Once out of Malcolm's office, Dove led Hazel into a huge lounge filled with men who were drinking and having a good time. Dove simply gave them one stare and they all scurried out.
She pointed at a set of well-arranged couches in front of a big-screen TV.
"Put these on" She ordered stretching out a bag that had clothes in them.
Hazel took them from her hand quickly and walked over to the side of a huge vending machine to change her clothes. Once she was changed and came out, Dove look at her from head to toe almost as if she was judging her.
Hazel felt self-conscious and laughed nervously. Dove rolled her eyes and asked her to sit on the couch opposite her.
"Now here's how this will work. You'll be taking these Heroin and Methamphetamine to an underground club downtown." Dove explained while handing her a black duffel bag.
"That's where our major client's party. And your goal is to sell drugs worth $100,000 by midnight after which you will be dismissed and taken home."
"Got it." Hazel nodded in affirmation and hung the bag on her shoulder. "But who's gonna take me there?"
"Jordan will drop you off" She replied, clapped her hands two times and Jordan came in.
"Please take her to…The Gauntlet" Dove ordered. Jordan's eyes widened in shock.
"But she's a newbie. She can't handle-"
"Defy my orders and you will live to regret it."
Hazel stared back at Dove realizing that he had copied Malcolm's statement. She wondered if Dove had feelings for him, judging from the way she gawked at him earlier that theory wouldn't be far off.
Jordan simply bowed his head and pointed to the door motioning for Hazel to go with him. She nodded and walked behind him. He led her out of the office and handed her a blindfold to put on.
Hesitantly, she agreed and he held her hand and led her to a black SUV and opened the front seat for her. Once he led her in, she put down the bag and Jordan shut the door and sat in the driver's seat.
"Tie your hair up. We don't need it getting in the way."
Hazel nodded and pulled the rubber band she always had on her wrist and tied her hair up in a ponytail. He wound down the window to let the night breeze blow in.
Hazel's hair thrived in the breeze and she looked relaxed as she has always loved the cool air the night brought.
"Why do I need to put on this blindfold?" She asked, sceptically.
"We can't fully trust you yet so we can't have you exposing our location" Jordan explained.
"Is that why you abducted me!?" She exclaimed.
Jordan simply let out a loud laugh and didn't respond.
Minutes later, Jordan parked the car next to a barbershop and opened the front door for Hazel to come out. 'At least he's a gentleman.' She thought.
When her eyes met the barbershop she was confused as to why he stopped there. He knocked at the door of the closed barbershop and a voice was heard from the other side.
"Who goes there?"
"It's Jay. I've got goods from the boss" Jordan replied and pushed Hazel toward the door.
It creaked open to reveal a man dressed like a bouncer. "Come on in, pretty face." He motioned for her to walk in and she did so.
He shut the door behind her and when she turned back she realized that Jordan wasn't with her. "Wait what's going on? Why isn't he coming with me?"
The man ignored her and simply locked the door and walked into a lobby behind the barbershop. She followed him and behind the barbershop was an elevator.
The man clicked the elevator button and the doors slid open. He walked in and Hazel followed suit. When the doors slid shut he clicked a button with an arrow pointing downward.
Sceptical, she asked, "How far down is the club?"
The man was unresponsive and simply bore a straight face and she scoffed out of anger. When the doors slid back open again, loud music buzzed and men and women were dancing. Grinding and whining at each other.
Hazel's eyes widened at the sight. The bouncer held her by the hand and pulled her into a room where an ugly little man was seated smoking a blunt naked in a Jacuzzi, three half-naked women caressing him. Faces full of makeup.
"The goods from Mr M, sir" The bouncer announced and pushed Hazel forward.
The man looked at Hazel from head to toe and waved his hands for the women to exit. They did as they were told and strutted away in their heels.
He got out of Jacuzzi and Hazel quickly shut her eyes. The man put on a dark blue robe and sat behind a desk in the middle of the room.
