“It wouldn’t have lasted,” Lex said over the din.
Brody shrugged. “Maybe not.”
“You aremessed up, dude. In the immortal words of Cher,Snap out of it!”
“I will,” Brody replied. “Just not tonight.”
Moments after the music started up again, the outer door opened. From his vantage point, Brody could see everyone who entered and everyone who exited. The man who’d entered seconds before? None other than Walter Butler. He sat up a little straighter and nudged Lex, but saw his head of security had already taken notice of their new arrival.
Walt entered, seeming a bit squirrely. He searched the room, but luckily didn’t seem to notice Brody and Lex watching him. After ordering a drink at the bar, Walt walked over toward the dancefloor. Leaning on one of the high tables, he watched the crowded space, filled with leather-bound men writhing together to the club remix of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.”
It was pretty obvious that Walt was cruising.
A smile crossed Brody’s lips. He fished his cell phone out of his boot and hit the button to record—but the club was too dark to clearly show it was Walt on the screen.
Brody and Lex weren’t the only ones who noticed Walt was there looking for some strange. A man approached him a few minutes later, whispering in Walt’s ear. Brody had seen the guy in the club a time or two before, but he didn’t have a name. The pair had a brief conversation—before Walt followed the guy to the men’s room.
Bingo.
He turned to capture Lex’s gaze. Lex’s smile was as broad as his own.
Brody leaned toward Lex. “You up to helping me find out what’s happening in that bathroom?”
“You know it,” Lex said, rising. “Give me a minute. Meet you at the bathroom door.”
Brody managed his way through the crowded dancefloor and paused before the men’s room. A customer exited—giving Brody a glimpse inside of Walt going into one stall and the guy into the one beside it. He realized there was a glory hole between those two stalls. Under any other circumstances, what his patrons did in the bathroom was their own business. He took their privacy to heart and he felt slimy for what he was about to do. Yet if catching the hypocritical man in the act protected Noah without forcing him into major violence, he’d be that asshole.
Lex appeared and handed him one of their walkie systems with an earpiece. The bouncers used them—but Brody didn’t like wearing the thing, though he knew he should. Once he had it on, he heard Lex’s voice.
“I’ve got these set to another channel so no one will hear us.”
“Good,” Brody murmured, clicking the button on the wire leading to his ear. “I saw them going into two stalls. The one with the glory hole between them.”
“Ha! That fucking hypocrite,” Lex barked. “Okay…We go in. I can unlock the door from the outside. As long as he’s focused on what he’s doing, I doubt he’ll notice. I’ll give you the cue, then slowly open the door. Have your phone ready. I hope Walt’s ready for his close-up.”
Plan in place, they entered the bathroom. Two guys were in one corner, making out—but Lex silently urged them out. No one else appeared to be inside but the four of them. From behind the stall doors, Brody heard the sounds of sex. And he could see through the slit in the door that Walt was on his knees.
Lex used a thin tool to slowly unlock the stall door. He paused, one hand on the top of the door. The other counted down from three. Brody lifted his phone, the camera already on and with one press of a button, recording. Lex gently opened the stall door, giving Brody the perfect view of Walt with a mouthful of cock. He groaned around the shaft in his mouth while he jerked himself off.
“My, my, my… what a deep throat you have, Walt,” Lex all but sang from the doorway.
Walt’s head turned, and the cock slipped from his mouth. He jumped to his feet, nearly collapsing from his pants gathered around his knees. As soon as he had his pants up, he leapt toward the camera, roaring with anger.
Lex put himself between them as Brody hid the camera from view.
“What a hypocritical piece of garbage you are. Threatening to force your son into a conversion camp while you’re here on the DL, sucking some stranger’s dick through a glory hole of all things. I bet Abbie Lee wouldloveto see how well you slurp up some cock, Walt,” Brody said.
“Youwouldn’t.”
Brody chuckled. “Oh, I think we both know Iverymuch would…”
“Delete that!” Walt screamed, reaching for Brody again. Luckily Lex was too big and broad for Walt to get a hold of anything.
“Lex, why don’t you keep him here while I go find Abbie Lee?”
“No!” Walt roared. “Dear God, no!”
Brody paused and spun back around. “Showing Abbie Lee sure would be a load of fun. We both realize you deserve whatever comes to you.” He paused again, this time for dramatic effect. “Though, Iguesswe could make a bargain of sorts.”