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Sonali mumbled something under her breath I didn’t hear, but I wasn’t about to have her repeat it again.

Brandon glanced over. “It could be from your smoking. We lost so many years being apart. I sure would hate to lose you early, because of those damn cigarettes. My daughter needs her uncle even though you don’t come visit.”

This conversation was heading down a path I had no plan going on. I lucked out that we had reached the restaurant. The hostess wore a black PVC dress. “Do you four want a booth or table?”

“We are meeting Mr. Black for dinner,” Brandon said.

“This way. He is in the back room.”

We followed the young lady through the dining room. Only a few people were eating. At one of the tables a woman kneeled under the table giving the man eating a blow job. Another table the Dom brought a fork up to the Sub’s lips and fed her each bite.

When we reached a set of black doors, the hostess tugged them open. Inside was a large circle table. Jared and Kayleen sat next to each other. A man and woman I didn’t recognize sat to Jared’s right. Thomas and Callie sat to the left of Kayleen.

Kayleen jumped up from her seat and rushed over and gave everyone hugs. She had on a black bustier top with strings crisscrossed in the front keeping it closed. “Come join us. Jared just put in the order for the table. The restaurant here serves the food family style. He ordered enough to feed thirty people.”

I led Sonali over to the table and I sat next to Thomas Riker and she sat next to me. Sasha sat next to Sonali.

“Thank you for joining Kayleen and I for diner,” Jared paused for a moment to help his wife back into her chair. “This is Master B, he is also one of the owners here.”

Sonali shifted in the seat next to me. I swore she was about to say something, but she clamped her lips back together. Her eyes narrowed at the man across from us. I leaned and whispered in her ear. “Do you know him?”

Her jaw clenched for a second. I missed what Jared had said. The man he introduced as Master B had his eyes glued on Sonali.

“No. I thought I did for a moment.” She answered back.

She lied. I wasn’t sure why, but I knew what she said wasn’t true. I would find out why later.

Callie cleared her throat, “Paolo, Antonio and Kat had said it was important that we meet. They didn’t explain what it was about over the phone.”

I glanced at the guy across from me and his date. Not sure I wanted to discuss the mission in front of him. Honestly, I wanted to smash my fist in his face.

Jared must of saw my internal struggle. “You can trust Master B with the mission. I invited him here tonight because you wanted a conversation about the security of the island. The lady next to him is Jasmin, she works for the island and is his sub Jasmin.”

“Yesterday, two men claiming to be FBI came to AA Security to hire us for a mission. But they were really CIA. They stated they’d tried to reach out to you, but you wouldn’t take their call.”

Eight servers walked into the room, each carrying two platters. They set the food down in the center of the table. Two of them grabbed bottles of red wine and filled each of our glasses.

When they walked out of the room Callie spoke. “Two men claiming to be FBI reached out and wanted full access to our servers. They didn’t have a warrant and wouldn’t tell me what they were looking for. That would be a breach to my users’ privacy.”

Jared leaned forward and filled a plate with food. He placed it in front of Kayleen before he filled his own plate. Then he leaned back in his chair. “Did they tell you what they wanted?”

I heard Sonali’s stomach rumble, but she didn’t reach for any food. Before I answered him, I turned toward her. “Do you need me to fill a plate for you?”

She shook her head. “No just nervous after yesterday.”

“I promise the food is safe.”

She hesitated for a second before she filled up her plate. I knew I had to eat too, but I still had no appetite.

“We don’t think they told us the truth. According to them someone on server 333 is running guns and drugs through the app,” Paolo stated.

“Bullshit,” Thomas barked.

Callie patted his arm. “I must agree with Thomas. He has to listen to me ramble about protocols I put in place, so trafficking is not happening though the application.”

I nodded. “AA Security joined 333?—”

“Mother fucker.” Jared barked. “Now we know who is behind that alliance. Let me guess Alligator Queen is Kat and your alliance is the killers,”

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