I slid my hands into the pockets of my denim jacket, rubbing the smooth leather of my wallet between my fingers. I've been Crystal for 6 months now, but her clothes still felt like a costume and her life still felt like a sham. That was a good thing, I guess. I've heard stories about cops who lost themselves undercover, and longed for the life of a criminal long after the assignment was over.
I admit, parts of the life were fun. There's money that you can spend however you want, adrenaline, freedom. As long as you sold the shit you needed to sell and stayed loyal, you could do whatever the fuck you wanted. But living on the edge came with a cost, and that cost was too high for me.
I leaned back into the diner booth, letting out an exasperated sigh. I've been waiting for 20 minutes now. Duke was late, and he was never late. My legs were getting cold, so I pulled down my skirt to try and cover more, to no avail. The dress I was wearing was short, a little bit skanky; it was part of my character.
I pulled out my phone to check the time; 8:24. I was starting to get a bit worried. Duke was the closest thing to a friend that I had in this life. He was funny, a bit goofy sometimes, and I think he genuinely cared about me. He stood up for me when he didn't have to, lent me some of his earnings when I was short.
I looked up at the bell of the diner door as a tall man in a hoodie and ripped jeans walked in: Duke. I leaned forward in my seat and started rapidly typing on my phone, to make it look like I was texting. Bored and unbothered by his tardiness. He scanned the diner, finally making his way over to me and sliding into the booth. I looked up lazily, "You're late."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Trust, me Crystal, you won't care when you hear why."
I set my phone down and cocked my head, "yeah? Spill."
He grinned, his blue eyes twinkling. "Teddy wants to meet you."
My eyes widened. Teddy Bear. The man I've been working to meet all these months. My heart was jumping inside my chest. I finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel. If I played my cards right, I could be home by Christmas, see my husband again.
His name was ironic, obviously. The man was anything but cute or cuddly, and responsible for most of the drug activity on the eastern seaboard. There's no telling how many people have died because of him.
"Teddy? Are you for real?"
"Yeah, baby! Apparently, you did more these past 6 months than most do in 2 years."
I grinned. "When?"
Duke stood back up, "Right now, so let's go"
I could barely contain my excitement as I followed.
~~~~~~~~~
Our cab pulled up behind a nightclub, and Duke and I got out. He pulled open a rusty door in an alley, "He wants to see you alone. Just go down the stairs, open the door, and wait there."
I nod, "Thank you so much Duke."
He smiled at me, "Good luck".
The door shut behind me and I began to descend down the stairs. Half of me was terrified, the other excited. I was glad I dressed up today, I knew I needed to make a good impression. My breasts were on prominent display in my tight dress, and I found them to be a very good asset whenever dealing with any man in this business. My long black hair was curled, and framed my face, which looked somewhat innocent no matter how hard I tried to look otherwise. My legs, already long, seemed even longer today due to the length of my dress and my heels.
Finally, I got to the bottom. My heart pounding, I rested my hand on the knob. I didn't move for a couple seconds, taking in the gravitas of the situation. I bit my lip and pushed it open.
I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't this. The room looked like a lavish office, something you'd see in some fancy highrise law firm or on wall street. A large mahogany desk sat on the other end of the room, a large leather chair and imposing bookcase behind it. There was a door on that wall as well, almost as colossal as the desk.
There was nobody else in the room, so I sat in one of the two chairs facing the desk. I crossed my legs and began to wait. God damn I was doing a lot of waiting today.
10 minutes later, the door behind the desk creaked open. I immediately sat up straight and brushed my hair out of my face. I was kind of scared to look, scared to see what Teddy looked like. He's been some mythological creature in my mind for so long, I wasn't sure that I was ready to meet him in person.
But when I looked up I didn't see Teddy, I saw a face I knew all too well. "Duke? What are you doing here? I thought you said Teddy wanted to see me alone?"
Duke didn't reply. He just laughed and sat in the big chair across from me. He was dressed differently now, in a suit. I had to say, it suited him. 2 men emerged from the door as well, and made their way around the table behind me.
I swiveled my head, confused and a little scared. Turning back to Duke, I asked "What the hell is going on? Where is Teddy?"
Duke laughed again. " I am Teddy, Crystal" he smiled, straightening his tie, "Or should I say Danielle? Or Officer Moore? I'm not sure what you go by"
My heart sank into my chest. How could I be so stupid? How did I mess up this bad?
"I honestly have no idea what you're talking about" My voice was shakier than I wanted it to be, but I needed to stall, I needed to make an escape plan. I slid my hand back into my pocket, opening the wallet with my fingers. I had a button, for emergencies only, if I needed extraction. And I really fucking needed extraction.
"Don't play stupid, Danielle. Can I call you Dani?" He didn't wait for a response, "I know you played me. And you know that I don't like that."
I frantically pressed the button, staying silent.
Duke laughed again. "Don't bother trying to send out a signal. We're underground, and the building is built so that nothing can get in or out. You're stuck here. Nobody's coming." He smiled, and raised his eyebrow at the man behind me. I felt the nuzzle of a pistol against the back of my head.
My eyes began to tear up, "Please, let me go. I don't have anything on you, nothing at all. I won't say anything, I'll be your man on the inside, please, please, just don't kill me."
Duke stood up. "Why should I believe you? You've proven that you're not loyal" He leaned across the table, "And I need loyalty."
Tears were streaming down my cheeks, my mascara probably running. "Please, I'll prove myself to you. I can't die. I have a husband, I have a son please, he's only 4 he needs his mom"
"You should have thought about that before you betrayed me, huh, Dani?" He nodded to one of the men behind me again, and the gun was pulled back. I sighed in relief.
"Oh don't look so happy. I'm not going to kill you, but I'm not going to let you go either." He walked around the desk until he was standing in front of me, and stroked my face. "You're much too pretty for that."
"What.. what are you going to do then?" I whimpered.
He laughed again. God how much I used to love that laugh. "Teach you some loyalty, Dani."
He grabbed me by my hair and yanked me up and over the desk, so that my ass was in the air. The men behind me walked around to the front of the desk and each grabbed an arm, pulling them forward and holding me still. Behind me, I could hear the sound of Duke, or Teddy I guess, undoing his belt. I knew what was coming.
He folded it and snapped it loudly, the sound sending shivers down my spine and into my pussy. I hated to admit it, but the fear was making me wet. I braced for the pain, but instead felt his hands grabbing me.
He squished my ass in his hands, his large, warm hands, pinching the skin through the thin fabric of my dress and panties. "Oh god, how I loved this ass. And now, it belongs to me. You belong to me, Dani." He lifted his hands and immediately whipped the belt across my cheek. I
I yelped in pain, and squirmed at the impact. "Stay still, Dani. You have to learn who you belong to." He whipped me again, on the other cheek. I cried out and squirmed again.
"I told you to stay still, now it's going to get worse. That's what happens when you don't listen. Things get worse." He pulled up my dress over my hips and yanked my panties down to my knees, exposing the pale white skin of my ass.
"I can't wait to turn this red" Teddy began to rain the slaps of the belt onto my ass, with no rhythm or direction, just speed and strength. I could feel my ass getting hot at the pain, welts forming were the belt hit, overlapping with each other. I tried to keep still, I really did. But it hurt so much that I couldn't. The men holding my arms pulled me in tighter, and gripped my hair.