"Let's see 'em" He ordered. Hazel assumed he wanted to see the drugs so she pulled the packs out of the bag and placed them carefully on his desk.
"How much are they worth?" The man asked.
"$100,000 in total, sir" Hazel replied, tucking her hands behind her as she did.
"Don't call me sir. Too formal." He stated, puffing the blunt.
Hazel who doesn't smoke tried very hard not to cough but failed.
The man laughed and asked the bouncer to take the drug's out to the party. "I'll give you your pay cash once the party's over."
Her eyes widened. 'Cash!?'
"Follow him out. Drink, and have some fun before it's time for you to leave"
She didn't understand what he meant as she thought she was simply there for work and nothing more. To top it off, she didn't drink or did drugs.
When she got out to the party, her eyes caught sight of a seat in a far corner and walked over to it to sit. Bopping her head to the music, since she wasn't the party type. Not too long after she sat, a man who seemed intoxicated sat next to her.
"What's a pretty angel like you doing just sitting around?" He slurred. His breath stank so Hazel scrunched her nose and looked away.
"Hey baby, come on" He groped her breasts and fondled them. Hazel screeched and slapped him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" She yelled as she got up. Suddenly another intoxicated man came from behind and groped her butt. He pulled her close to him and moved her in a way his crotch was nearly in her backside.
She elbowed him and he fell to the ground. The first man pulled her by the ponytail and the rubber band snapped releasing her long brunette hair on her shoulders. He pushed her to the ground and hopped on top of her trying to hump on her.
Hazel kicked him in the crotch he fell sideways screaming in pain. The bouncer ran in and gaped at the sight in front of him. Two men were on the floor in pain and an irritated Hazel standing above them.
His jaw dropped in admiration, pulled her by the hand away from the scene and took her into an empty room.
"What? Not you too!" Hazel yelled in disbelief.
"Relax. I brought you in here to protect you from any more people. You'll be safer in here" He explained, sitting her on a chair in front of a TV set and walking out.
Hazel's brows furrowed in confusion, but at the same time was glad that was over. Remembering Jordan's words from earlier, she realized that she was set up by Dove.
She wondered why Dove would do such a thing to her and shook her head in disappointment. She was starting to look up to her as a somewhat strong woman, but as it turned out she was simply a snake.
She turned on the TV and noticed a little fridge placed on the side of the room. She opened it up and surprisingly there were chocolates and alcohol in it. She picked out two bars of chocolate and sat back down on the chair to munch on it.
Before she knew what was going on, the alarm she set on her phone went off signalling that it was midnight already. She walked out of the room and knocked at the little man's door.
When no one answered she simply walked right in. Inside, she saw him making out with another half-naked woman. He rolled his eyes and waved his hand to the woman. The woman hissed at Hazel and shut the door behind her.
"What do you want?" He questioned, annoyed at the sudden interruption of his good time.
"I'm here for my pay" She replied, sternly almost commandingly.
He eyed her and scoffed. "That's why you barged into my office like an utterly stupid person?"
She didn't respond and instead crossed her arms. He hissed and pulled out a checkbook. Once he wrote down the amount and signed he tore the page out and tossed it in the air causing it to float around till she caught it and put it in the duffel bag.
She stared daggers into his soul and walked out of his office. The bouncer stood waiting for her behind the door. He led her out of the club, the men she had beaten up scowling at her as she passed by.
Once she was outside she saw a black SUV parked and the window wound down to reveal Jordan. Her eyes widened in awe at the beautiful car.
"I'll be riding home in that?" She asked with excitement.
"No, you'll be riding to the alleyway I picked you up from." He replied with a straight face.
She pouted and opened the door to the car. Once she sat he handed her the blindfold again, noticing that she had let down her hair and they got on their way.
Once they got to the alleyway, Jordan helped her untie the blindfold and asked her out of the car.
"What about the money from today's job?" He asked
Hazel simply pointed at the duffel bag and waved him goodbye. Once the car door was shut, he drove off and she picked up her bicycle and cycled home.
She wondered how much she had made already.
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