Gage snorted. “Fuck off, Tommy,” he said good-naturedly. “I’m here to get my girl out of here.”
“So, what’s the problem?”
“The boss wants her for himself and has the bouncers on me.”
The four cops looked around the room. “Why in the hell is your girl here?”
Gage grinned sheepishly. “She doesn’t exactly know she’s mine yet.”
The four laughed out loud.
“Is there a problem here, officers? I’m Randy, and I own the place.”
The men turned to see the boss had walked up to them.
“We don’t know yet.” Tommy pointed at Gage. “This man says he wants to take his woman out of here and thinks he’s going to have a problem.”
The boss’s complexion turned ruby. “And who might that be?”
“Brylee,” Gage said.
“Fuck, no, she’s not yours.”
Gage and Tommy glanced at each other.
“How about we let the girl tell us who she wants to be with?”
Randy called over one of the bouncers and told him to get Brylee. The six men stood in silence until Brylee walked up to them.
****
Brylee looked at the group, confused until her gaze landed on Gage.
“Gage! What are you doing here?”
Gage smirked at the anger that filled Randy’s face. “I’m here to get you.”
“But… I don’t understand. I work here.”
“Yes, and I don’t want you to.”
Brylee looked at the officers and then her boss then back to Gage. “I have to have a job.”
“How about we discuss this later, princess?”
“I…”
“If you walk out that door,” Randy warned. “You will no longer have a job here.”
Brylee raised stricken eyes to Gage. “I…”
Gage took a step toward her and cupped her cheek. “Everything will be okay. Please trust me.”
Brylee studied his expression for a brief moment, exhaled, and handed her boss her tray.
“I mean it, you little cunt…”
Gage pulled Brylee behind him, grabbed ahold of Randy’s shirt, and lifted him. “You don’t ever talk to her like that,” he said through clenched teeth.