Bleeding Out { Rafe Adler }

Part 2 - Name's Rafe

"They changed the lot order." Sam said and leaned against the railing.

"Take a whole pile of cash to make that happen." Victor said.

"How long before they start the bidding?" Nathan asks.

"Ten. Fifteen minutes tops." I responded.

Nathan sighed, and so did Sam in sync.

"There's gotta be some way we can grab it." Nathan said and looked at Victor.

He laughed.

"There's just the small matter of a few hundred eye witnesses down there." Victor said and looked over at the cross that was down in the first floor.

"Okay, okay... but we just need a diversion." Nathan said.

"Like?" I asked, raising one of my eyebrows.

"Like, um, like.. I don't know." He said and leaned against the railing. "But there's gotta be something." He continued after a while.

"Well, if the guards see us making for that cross-"

Sam laughed, interrupting Victor while he talked.

"What if they don't see us?" He said, smirking. "Jesus, you guys act like you've never spent time in prison."

"Maybe because I haven't." I said.

Sam frowned.

"If you want something dirty done, then you wait.."

"For lights out!" Sam, Victor and Nathan said in sync.

"Where's the electrical panel for this place?" Victor asks Nathan and Nathan brings up a paper from his pocket and places it on the table behind us.

We looked through a plan to get the cross and we decided that Nathan kills the power, Sam dresses up like a waitress to get closer to the cross without it being suspicious. Me and Victor will stay in the ballroom, just to keep an eye out.

"Alright, follow me. You can cut through the cellar." Victor says and we head down to the first floor.

***

While waiting for Nathan to kill the power, Victor meets an old friend of his and I leave them alone to talk. I head over to the bar to get a drink.

"I doubted that I would find someone this gorgeous tonight but I was definitely very wrong." I heard a someone say, leaning sideways on the bar beside me. I grab my drink and rise my eyes to him.

He wears a white/cream tuxedo.
He looks good, but no. I can't go around flirting in this place. Basically every person in here has blood on their hands.

"Oh, pardon me. Name's Rafe." He said, reaching his hand towards me.

"Melanie." I said when I shook his hand.

"So, what's a stunning girl like you doing on her own in a place like this?" He asked.

"I'm not in my own. I was just getting a drink."

"I see." A few moments of silence between us appeared.

"I should go find... Uh... I should-" I stuttered.

"Okay, I understand. Nice meeting you!" He said. I smiled and walked away towards Victor.

His old friend was still there. They talked about some horse and carrots. I didn't really care.

"Melanie, I was wondering where you went. This is Nadine. Nadine, this is Melanie." Victor said and me and Nadine shook hands.

"We're kind of working together." I said to Nadine and she smiled, then turned back to Victor.