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.He told himself he just needed to get close enough tosmell Nate s scent.Nothing more. I don t think we re going to have to do that.Ahhh, there we go.Logan s breath rustled against Nate s hair, and damn, it felt dangerously close to lying on top of himin a bed, with Logan s arms in a push-up stance the only thing keeping their bodies from connectingfrom top to bottom.Motherfucker.Logan exhaled through his desire to dip down and deeply breathe Nate in.Mentally orderinghimself again, he put his full attention on movement at the back of the club. Look at what we have.Someone else is taking a peek too. The woman ducked back into the club as fast as she d looked out. I bet she was checking for someone watching her.Ten bucks says we ll see her again within fiveseconds as she comes searching for us, hoping we re still here. That was Mya, Nate said.He turned, and the shift put his lips dangerously close to Logan s.His pupils flared, and he licked the edge of his mouth, but he didn t duck under Logan s arm towardfreedom.Nate s voice did catch in his throat a bit however Logan definitely heard the change ashe said,  She has that body from Pilates.Can you believe she has two kids under four years old? Does she now? Logan asked, a grin in his voice.Goddamn it, he wanted to flick Nate s mouthwith his tongue and take a taste.Logan bit his cheek to stop himself, but he couldn t push away fromthe wall if his life depended on it.Red pooled under the ruddy pink already chafing Nate s cheeks, flaming bright crimson linesacross the angular slashes of bone. I tried to establish conversations with the women that didn t haveeverything to do with the case, Nate shared. I hoped it would make them more comfortable talkingto me.The one thing more powerful than Logan s desires for this man his job intruded right then andsaved him from tilting Nate s head back and taking the guy s mouth with full intent for more.Mya notonly opened the door, she stepped outside into the cold and started walking toward the front parkinglot.Jesus.Before Logan got a hard-on while on the job, he pushed past Nate and approached theLatina woman clutching a hoodie sweater closed over a short, fire-engine red robe. Hi. Trying to put forward his least intimidating stance, Logan stuck out his hand. Nate saysyour name is Mya? I m Logan.Were you coming to look for me? Yeah.I hoped I could find you before you left. Mya took another quick glance at the doorshe d just exited from before shaking Logan s hand. Look, I don t really know if the girl I knew isyour girl, but I think she is. A woman with short blonde hair peeked out of the door and gave Mya athumbs-up. Cindy is watching the club for me.She says Shaddy is drooling on one of his favoritegirls right now, but that might not last long. Here. Logan produced his photo of Daria. Take another look at this young woman.Do youknow her?Tugging at her sweater, Mya studied the picture. I think it s her.The bone structure, the mouth,the shape of the upper body is the same, but the girl I knew called herself Sunny, and she had reallydeep red hair in this funky, choppy bob cut. Mya took the picture from Logan.After looking at itclose-up one more time, she tapped it against her hand. When I saw this Daria chick s picture on thenews, I remembered thinking she looked kind of familiar.But the news talked about some prestigioushigh school and college she went to, and Sunny had like a New Yorker accent, and I figured shehadn t even graduated from high school.Sometimes people look alike, so I didn t think about it much.Then one of our bartenders said something about how Sunny and this missing girl looked kind of aliketoo, and Shaddy got so pissed.He said she didn t, and it wasn t her, and if anyone came asking, wenever had any Daria Sarna working here.Which  she handed back the picture  we didn t.We hada Sunny working here. And when you and the bartender thought she looked familiar, nobody else questioned Shaddy sinsistence that they weren t the same girl? Logan asked.Righteous fire suddenly blazed in Mya s eyes. You ve never seen Shaddy crazy-mad.We allneed our jobs here, and Shaddy will fire your ass if he thinks you re looking at him sideways.It ain tlike anyone is gonna take on a wrongful termination or sexual harassment lawsuit from a stripper, youknow?Logan backpedaled off the judgment he d unfairly let seep into his voice. I apologize.Can youtell me how long Sunny worked here?Mya made a clicking noise with her tongue, before saying,  Sunny started working here maybelike two weeks before I saw on the news about this Daria girl disappearing.We have girls up andquit all the time, so it wasn t so strange when Sunny all of a sudden didn t show up for work. I d like to get back to your boss for just a second.Can you think of any reason Mr.Shaddenmight want to hurt Sunny? Logan asked one of the most obvious questions he d ever uttered in hislife.Mya snorted. He wanted to fuck her, if you can count that as something.She used that NewYork tough-girl thing to make him keep his hands mostly to himself.He also hinted she could make alot of extra money doing shows in the private rooms upstairs.She told me she asked him to his face ifhe was saying he would pimp her out for a price, and Shaddy quickly promised her that wasn t whathe meant. With a roll of her eyes, Mya finished,  It was what he meant.Not that you can prove it.Logan could see Nate furiously taking notes, which allowed him to breathe easier and focusentirely on Mya, what she said, and her body language. Did that happen right before Sunny disappeared? he questioned. I think two days. Mya looked down at a sparkly, crystal-encrusted watch on her wrist. I don thave much more time.It ll be my turn on the stage soon.I told you everything I know. Just one more second, Logan said. If you can.Mya s gaze darted back to Cindy, and her stance became more tense. Hurry it up. Can you think of anything else that stood out about Sunny? Did she ever mention a Daria, as ifshe were another person? Did she ever not respond to the name Sunny, as if it were a new name toher? No, this gig wasn t even new to Sunny.She said she worked at Gentleman s Choice a couple ofweeks before she came here but didn t like the owner, so she quit. Mya dropped a bomb without anyseeming clue she had. Anything else? You know  Mya perked up  Sunny did ask about someone named Tracy.She even showedme a picture to see if I recognized her.I didn t, but I think Cindy did. Mya moved closer to the door,her heels clicking on the concrete. Cin, she whispered. Sunny asked you about that Tracy girl too.Right?Just as Logan and Nate reached the duo, Cindy said,  Yeah.I think it was on her last nightworking [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]