true."

"What is?" Sam asked.

"You two. You are making quite the noise in this industry. I had to come and see you."

"Good I hope." she pointed out.

"Yes, more then good. Your commitment to each other and the work you do together. It really is something."

"So you are here with a proposal?" she asked straightly.

He laughed "You've got a keeper here." he said to Sam.

"Trust me I know" she kissed her head sweetly.

"Yes I have a proposal, but first I have some questions" he poured himself another drink.

"Where do you see yourselves in 5 years?"

"Making good money and being happy" he said and Andy nodded.

"Who is the first on your relationship?"

They both said each others names at the same time, then smiled. So did Duncan.

"That is rare in this business, to have this kind of attitude"

"We both have lost something in this business, chasing the wrong things. Now that we have each other we keep ourselves on the right track." Andy explained.

Duncan nodded and moved on "If a shipment goes wrong and because of that you own somebody money. What do you do first?"

"Pay the money." Sam answered.

"We don't need somebody doubting our efficiency" she added.

"And make it work with the next shipment." he continued.

"We could rush the shipment, pull some strings... only if the payment is too large." Andy thought out loud.

"Yeah" he thought with her "Depends on the shipment. Could make quick easy ones to keep the flow going."

"If you want details you have to give us details" she said seriously.

Duncan nodded.

"Is this a job interview?" Sam asked.

"In a way yes. I need a strong couple to run this place I own. Not just smart or ruthless, like people like to think. I need mentally right people. Not too ambitious but not too sloppy."

"What happened to the previous owners?" Andy asked.

"Cops." he answered shortly.

"The place is on the target?"

"It was, but now the heat is fading. That is why I need new people."

"You are smarter than you look" Andy blurted out.

Duncan frowned but then smiled "That's what my wife says"

"You look like you know what you are doing, I think I would like to work for you." he turned to Andy "What about you, love"

"If you offer the job we would like to still think about it." she answered them both "We don't do our decisions so quickly"

"That is a refreshing thing to hear" he smiled again. "Think about it, the job is yours if you want it."

He stood up and called his crew back.

"One more thing to settle" he turned to Sam and Andy. "To show you my investment in you."

Sam knew what was going to happen. He shifted so Andy would also have to do it. Then if she flinches, he wouldn't notice, hopefully.

Duncan took a sharp knife and cut the throat of the asshole who got beaten up by Sam and Andy. He didn't even hesitate just killed a man. Blood was everywhere and luckily Andys flinch was not noticed.

"He had some suspicion about you from the start. I don't like it when people on the same team stir up lies." He cleaned his gun on the corpses clothes and turned to them one more time "I'll expect your decision tomorrow evening."

She was jumping up and down. "We did it!"

He laughed at her excitement "Yeah we did, and 2 months earlier then planned."

She kissed him "We are going to celebrate!"

"You mean get drunk?" he laughed.

"Fuck yeah!" she looked so cute when she was acting angry. "Let's go home and get drunk!"

"Okay, but the bloody room?" Sam ruined her mood.

She pouted "Let someone else do it. Please!"

Sam couldn't resist her "Fine, but my place then."

"Why yours?" she frowned but then shook her head "Who the fuck cares, let's go"

He laughed again "We should take some bottles with us"

"Yes, Charice!" she yelled "We are leaving an taking some bottles with us."

"Call security into this room too. After we leave." Sam added.

"Sure, Good night." she smiled.

"Now let's go, baby" she pulled him with her.

"Why so eager?" she smiled "Not that I'm complaining."

"Because I want to play a drinking game with you." she smiled trying to seduce him.

He was more then ready to go "Please tell me it involves removing clothes." he crossed his fingers

"No, but we can do that anyway." she half smiled

"Yes! Let's go baby, or I'll have to drive really fast again." he smiled his sexy smile.

She laughed remembering and they half ran out of the bar hands joined together.