“Everything set at the penthouse?” I asked into the comms.
“Yup,” said Ghostie. “Esme has delivered her cart and exitedthe building. And Ash is… Shit. Wait a second.” He went silent.
“Ash is what?” I asked.
No answer.
“Ash is what?!” I yelled.
“We lost Ash,” said Ghostie.
Chapter 4 – Abort!
Sunday, Sept 22, 2013
“What do you mean we lost her?” I asked. “Lost her as in…thebanana king killed her? He wouldn’t do that. He needs her for… Oh God, no. Giveit to me straight. Did Ash have a fourth drink and impale herself on the bananaking’s massive cock?”
“She’s alive,” said Ghostie. “She just jumped in the pool andshorted out the earbud.”
“Dude, don’t scare me like that! You just made me have atotal Ash moment.” Slavanka and I rolled our carts off the elevator onto the 30thfloor. “Esme left her bags in room 3023, correct?”
“Affirmative.”
We followed the directions on the little gold sign on thewall until we were at the door labeled 3023. The room had been completelygutted, but they hadn’t started the remodel yet. Which was why it was a perfectplace for Esme to leave the two duffel bags that she’d walked in with.
“Any eyes on the banana king?” I asked as I loaded the bagsonto my cart.
“Negative. Although there aren’t cameras in every room of thepenthouse, so it’s possible he’s there. Simon is combing the footage fromearlier this morning to see if he left. Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s going to theairport to greet some big shots flying in for the auction.”
“They’re gonna be awfully disappointed when they get back andAsh is missing.”
“Banana king bad at kidnapping,” said Slavanka as she tracedher hand over an empty door frame. “Why no molniya on doors?”
“Molniya?” I asked.
“Russian nipple trap.”
“Ooh, nipple trap! Does it like…shock them? Or are we talkingmore of a rough tweaking situation?” Either way, I was intrigued.
“I think she meantboobytrap,” said Ghostie.
“Yes, yes,” said Slavanka. “Booby trap. KGB put on importantthing. If you steal, thing go boom.” She looked so excited by the idea.
“I doubt Ash is going to explode when we rescue her,” saidGhostie. “But I have to admit…this mission has seemed pretty easy. Almost too easy.It makes me worry that you guys are walking into a trap.”
“We go boom?” asked Slavanka.
“Not like that. But what if the banana king knows you’recoming? He might just be waiting for you to come to the penthouse so he cancapture you too. And then he’ll have three girls to auction instead of justone.”
So I might get auctioned tonight?! Score!“You reallythink that might happen?”
“No. But you should still be extra careful in that penthouse.”
“Boo! Don’t get me all excited like that for no reason! Youknow how much I like the idea of my body being auctioned.” We wheeled our cartsback into the elevator. There was no button for the penthouse, but Ghostie musthave done something on his end, because the elevator started going up. And up. Andup. Past the top floor available on the buttons.
“Get ready…” said Ghostie.
We both adjusted our tits to make sure they were perfect justbefore the elevator doors opened to the penthouse.