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around then. Sound good?”
     
    “Yeah, I guess.” Fuck!
     
    “Great. Well, I have to get going now so I can get back to the station. I’ll see you then. Oh, and Karli…make sure you dress the part tonight. This club is very appropriately named. We need to blend in as much as possible.”
     
    “What do you mean, dress---”  Click. Dammit! What the hell am I getting myself into?
     
     
     
     
     

 
     
     
     
    Chapter 5
     
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    My phone rang as soon as I ended my call with Vance. I checked the caller ID before answering.
     
    “Hey Erica, whatsup?”
     
    “Omigod, I heard what happened last night K. How awful! Are you okay?”
     
    “Yeah, I’m fine. It was pretty bad though. There was so much blood! It looked like something tried to eat her alive.” I shuddered at the memory. “I’m guessing someone from work called you?”
     
    “Yeah, just a few minutes ago.” She said. “I spoke with the new boss, Leo. He said the bar might be closed through the weekend but he doesn’t know for sure yet. He offered to let me work at another place for the tips but I declined. I have an audition to get ready for anyway.”
     
    “Hey do you think you could take me back to the hotel first to pick up my car? The detective on the case, Vance, had to give me a ride home last night because I was such a mess.”
     
    “Vance, huh?” Her voice instantly perked up. “Was he hot?”
     
    “Um, yeah you could say that.” More like an inferno.
     
    “Why do you sound so strange? Are you sure you’re okay?”
     
    “Yeah, I’m fine Eri. Really. It’s just that something kinda happened when we got back to my place.”
     
    “What do you mean something happened? What kind of something?”
     
    “Well, we came back here, and I really didn’t want to be alone so I invited him in for a drink. We started talking about what happened and I got really upset. He was trying to console me, then one thing led to another and---”
     
    “Omigod, you banged the detective?” She screamed. “Was it good? It’s about damn time K. Good for you honey!”
     
    “No, I didn’t bang him!” I said. “I probably would have though, if he didn’t stop it. God knows I wanted to.”
     
    “What do you mean he stopped it ? Guys don’t stop it . What happened?”
     
    “I don’t really know. I’m completely baffled. We were getting all hot and heavy and he just jumped off of me. He told me that we shouldn’t do this because he didn’t want to take advantage of me. Who knows?  I probably scared him off or something. I started getting really aggressive towards the end. I can’t explain it Eri, but I wanted him like ten times more than any other man I have ever met. I know it’s been a long time since I’ve had sex, but that wasn’t it. He turned me on to a degree that I’ve never experienced before.  I can’t stop thinking about it. I can’t stop thinking about him.”
     
    “Wow! Even better than Chad?” She asked.
     
    “Not even close. This was in a whole other ballpark.”
     
    “He sounds like my kind of guy! Are you going to see him again?”
     
    “Actually, now that you mention it….I am. Tonight in fact, but only in an official police capacity. Apparently this Markos guy owns that new club, Voyeur-Gasm . Vance spoke with him last night and made plans to meet with him about the case. His office is in the back of this club. I’ve heard that Chad goes there a lot so we’re going to take a look around while we’re there. He wants to find him and ask some questions. Omigod, I almost forgot to tell you! You’re never going to guess who our new boss is!”
     
    “I know who he is. Guy named Leo. Remember? I spoke with him on the phone right before I called you.”
     
    “No, I didn’t mean it that way.” I said. “I meant the face behind the name. Leo Markos is hot vampire from table twenty!”
     
    “Whoa! Seriously? I knew his voice was familiar. Yum!” She