Page 29 of My Mafia Daddy

Maybe I’ll get more from him in person. I don’tchooseto spend time with Hudson if I can help it, but I suppose if it gives me what I need, then so be it.

I’ve done worse for information, I’m sure.

“Okay, you know what…” I say with a smile. “It has been a long time. It isn’t often that guys like us get to just have fun, am I right?”

Hudson tosses some money down on the table and smirks. “You know what that means? Strip club! Right?Diamondsis just around the corner, and there are some smoking hot women there.”

Oh God.

I don’t groan, even if I want to.

It’s going to be a long night, but hopefully a good one.

“Come on then.” I sling back the rest of my whiskey. “Let’s get out of here.”

I’d rather be anywhere else in the world than at a strip club with Hudson. Most of all, I should be keeping an eye on Emma, but I don’t have any choice in the matter.

This isforEmma.

This is for her protection.

We leave the lobby and I follow Owen to the seedier end of town. It’s hard to keep up the façade but I know it’s the right thing to do.

“So, you need a break, just like me, huh?” I ask as I sling my arm playfully around him.

Givenchy cologne. Not a fan.

“Work is really getting on my ass as well at the moment. Sometimes I think that the guys we work for don’t have any respect for us at all.”

“No shit Sherlock. We are just the hired hands.” Hudson rolls his eyes. “We don’t respect them either, do we? We’re just in it for the cash. They know that and so do we. That’s the deal we have. It means we don’t need loyalty. We only want that paycheck.”

Hmm, okay.

I can work with that.

Lack of respect means it shouldn’t be too hard to get him to talk.

If money is all he needs, then let’s see what I can do.

But not right now because we’re atDiamondsand Hudson’s eyes are lit up in delight. He’s got his head in the game and all he’s thinking about now are the women who he’s about to pay for their company.

Just hold it together, I remind myself.This will be good.

Okay,this is getting out of control now.

I don’t know what I thought would happen, but this…

This is something else.

Hudson is so wasted he can hardly keep his head up, but he’s still calling strippers over. I’m shocked he isn’t bored of this now. I sure as hell am.

I think this man might be obsessed with strippers.

“Come on, man, enjoy these women,” he slurs at me. “Get a dance.”

I shake my head.

These women aren’t doing anything for me.

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