Tony

It seemed I was always leaving her in bed. I hated it, but I had to go to the club. Vinny and Filomena were staying here and two other guards remained on the outside of the grounds. Security monitors were on, and I could track them from my phone. Alana kissed me goodbye, and something about having her know I left makes it better.

The club was in full swing as always. Eric wasn’t there and I had a feeling that he was hopped up. My staff had to remain clean because of the image we tried to maintain. Vinny checked on him and Eric had that geeked look. I had to find a new staff, but I was feeling like it may be too much. The thought of working while Alana slept, then getting home while she was going through her day and I slept didn’t appeal to me. I had too much money for us to suffer like a couple who were forced to work at night to get by. The thought of never seeing my kids because I was around a group of horny men and naked women just didn’t feel right.

I walked past most of my staff. After work, I’d have a meeting with them. Right now, it wasn’t important as it was that I figured what was going on in my office. I opened the door to see Tic waiting for me.

“What are you doing up here?”

“I wanted to talk to you about something.” He was rubbing his hands together like whatever he had to ask wasn’t something he wanted to do. Last time I was ready to put a bullet in his head.

“Okay,” I drawled out.

“Well, I want to open my own club. And I was wondering if there was a way that you could loan me the rest of the money I needed. I only have a hundred thousand saved.”

“Are you fucking serious, Tic?” I asked, taking a seat behind my desk. I pointed to the seat in front of me. He sat down, but only on the edge of the seat.

“Yeah,” he replied nervously. For a six-seven beast, the man looked like he was begging for his life.

I had to calm him down. He was a badass, but years of dealing with me and my no-nonsense ass kept a lot of motherfuckers on their toes. “Listen, I’m sorry about what happened two weeks ago, but Alana is everything to me and you were right to do what you did, but it wasn’t like you were led to believe.”

“I’m glad. I really felt bad about it. My sister said she was a good, smart girl.”

I didn’t want to relive that day again, so I brought the subject at hand back to the surface. “Well, since you are planning on stealing my business, I don’t know if I should lend you the money.”

“I thought that might be a problem.”

I tapped my pen on my desk, then gave him a fair proposition that would suit both of us. “Well, how about this. I sell you the club and you pay a portion of the earnings to me for the remainder of the note on the sale.”

“Are you for real? Like for real?” His eyes opened wide like a man about to get his first taste of pussy. Holy shit, I wanted to laugh, but I had to hold it together. He was putting himself out there, asking for something like this.

“Yes, man, I am. I want to spend time with Alana, and this business isn’t going to cut it for a family. There’s no way I want to spend every night away from my woman. So, if you want, we can discuss the terms. Do you have a lawyer?”

“Um…I’m sure I can get one.”

“I got a card somewhere here. These people are legit on the clean side so they won’t try to swindle your ass.” I handed him Blake’s company card. It was the least I could do. We didn’t have to work on the same side of the law to do business. Some things weren’t any of their concern. But it seemed when it came to Homan we both may be on the same side of the law.

“Come meet me tomorrow and we can go over everything else.”

“Thanks so damn much, boss.” His face lit up like a fucking Christmas tree. The guy was thrilled. He was a good guy with emotions that bled from his features. You could read him easily, but that meant that you were in trouble when he was pissed.

“Don’t thank me yet. It’s a lot of bullshit to do.”

“Cool.” I stood up and shook his hand, the smile never leaving his face.

Tic left and I managed to solve one of my problems in a matter of minutes. I had one problem that couldn’t be solved for another four hours. I wanted my Alana.

The clock moved slowly as I worked through the payroll and budgets. I was going to need to prepare that shit for the sale of the property.

The club remained drama free for the night and the crowd was a big one. Once the doors were closed, tables cleaned, and women dressed, I gathered everyone around.

“Hello, everyone. I’m sorry that I haven’t been around a lot. Things have come up and my life is changing in a big motherfucking way. I’m getting married.” The staff erupted in cheers. I held my hand up after a moment of celebration. “Thank you, she’s extremely special to me. In other news, there’s going to be some transition around here. Eric is gone and so is Tito. We’ll be having new management soon, but I ask that you do as you do and continue making this place the success that it’s been. I’m going to be around very little, but your checks will still be in your accounts on time. Don’t worry about that.” A couple sighs of relief cracked me up. An erratic manager and an absent owner must have freaked some of them out. “Stay safe out there and this week you’ll see an added bonus on your checks. Have a great day.”

I shook my head and went back to my office as they continued to cheer. Closing up and turning off my lights, I locked my office and headed home to my Alana.

The moment I walked through the door, I rushed up to our bedroom, and there she was sprawled out on the bed since she didn’t have to share. I leaned over and chuckled, kissing her sweet lips. “I’m home.”

“I missed you.” She moaned and bit my lip. “Let’s get you undressed and ready to rest.” She helped me strip naked and we made slow sweet love with a quiet crescendo. I fell asleep buried inside her tight pussy.