bullets and bouquets

17

"I'll be back later, Trent will be outside if you need anything. Until this is handled, please stay in the room," Sadie explains.

"Okay," Isla nods. The redhead gives her a peck on the lips before throwing her clothes back on. She grabs her walkie.

"Trent, I need you outside my room. Guarding Isla," she radios.

"Yes Ma'am, right away," he answers. The redhead leaves the room, shutting the door behind her. Isla catches her breath, now exhausted from their activities. There's a knock on the door, "Permission to enter, Miss?"

"Uh, yeah. Granted?" she says hesitantly. Trent enters, a machine gun strapped to his chest. He shuts the door behind him, "whoa."

"This is for your protection, Miss. I've been assigned to guard you," Trent informs her.

"Yeah, Trent right? Sadie told me," Isla says.

"That's correct."

"Cool..." she awkwardly says, "I'm gonna go to sleep now."

He nods, standing in his position at the door. She turns over in the bed, smelling Sadie's cologne on the sheets. She sighs as she drifts off to sleep.

Meanwhile, in the security room, "who do we have?"

"Everyone is accounted for except for Pierre, Hunt, Everlocke, Talon, and Wilhelm," Denmar informs her.

"Wow, I was expecting more, but this works. Easier to narrow down," she comments. She has over a hundred servants in the Estate alone, not including drivers, medics, cooks, and allies in other cities, "have them meet me in the infirmary."

"Yes Ma'am," Denmar says. He grabs his walkie, "I need Pierre, Hunt, Everlocke, Talon, and Wilhelm to meet Madame Sink and I in the infirmary."

Sadie leaves the security room with Denmar following.

"Madame, will you be needing assistance?" Carlo asks when the two step into the infirmary.

"Yes, you and Tonio please," Sadie says. The other two medics leave the infirmary since the mafia boss said she wouldn't need them.

A few minutes later, the servants all arrive at the infirmary.

"Shut the door, Carlo," Sadie orders. He does as told, "there's been a breach of security. You five have not been accounted for on cameras. So I'm going to need you to strip."

"Clothes?" Talon asks. She nods. Pierre and Hunt begin to take their clothes off, without hesitation. They know if they don't obey, they risk their own lives. Plus, if they aren't doing anything wrong, Sadie won't find whatever she's looking for. Talon, Wilhelm, and Everlocke hesitate.

"Madame?" Wilhelm asks. She rolls her eyes.

"What?"

"Can I go somewhere private? To change?" he asks. Pierre and Hunt are already naked at this point, with nothing to hide.

"Denmar, take Wilhelm into the bathroom. Tonio, go with. Search him thoroughly," she orders. Denmar walks forward, grabs the servant by the arm, and takes him to the bathroom. He grabs them just to make sure they don't give him a reason to shoot, "Carlo, search these two. Talon, Everlocke, strip."

"Can I go next to the bathroom?" Talon asks. Sadie scoffs.

"Yes, wait here until they come back," she replies. Everlocke looks at her, "let me guess, you want to go to the bathroom too?"

"Yes."

"Fine," she huffs. Carlo begins to search the men. He looks for any markings from other gangs, cameras, or wires implanted in their bodies.