Author's Note: This story is completely fictional and did not happen. All characters and names are fictional and were made up.
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Miami, Florida
The lights beamed down consuming brightness in a contrast of neon colors over the black stage. As soon as the music came back on, the lights changed and blinked a clip of colors before fading off. For the first Friday night partying at Disco Fever, it wasn't like any other club in South Beach that had bright lights and loud music. The dance floor was filled with bodies shaking about while a DJ set at the turn table operating everything to control the crowd's intensity. All that was downstairs, upstairs was another story.
Steven was just leaving the office upstairs after hanging up the phone with a client of his across town. The younger brother of Tony Diaz, spent most of his time working the clubs they owned instead of lavishing in the wealthy lifestyle that came with it. None of this truly bothered him. While Tony got the spotlight and fancy image, Steven could shift back and work the angles from the corner regardless if it was legal or not.
As he was leaving the club taking the walk downstairs of the spiraling neon lit staircase, his white suit caught the eye of a woman in black. A short figure stood there with a smile on her face before shouting to him.
"Steven! Long time, no see!"
Upon looking over at that face, the man instantly recognized it. Steven smiled and opened his arms as the girl came rushing to give him a hug. It was none other than Vida Guerra, a long time old friend of his.
"It's been a while Vida, how have you been?"
"Just great! Came down to see the new club and have some fun."
Moving from the hug, Steven couldn't help but get lost in those big brown eyes of hers.
"Well, I was about to leave but I want to catch up with you. It's been a long time old friend, how is the modelling stuff going?"
"Oh, not so much into that anymore. I am doing fitness training and building my body up. That's the only photo shoots I do anymore."
"Ah I see, well, let's go upstairs and you can tell me all about that."
"I thought you were about to leave?"
Steven smiled at her nodding before responding.
"Not without you in my sights, come on beautiful one."
He offered his hand out to her and then Vida winked at him before taking it. Together, they walked back up the spiraling staircase and were heading to the V.I.P. rooms where Steven had his private office. He didn't expect to find himself going back to his office tonight but Vida was an old friend and he wanted to catch up with her and find out what had been going on in her life. The music began to take a short fade as they walked through the V.I.P. halls to the point her high heels were the only thing beating a loud bass sound. Unlocking the door back to his office, the man invited Vida in the door first before himself. She lit up in a smile.
"Thank you Steven, you didn't have to do this."
"Yes I did, I haven't got to see you in what, 5 years now? You walk into one of our clubs, and I gotta take some time to catch up with you."
Steven walked across his office to the little mini bar that he had set up by the window and then called out to her again.
"What you want, babe? I'll make you a drink on me."
"Oh that's fine Steven, I want some vodka straight up..."
"Straight up? Alright babe, you got it!"
While Steven opened the cabinet to fetch the glass and prepare her drink, Vida's eyes wandered and observed the office. It was much bigger than the one she remembered he had at the previous club from years ago. Several photos hanging on the wall of achievements, and a much larger and luxurious desk this time around. She smiled at the view, noticing one of the pictures hanging high on the wall was of Steven and his son at what looked like some kind of sports pep rally. She was curious about that photo.
"Is that your boy, Steven? He looks like he's grown by now."
"Yeah, that's little Jacob alright. Just turned 22 recently, he's at the college down south of town. He just made the practice team with the Canes."
"Oh my god! That's awesome Steven!"
With two glasses of vodka made, Steven turned his attention towards her and nodded with one of the glasses in his hand.
"Yeah, here's your drink babe."
Those high heels boomed over the floor as Vida slowly walked towards him looking him in the eye. Her black dress hugged every curve of her amazing body and those nicely shaped breasts teased his eye in the low cut of the dress. Once she stopped at the bar, she grabbed the drink and held it up to his glass so they could clank them together.
"Thank you Steven, always."
"Always babe."
The two drank down their glasses together slowly, savoring the taste of the expensive alcohol. Vida's eyes wandered again over the photos on the wall before speaking up when she seen one that had a birthday cake with a big 4-0 on it.
"Your 40th birthday?"
"Yeah, that was back in March actually, I just turned 40. I don't look it do I?"
Vida bust out laughing hard at him.
"Stop, I turned 42 recently! We still look terrific for our age! At least your hair didn't start to fade into grey like your brother!"
They both cracked a hard laugh at that one. Steven wasn't going to pass up any opportunity to make fun of his brother Tony in the trusty confines where he didn't have to worry about him hearing anything such as this.
"Yeah I guess you're right about that, old boy loves to brag though like it's something to be proud of."
"Oh please, I remember Tony about 10 years ago. He looked better with brown hair than all the grey in there now. He never uses hair dye, I told him about it several times."
"Well, that's Tony for you. Hard headed and all about his own pleasure."
Vida took another sip of her glass, draining it's entirety down her throat before setting it back down and smirking up at Steven. She thought to herself about his boy and figured up the age in her head.
"Oh my god, so Jacob is 22 now and you just turned 40. I had no idea you were a father at 18 years old."
Steven blushed before finishing off his drink and then replying.
"Yeah, well that was a long time ago now. It seems weird, seeing your boy grow up before your eyes before you're even 40. I give his mother Tara a lot of credit. Even though we're divorced now and that marriage never worked since we were so young when it all happened, I don't regret it. She deserves all the credit for raising him."
"See, that's what I always liked about you Steven. I liked you more than your brother, cause you are a man that works through the problems."
Vida's eyes studied Steven as he looked back at her from the other side of the little mini bar. She carried on.
"Tony just likes to fuck things up and leave the pieces on the floor, but you...you are a man that will fix things. I always liked that about you."
Their eyes met and Vida smirked again. Steven almost wanted to lean and place a kiss on those big lips of hers but he stopped himself. She knew his weakness as a man and the little brotherly rivalry that went on between the two Latin men.
"Tell me Vida, did you ever go on Tony's yacht years ago? No, scratch that. Don't tell me if you did. I don't want to know if he ever fucked you."
A laugh blew through her lips as she ran her hand through her darn brown hair and looked back in his eyes before shaking her head with a smile.
"Never. I would never subject myself to going on that fucking boat of his."