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from the relief of finally getting somewhere.
    “Thanks, Lily.”
    I headed out of the office and quickly headed home to get started. I was full of energy and a renewed enthusiasm. My next destination was clear. I had to get ready for a trip to Platinum. I knew that it wasn’t just some ordinary strip club. With so much money flying around, there had to be a story here. Now I just needed to figure out what that story was. If things didn’t go as planned with Landon, I was sure that I would stumble across someone or something just as interesting. The angle I took with my investigation was flexible. I just needed to dig and find out the biggest secret I could.

Chapter 5
    This wasn’t the first time I had to spend time in a place that was unsavory, to say the least. But if you want to find out all of the little details, you have to go to the place that’s the shadiest. I could only hope that there was enough light for me to see in even the darkest corners of Platinum. Maybe I wouldn’t learn anything specific about Landon Schrader. But at the very least, I was going to find out exactly what made the place so special. There had to be something to write about in Platinum. There was a story here. I was going to find it.
    It had been awhile since I went out on the town. Even though this was for an assignment, it didn ’t mean I could slack off. I still had to dress the part. I searched my wardrobe for the perfect outfit.
    “ Something sexy but not trashy… Something classy but not reserved…”
    I never planned on heading out to a strip club, let alone by myself. But this was the direction all of my instincts were pointing me in. If I ’d have known that this is what my gut was going to tell me, I would have gone shopping. I opened my closet completely and there buried in the back of it was a slightly wrinkled black dress I had worn only a few days ago. It was the same dress I was wearing when John dumped me. I took a moment to myself to try and forget the memory that was still fresh.
    It ’s time to let him go and make some new memories.
    I smiled as I pulled the dress out and squeezed myself into it. I was desperate to associate the dress with something, anything , besides the time my boyfriend left me. I looked in the mirror and laid everything on more than usual. I pulled my brown hair back away from my face then tied it up over my head. One last glance in the mirror confirmed that everything else was in the right place.
    “ Now what?”
    I grabbed my purse then hopped into my heels and sauntered toward the front door. Just as I reached it, I suddenly remembered the most important thing. I headed back to my desk and pulled the digital recorder from the top drawer. With all of my tool s in place, I headed out into the night and toward my destination.
    Platinum was located just on the edge of downtown. Once you got past all of the skyscrapers and traffic, there was a small black building located just a few blocks away. It was a sole build ing with a massive parking lot that was filled with nothing but limousines, overpriced sports cars and luxury sedans. Only the truly wealthy actually spent their time out here. I didn’t know much else about it because I never stepped inside of the building. There was never any need. As I headed into the parking lot in my old beat-up coupe, I wondered why I never considered doing a piece on a place like this. There was bound to be something or somebody interesting inside.
    I immediately got a sense of the typ e of crowd this place attracted. The building was lined with nothing but security. Burly men dressed in suits two sizes too small for them stood like towers around the doors. The affluent men I saw in Roy’s photos were scrutinized before they headed in. These weren’t your average guys just looking for a good time. These were men who had an air about them that was regal and arrogant.
    I took a deep breath and gathered myself.
    “All right, Victoria. This is not a big deal.