Author's Note: This is the first part of a larger series I have planed out, so please enjoy this story and be sure to comment and vote for it if you like it. Many thanks go to BlueStarGrrrl who took the time to edit this much quicker then I thought. Thanks again for reading, I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did writing it.
-The Devil Man
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The hotel bar was rather large, and had a number of booths that were large and comfortable. The upscale hotel had a number of business men come to and fro; the owner paid extra money to make them feel relaxed while they drank.
An almost nightly fixture in the bar was one of the two bartenders, witty Mike, or Casual Steve, and a sultry woman, usually sitting at the bar or in the backmost booth.
She had the air of a woman in complete control, anyone even close around her understood that immediately. She wore her hair up in a pony tail, which made her seem venerable and sexy at the same time. The hair was a strange color that in the light looked anywhere from dark red to auburn. The blouse she wore was business-like, but one too many buttons were undone, to flash her melon size breasts, that easily filled most hands that were given a chance to hold them.
The pencil skirt accented her legs and showed off her hips and ass respectively, while the heels weren't too high but high enough to further show off her legs. The cherry red lipstick was the only make up she wore, she didn't need any other to enhance her natural beauty.
Tonight she sat at her usual booth, watching the bar, sipping a glass of white wine. Some nights she smoked, others she didn't - tonight she didn't with the crowd of Japanese businessmen in the bar.
While they all seemed to be in good sprits they paid her little attention, more focused on drinking whiskey then anything else. As the group drank and sang loudly, and off key, another man was drawing more attention to himself. Maybe more then he knew but he was constantly looking over his shoulder at the entrance to the bar, and his hand shook every time he picked up his glass. A young guy, he was wearing a nice suit and tie, his dark brown hair was cut short, which suited him fine, and he seemed to be in shape.
Steve was tending the bar tonight, and even with his hands full he still pointed the young man out to her. She smiled warmly at him, picked up her drink and made her way over to him.
He didn't notice her till she was sitting next to him. He smiled nervously at her, and took another shaky sip of what seemed to be rum and coke.
She smiled at him, calming him down a bit. "Normally I don't ask other people about their problems; most times they seem to find me, but you look more nervous then a mouse in a trap factory."
Her voice was velvety smooth and sultry yet innocent and disarming at the same time. The young man took a quick breath.
"I'm just waiting for someone is all." He replied, holding the glass with both hands as he finished the drink quickly and motioned for Steve to refill it.
"Well, looks to me like you're trying to avoid someone rather then wait for said person. And while we are working toward honesty, you don't look old enough to be in a bar. I'd say you're nineteen, or twenty at best, so either Steve didn't card you, which is not likely. Or you've got a really good fake, something that cost you a couple hundred dollars."
Steve came back with the underage kid's drink and he waited a moment to eye the kid a little.
The woman put her hand on Steve's and squeezed but he didn't move. Luckily a businessman shouted for another round and Steve couldn't afford to ignore the possible big tip they were going to leave, so he hurried off to refill their glasses.
"Come with me and we'll talk."
"But I don't even know your name?" He asked hesitantly, looking like he might just bolt for the door.
"People call me Lauren these days. Please before Steve throws you out."
She took his hand and led him back to her booth. He sat to her right and took a drink as she sipped her wine.
"My name is John, and yea I'm underage, I paid a lot for a good fake ID but it's not to just get into bars," John told her, strength returning to his voice as he revealed his secret.
"So other then being underage and drinking in a bar, why else are you nervous?" Lauren asked as she eyed him, giving him a once over.
"You probably wouldn't understand if I told you."
"Doubtful, I can understand a lot actually. So shoot, I want to know now." Lauren smiled, disarming and seductive all at the same time.
"Well it's been just my mom and me for all I could remember, and she could provide, she was a real good investment banker. Then she met this guy and he seemed ok at first, then I started to notice things. He never seemed to have money and my mom always seemed to have more for him, then I noticed the bruises." John paused to take a drink from his glass.
"When I asked her about it she laughed it off, saying she was just clumsy and bumped into something. I knew she was lying; she was a ballet dancer when she was my age, and she was far from clumsy.
"So putting two and two together I tried to get her help, but you can only open a door for someone - they have to walk through it. After a while it got worse, and then one night I caught him and lost my temper.
"I was sent off to boarding school after that, then later, college. When my mother died suddenly, she suddenly had a new will and life insurance. I was left with nothing." John paused again and Lauren rested her hand on his thigh and smiled sadly at him.
"So I confronted him, and he lied right to my face, so yet another time I lost my temper, but I got away this time. I stayed with a friend and called in a couple favors to some of my friends from colleague and they hacked his bank account. So now he's broke and I have everything, and I am trying to make it to another friend who can get me out of the country.
"Now I'm killing time trying to calm down my nerves so I can leave when she gets here in the morning."
"Well now, that's a story for you," Lauren chuckled, "but I believe you. So now that you're rich where are you escaping to?"
"Some place warm, with a white sandy beach, I hear St. Kitts is a good start."
"Sounds nice John," Lauren told him as she started to rub his thigh gently. "I understand that the police might be looking for you, so I have an idea."
John looked up at her questioningly. "I do have a room here I use for business, which we could enjoy each other's company while you wait for morning."
John took a minute to piece it together, "Wait a minute, you're a pro-"
"A businesswoman, who sells her time," she cut him off, as her hand crept up and stopped when he was becoming uncomfortable. "If you're not interested I can always leave."
"No it's not that, um..." He seemed to be getting his thoughts together but she answered before he could.
"You haven't been quite around the block yet, am I correct?"
John just nodded his head.