Undercover

Chapter 13

It didn't take any serious thinking to realize that there was no way Kaleb was helping me after what I did, so I had no choice but to figure out how to get inside without him. I drove to the restaurant/bar to scope out the place, to see of there anyway I could get inside without having to meet Brandon, he may have taken a liking to me but I doubt he would defy someone like Frisky. Io got of the car and walked up to the building, and then to the alley way at the side, there was a way to climb up, but I would have to be really skilled to make that, which is why those years of gymnastics would come in handy. I shook the steel piping's and ladder that was there to make sure it was sturdy enough. It was stable enough to support my weight, but probably not for long.

"Make sure Maddie is here by nine, she has to woo these customers if she wants to keep in our inner circle", a man's voice came from the front of the building, "yes Mr. Frisky sir", another man answered. Mr. Frisky, I said in my mind, I quickly went to look to see what this Mr. Frisky looked like, but I was a little too late, I only saw the back of his head, which was slicked back with gel. After they had gone inside, I decided to leave until later tonight, then I would come back and look more into it. Since it was the weekend, I still had a lot of home-work and write-ups to do, I tried to start, but going to the club was consuming my mind even though I still had to wait until nine tonight to actually do anything, so home-work be the only thing to take my mind off it for a while. Four write-ups and three labs later, it was getting darker, so I looked up at the clock and it was nearing half eight. I closed my books, and adrenaline was now pumping through me, I packed up the stuff I needed and left.

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I held onto the fire escape's ladder and pulled it down, it was shorter than I had anticipated, but I had to make do. Making a jump, I finally grabbed onto the bottom of the ladder and hoisted myself up, it wasn't long until I got to the top, I grabbed onto the thick steel pipe that was protruding out from the wall, I pushed myself up from the top level of the ladder and grabbed onto the pipe with my hand, I made a turn with my entire body and grabbed the piece of fire escape that was not rusty and pulled myself up some more, I continued contorting my body until I nearly was at the top, when I lost my grip and my inner forearm got scrapped by a rusty piece of meatal that was sticking out, "fuck!", I winced in pain, but I had to pull through, because I was nearly there. Finally, I was at the bottom of a widow I could get through, I opened it with the hand that was not scrapped, it took a lot of my might, but I got it done.

It was a dangerous game to try and hoist myself up with my arm in this condition, but it was too late to turn back now. I took a deep breath in and out and started to try to push myself through the window, I grunted in pain for a while pushing myself up, and then I lost my footing a bit and slipped, my heart felt like it would pound right out of my chest at that very moment, my breathing started to get heavier and my eyes refused to open, I tried to steady my breathing and gave it my all, even with my injured arm that was still bleeding, some drops falling in my face when it was above my head. With a grunt I finally pulled myself, in the process part of my nail ripped, but I was just thankful I didn't fall to my death. My eyes were still closed even though I was already inside, I again steadied my breathing, taking deep breaths in and out, and when I did open my eyes, I was surrounded by mops and brooms and buckets. I was in the cleaning supply's room, figures, there was no way they would leave a window open to an important room.

I took a clean cloth from one of the boxes in the supply room to get rid of the blood that was on my face and hands before going outside, it hurt like a bitch but it had to be done. Opening the door to get outside, I looked around and no one was there so crouched down as a safety precaution and made my way across the hall. Five minutes after, the room was starting to become familiar, I was not in the hall with the doors labelled with the numbers and the colors like how Kaleb had explained. Letting out a sigh of relief that I was somewhere familiar. The door at the end of the hall was the most likely place they would be, and I was right. The first set of people to enter was two people dressed in black with the same stature as Brandon, then came in two others with a short slender man with salt and pepper hair wearing an expensive looking grey suite, that must be the boss, I said to myself.

Not long after my sister and Frisky together with two guards, one of which was Brandon and the other was the man who took over for him when Kaleb was stoned and drunk came up from the corridor to the left of the room, I could tell it was Frisky because of his gelled down hair. "Okay Naomi, you have to do well in there to secure your place here and your life, so don't fuck it up, you just have to entertain him for a while, and peek his interest, if you do there're be a lot in it for you", and he playfully slapped her cheek. He slicked back the side of his hair with his two hands at the same time and instructed Brandon to open the door.

I couldn't get any closer because there were extra tight with security, and I men extra tight, there were security guards lining the entire corridor and in front of the door where 'the meeting' was happening. There wasn't anything else I could do so I decided to leave for today. Still crouching down, I went to the top of the stairs which lead downstairs and there were still two security guards at the bottom, I cursed internally, and made my way back to the supply closet to go back down the way I came up. It was hard to do because the pain was still there but it was bearable. I t was easier to go down than it was to go up, but I was still thankful.

I got home alright, safely for that matter, but even though Maddie was still there at the club/restaurant, I still waited for her to come home. While I waited for her to come home, I tended to my wounds. I winced at the pain when the alcohol that was soaked in a cotton ball. I wrapped it up with a gauze bandage and pinned it up with a surgical pin. I laid back in my bed and prayed and hoped that my sister would come home safe and sound in one piece.

I was going down into a sleep when I heard my sister's car drive up into the driveway, and I shot up and looked out the window. She appeared fine from the way the way she walked, she even changed out of her tight dress, and was back to her basic work t-shirt and skirt. It did take long before she came inside, I could hear her keys jingling form all the way from downstairs, and then she was starting to walk up the stairs because I could hear her come up the stairs.

I slipped underneath my covers in case she decided to come into my room unannounced like last time. She didn't come into my room she just went in hers and closed the door shut. Feeling a sense of relief that my sister was alright and I could sleep in somewhat peace, but I still had to worry about what was going on in that meeting, I wondered if she would have anything in her room that would help me. That would be a problem for another day, right now my eye lids were getting heavy and my breathing became steady, and with that I fell asleep.