Robert now had to deal with Dave. He always liked Dave. He was just disgusted with what he did to women. Now Dave had become a problem. It was time for Tony to give Robert a favor.
Robert called Tony and asked if he could come and see him.
"Bobby, you know that is not a good idea."
"I know, but I need one of your favors, and I am not going to say it over any phone, especially one around you." Tony had told him to never say anything on a phone that he didn't want the feds to hear. Tony had learned from personal experience.
"Ok. Be ready and one of my boys will pick you up. You will need to be blindfolded."
"Not a problem, Tony. Thanks for this." Tony's car came within two hours. The two large gentlemen blindfolded Robert and he sat in the back of the car for another two hours. He figured they were doubling back and going around to put off the distance they really were from Tony's place. Robert didn't care, he didn't want to know anyway.
The car finally stopped, and they led him out to a doorway. When he was inside, they took the blindfold off and pointed to another door inside. Robert headed for the door and knocked. The door opened by another large man who motioned him in and to stop. He patted Robert down, and then let him through. He went through another door, and he was in a nice room with comfortable furniture. Tony was sitting behind a desk. He stood up when Robert entered the room and hugged him. He motioned for Robert to sit down.
"Thank you, Tony for seeing me personally. I consider this one of your favors you owe me. What I need will take care of everything else."
"If it is that serious, give me a minute." He got up and asked the two men in the room with them to leave. They looked at him like they didn't want to, but they weren't going to argue with Tony. When they were alone, Tony said, "This room is bug proof. It is protected by a revolving scanner that blocks all frequencies every second. Now, what is your problem?"
Robert took a deep breath. This could get tricky. "Tony, you are aware of the sex slave trade market in this town, I know. I know you do not participate in that. There are some things your people don't want to do. I appreciate that. My problem is my friend Dave. He works for the people in this trade. He has used Pedro's establishment as a recruiting ground for new girls. Pedro had asked him to not come there, and he had stayed away. I have bought three of his girls to get them away from him, and I have helped him with a girl he almost killed. I don't know why he didn't just dump her body into the river like his people to all the time, but he didn't. Now, he has returned to Pedro's and Pedro and him had words. Pedro was threatened by Dave, saying his people would take care of Pedro if they didn't let him recruit there. I am here with Pedro's blessing, but it is my favor I am calling in. I know your two organizations stay away from each other. I am hoping you can negotiate something that gets Dave out of Pedro's business. There it is."
Robert sat and waited to hear what Tony said. "Robert, I am glad you brought this to me. We appreciate how Pedro conducts his business. He never involves us, and we like that. I am glad he is going through you for this. You are correct. We have a truce with that organization. However, we do have a way to negotiate differences. I will begin that negotiation, and let you know what the result is. I will still leave one of your favors alone. We are almost even. I have never worried about you taking advantage of me with these favors. Thank you for your professionalism in business matters."
"Tony, thank you. I know how the world works. All I want to do is survive and live a good life. I will await word from you."
Tony motioned to the window, and the process was completed in reverse. He was home in two hours.
He now had his personal bed mate's situation to resolve. He now had four he had to balance. He decided to take a night off between each one. He called them together for a meeting.
"Ladies, by now you know I have bedded Mary. She is quite good at this. The late husband was a fool in more ways than one. However, I now want to resume with each of you. I have decided to take a night off between each of you. That is basically once a week. I know that is too little for some of you, so I have a solution for now. I am suggesting that you ladies pair up and enjoy each other from time to time. I know the ones of you I rescued from Dave have done it. Maybe one of you could see how Mary here feels about trying it out. I left off with Anna, and I wish Anna to come to me tonight. Thank you very much."
Anna came to his room that night. She looked magnificent. She dropped her robe and climbed into bed. "Have you talked to Mary since the night I had with her?"
"Yes. She is on cloud nine. I don't know what you did to her, but she is practically giddy." Robert reached for Anna, and she reached back. They fell into a clutch of arms, legs, and mouths until they fell asleep.
The non-profit was finally approved. Robert deposited the check he had been holding and they were off and running. He bought a small veterinary clinic as a front and let the woman doctor who had owned it, continue to run it. It was now a non-profit. He called Dr. Merriweather to come to the house to see him.
"Thank you doctor, for driving out here. I appreciate it."