TIGERLILLY- THE BRAVO BOYS [book two]

Chapter TWENTY EIGHT

River O'riley

... THE NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON ...

As Deyton and I approach the front of The Factory, a group of black-haired beauties stand out front in stockings and stilettos, smoking their cigarettes and chattering back and forth in chirpy-sweet Cantonese..

I whistle short and sharp to Deyton and nod my head in their direction, implying I've found our ticket inside.. He glares at my suggestion but shrugs in indifference to the plan, zipping up his jacket to conceal the guns beneath his hefty winter coat..

"Hiya girlies!" I lower my shoulders to appear less intimidating as I approach the talkative collection of women with a friendly smile.. They all begin to giggle, playing coy, twirling their hair around dainty fingers and making kissy faces..

"Ooh hiii, Mister Big Sexy!" Flirts one of the more confident, English speaking, Raven haired-honeys.. "You like me?"

"Yeah China-doll, I like ya.." I lean against the brick wall beside her, looking down at her neck, seeing no Triad tattoo that matches Lilly's.. This girl doesn't appear to have any ink, at least from what I can see.. Which is just about everything.. She smells like grapefruit and mint and her eyes are an almost volcanic black..
She's way too pretty to be standing out on the street..

"I like all of you.." I wink, casting a glance around at each of their cute faces, looking for the Tri-rose brand and not finding it on any one of them..

They continue to laugh and flirt, whispering to each other in their natural tongues, thinking that they're keeping secrets that really I can easily understand..

"You take us all Mister Big Sexy?" The dainty Doll challenges me with a sweet smile.. She's a damn fine saleswoman, I'll give her that..

"Awh yeah.. Every last one o'yer.." I grin at the leader of their pack and she beams with excitement.. "How's about ye' take me upstairs China-Doll?"

"What about you friend?" She points over my shoulder to Deyton who shuffles awkwardly on his feet behind me, obviously uncomfortable around beautiful women..

Fucking lunatic.

I don't know what his problem is.. I dont really fucking care, all he's got to do is stay sane for five more minutes so we can get this job done fast.. "Never mind him, Dolly.. He just likes to watch.. Dontcha, Dey?"

He sneers at me.. "Err, whatever.."

I smile at the girls.. "He's shy.."

"Oooh Mr creepy peepy!" They all giggle and make their jokes and I chuckle at their cuteness..

These girls are funny.. In between their flirting I catch some of their whispered Cantonese phrases here and there.. One of them calls me a 'delicious western beast' while another makes her bets that she can convince the 'creepy peeper' to participate..

"Come on Big Sexy and Mr Peepy, we have special plan for you!" The China-doll takes my hand while the others gather around Dey, leading us straight through the front doors of the Triad whorehouse..

The skinny guy sitting by the entry who is supposed to be watching the first floor barely looks at us in their company.. His attention is too fixed to his phone where he watches porn.. The animalistic sounds of a woman grunting drifting from the tinny speakers..

The Triad don't get a lot of trouble in their own stomping ground and I can see the effect of it in their lax security.. In the middle of the week it seems nobody is expecting anything exciting to happen.. Only a handful of men wander the area..