"What did she take?" I ask watching the doctor kneeled down next to the girl while she checks the blood pressure. The blonde looks better, at least she's awake and Meiying has found one of her friends to take care of her.
"Some kind of opioid since she's reacting to naloxone and is very calm. On the contrary, they get aggressive when they snort cocaine, it causes hallucinations, seizures and panic attacks, and they're difficult to control," Bluma answers absentmindedly while making sure that her patient isn't struggling to breathe. "Are you sure you don't want is to call an ambulance?" The blonde's friend shakes her head nervously.
"No, it's okay, I'll call a taxi and will take her home..."
"You should take her to a hospital instead but you're grown women so... do whatever you think's best." Bluma gets up, rolling her eyes hard, while I gesture at the receptionist to tell her to get a taxi for the girls. "I've stopped trying to knock some sense in their dumb heads long time ago," she whispers walking out of the restroom carrying her bag. Ruby's waiting outside holding a glass of water with ice and she gives it to her Dom, smiling. "Thank you, baby. I have to take my bag to the car again."
I follow them to the parking lot, walking slowly, lost in my thought. I don't know what the blonde took or where she found it, she could've brought it with her even if I asked the guards watching the entrance door to remain vigilant looking for petty dealers, they're former police officers trained to spot them in the crowd but they didn't find anything weird. Since that night at Nami's house in Japan, I know a member of this club is selling drugs to their clients at parties; it was blow that day. Maybe they're diversifying their business or maybe nothing's wrong, just a stupid blonde who's a regular user making a mistake with her dose tonight, and I'm just paranoid.
I don't like the way some guests look either, I have nothing against women who choose their profession freely and do whatever they want with their bodies, but it's strange that there're so many luxury prostitutes gathered here tonight. Obviously, there're always some invited to the Black Orchid meetings, but also models, actresses and all kinds of girls drawn by powerful businessmen and who are happy to spend a night with them, trying to catch a wealthy boyfriend or a future husband. This is how things work in this world, not only BDSM related, but in the high society world. The truth is that men don't need to hire a professional escort here.
The doctor and Ruby Rose walk back to the building slowly, holding hands, talking quietly while I keep playing things over in my mind. Both women stop in front of me, waiting for me to move one step and clear the way to the door. I shove my hand in my pocket and give Ruby her jewels back quietly before opening my mouth for a second and closing it again. Bluma stares at me puzzled, frowning. I should leave it here, staying away from them to mind my own business. Why do I care so much about what happens to this stupid club full of arrogant bastards and spoiled brats? I guess I care because dumb blondes could die due to an ambitious jerk who sells drugs... damn it.
"I need your help," I admit finally and the beautiful blue-eyed woman smiles.
"The doctor or the Dom's help?"
"The Black Orchid manager's help. Something weird is going on here tonight, Bluma, and I don't like it."
"I always trust the instinct of a good Dom colleague. What are you worried about?" the doctor goes on alert suddenly and I nod, pointing at a discreet door between the restroom and the kitchen.
That's the door of the surveillance room where guards are monitoring the surroundings, the dining room, kitchen, parking lot... but not the common room or private bedrooms. There're cameras there, of course, but nobody is watching the footage life, they're recording and the footage is stored as evidence for a while in case in case a member files a complaint, or reports an offence or something like that. Only the members of the Upper Circle are allowed to watch that footage and only if there's a good reason to do so, although I suspect that the rules are not always followed and at least Nami and Bluma watched my session with Nyasha.
