Dave and his wife Clare were sitting at the bar, quietly watch Carlo holding court in the corner booth. He had very high dollar escorts sitting at either side and some extremely large hired knuckle men standing guard. They were trying to appear unobtrusive but a matched pair of six foot five thugs are hard to miss.
Dave was a private eye, an ex-cop hired to dig up the good stuff; the embarrassments that might convince someone to take another direction. Somebody pressing you for an unpaid gambling debt? Dave was the "go-to" guy. He was good at digging up mounds of sellable dirt. Clare was his trophy wife, 15 years younger and hotter than a nickel pistol. She was into the cheap thrills of detective work and always happy to help Dave.
"Sit tight," Dave told her after a few minutes of observing Carlo. I'm going to walk by his booth and listen in with this." He showed her a very small mic that blue-toothed to his ear piece.
Playing the slightly tipsy drunk, he staggered by Carlo's booth. Tripping just as he approached, he reach out with his hand to break his fall, sticking the listening device to the side of the banquette. He wandered over to the men's room.
Knuckle dragger number one followed him. Dave continued the drunk act and staggered into a stall, waiting for the bad guy to get bored and leave.
Carlo, gazing around the room, spotted Clare. She was his type, a tall blonde with a world class chest. Just a little too much side boobage made his mouth water. He reach down to 'readjust' himself. One of his companions noticed and leaned over to whisper, "Baby, you don't have to do that all by yourself. I'll be glad to give you a hand." She dragged her fingers across his cock.
"Damn, this bitch is going to earn her money tonight," he thought to himself. He motioned to the waitress. She walked over to take his order.
"The babe sitting at the bar," he gestured toward Clare, "What's she drinking?"
"Looks like a vodka martini."
"Get her another and give her my card." He wrote, "Please join me for drinks" on it and handed it to the waitress along with two $100 bills.
The waitress took the card and looked at the money then glanced up at Carlo.
"One of those notes is for you, the other goes under her drink."
A moment later, the waitress placed the martini in front of Clare, using the $100 bill as a coaster and handed her the card. She pointed toward Carlo and said, "The gentlemen over there would like you to join him."
Clare read the card and glanced toward the gentleman. Carlo raise his glass. Clare nodded and raised hers. She mouthed "Thank you" and then shook her head, turning down his offer.
Carlo slid out of the booth and walked over to her. "You must not disappoint me. You are a gorgeous woman and I would love to spend the evening getting to know you better."
"I'm here with .....a friend. I'm sorry but I really have to turn down your kind offer."
"Maybe some other evening? My card has my phone number. Please call me when you're free. I would very much enjoy your company for a few hours."
He reached out and touched her cheek before returning to his booth. Carlo was a sexual predator and he intended to have her. The wedding ring he noticed made the challenge of bedding her even more interesting.
Dave heard the thug leave the men's room and waited a few minutes before walking unsteadily back to the bar.
"Your friend Carlo just came on to me," said Clare when he sat down. She showed him the C note and the card.
They sat at the bar for another 15 minutes while Dave listened to Carlo's conversation on his ear piece. Aside from a few comments about "That blonde's suckable tits" and a comment from one of the hookers, "I bet she squeals like a little piggy when she gets buttfucked," he heard nothing usable.
Dave and Clare left and climbed into their car. "I got nothing. I'm going to need to break into his house and snoop around. Gotta find a way to keep him occupied for a few hours though."
Neither noticed that one of the thugs had followed them out and was just a few car lengths back. He trailed them all the way home and made note of the address.
"Would you want to risk taking him up on his dinner offer? You could dazzle him for a few hours while I searched his house."
"Sleaze bags like that don't want a few hours of witty conversation unless it leads to a big payoff at the end of the evening," she replied.
"You know how to handle yourself. I'm sure you can finesse the grand finale he expects. If not, I'll be nearby as soon as I finish."
"You're going to save me when he'll have those two body guards standing by?"
"This is my great equalizer," he said, patting the 38 in his shoulder holster. "I'll give it a few days and call him."
Meanwhile thug #1 had traced the house number and was back at the bar. "Dave and Clare Politano. He's a private eye. I think she helps him out from time-to-time."
Carlo smiled. When you're playing cards, he thought, it always helps to stack the deck.
Two days later, Carlo's phone rang. "Hi, this is Clare. You introduced yourself to me the other night."
"Yes?"
"You left your card and a $100 bill. If you would like to meet me for dinner tomorrow, I would like to return the money."
"I have more money than I need. Shall I send my car at 7?"
"No need. I'll meet you at the same bar. We can have a drink and go on from there."
"My pleasure. And I hope it will be yours, too."
Carlo beckoned to thug #2. "Tomorrow night, I'll be entertaining the lady I met at the bar a few nights ago. Your brother told me her husband is a private eye so I'll need you to watch the house. If you catch him on the grounds, take him down gently. I want him to watch as I do his wife."
Thug #2 nodded and smiled. The house was rigged with hidden cameras and the control room was in the basement. He had often watched while Carlo played with his catches. Some were willing; some weren't and had to be 'chemically' convinced. The videos always convinced even the most unwilling to forget about what happened. In either case, Carlo liked to take his time and enjoy his conquests to the fullest. When he was feeling generous, he would often share his lady of the evening with his body guards when he was finished.
"How do I look?" asked Clare as she finished dressing for her evening with Carlo. She was a little nervous but she enjoyed playing detective.
Dave checked her out. Upswept hair, short but still demure dress that showed some interesting cleavage at the top. It fit snugly without looking slutty. "Very classy," he said. "You're miles ahead of those working girls he was with."
She stepped into her heels which had a very pleasurable effect on the shape of her ass. The three inch boost put her at an even six feet tall.
"You have the panic button in your purse. Hit it if you're in a jam that you can't get out of. And be careful."
She smiled at him, a still nervous but excited little grin, then walked to the door. Dave watched her ass twitch as she went. He would definitely have to help her out of that dress at the end of the night. He watched as a cab pulled up front and took her away. He went to his car a few minutes later and drove to Carlo's house. He wanted to get this part of the evening over as quickly as possible so he could be near Clare and Carlo if anything happened.