As he walked into Opus, Steve smiled. He could see Nessa, that beautiful girl that had arranged for him to get a complimentary suite a couple of days earlier, when he had won big at the Montecito's craps table. She noticed him, smiled widely, and beckoned for him to come on over. She was 5'10" and slim, with dark skin and long black hair, which reminded him of Cleopatra. As he approached Nessa, the girl Nessa had been talking to looked at Steve and exclaimed, "You! Uuungh!" and stomped away angrily.
"What was that about, Steve?" Nessa asked.
"That was Sam, right?" he asked in return.
"Yes. Yes it was." she replied.
"Do you remember the other day when you arranged for my comped suite?" Steve asked. "Well, Sam approached me and offered me uhhhhh, services...but she didn't actually say what those uhhhhmmm, services might be. So I kind of assumed, and well I, uhhh...."
"You what, Steve?" Nessa asked softly, in her British accent.
"I told her I wasn't interested in paying for sex." he replied quietly.
"You what?!?!" Nessa asked incredulously.
Before he could answer, a gorgeous redhead standing to Nessa's right said, "You thought Sam was a hooker?!?!
"Well, I uhh, she's very pretty, and I uhhhmm, well I..." Steve stammered.
Now the tall pretty blonde standing next to the redhead exclaimed, "I can't believe you thought Sam was a hooker!!"
Now Nessa spoke up. "Steve," she said, "These are my friends, Mary and Delinda."
"Mary and Delinda." Steve repeated aloud. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Steve."
"I can't believe you really thought Sam was a hooker." said Mary, the hot redhead.
"Well...she was really vague about the, uhh, 'services' she was offering and I, uhh, I guess I just assumed..." Steve stammered.
"No wonder she's pissed at you." Nessa said. "I would be too."
Steve said, "I haven't gotten a chance to apologize. She runs away when she sees me coming."
"Well she must be embarrassed." said Nessa. Pointing a few yards away, Nessa added, "She's right over there. Why don't you give it a shot?"
"Alright." Steve said as he walked away and approached Sam.
"Remember me?" he asked her.
"Look you..." Sam started to say, before Steve interrupted her.
"Please let me apologize. I assumed something about you the other day, and, uhhhh, well, I was really wrong, and I uhhhmm, I'm sorry..." he stammered.
But before she could answer, he heard a scream behind him. Whirling around, he saw Nessa shoving a 6'3" white guy away from her. A split second later, he saw Delinda ball up her fist and take a swing at a bald 6'2" black guy standing next to the guy Nessa had shoved. Steve sprung into action without thinking. He threw himself between Nessa & the guy she had shoved and snarled, "You put your hands on that woman again and you & I are gonna have a problem. Don't make me hurt you..."
Surprised, both of the girls' assailants took an almost involuntary step back. Steve suddenly realized he might be in trouble, for he was just 5'7", and both guys towered over him. Nessa put her hand on Steve's shoulder and said, "Steve, this is Danny. He's the head of security."
Delinda then spoke up. "And this is Mike. He's in charge of surveillance." she said.
Steve was stunned. He looked at Danny and said, "You're the Security Chief? And you're in charge of surveillance?" as he turned toward Mike.
Both guys were nodding, and starting to smile. "I hope you'll let me apologize," Steve continued. "From over there I thought you were harassing the girls...I couldn't just stand there...I had to do something...look, I'm uhhhhmm, I'm really sorry." he said as he reached out to shake Danny's hand.
"No problem." said Danny, smiling, shaking Steve's hand.
"Yeah, no problem at all." Mike chimed in, also shaking Steve's hand, with a big grin on his face. "We should be thanking you. Those are our friends you were defending."
"Yeah," said Danny, "we should be thanking you."
"No, no...that's crazy..." said Steve.
But Danny slapped him on the back, and he and Mike both said, "Thanks!" as they walked away.
"Steve," Nessa said in an awed voice, "I can't believe you did that."
"Yeah," Delinda added, "that's the bravest thing I've ever seen."
Then Mary chimed in. "Those guys are twice your size...you could have been killed!"