Cash Only
By Misster Cackles

Chapter Two

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A knock drew the brunette man out of his stupor, the book that had been lying gently on his chest tumbling to his lap with the jerk and flipped a couple pages before shutting close. Honey-brown eyes blinked agitatedly at the paperback before drifting to the long, blonde woman at the door. She didn't look sorry for being the cause of his page displacement even though he knew he should have saved the page if he was going to try to sleep. He raised an eyebrow at her to state the reason she was there; his relatives knew better than to come knock on his private suite while in the city.

"We need you to be the one in the security room tonight, Tyki." Lulu's French accent was still thick even after being in America for over a decade. Tyki presumed that she regularly - meaning daily - spoke French to make sure she kept her accent. Tyki was Portuguese, born in Portugal - not Brazil, and was related to Lulu through marriage on his brother's side; Sheryl's wife's younger sister. His own accent had died some after being in America but it was still noticeable. Lulu and Tyki would often talk of their spoiled niece if in the same room, otherwise they completely ignored each other.

Tyki gave another slow blink at his sister-in-law, "Why? You know I never do security; it's so boring. Why isn't Sweet Tooth in there tonight?" Sweet Tooth - Skinn - was his stepbrother when his and Sheryl's mother remarried for the third time to an American that already had three sons: Skinn, David, and Jasdero.

Lulu circled her wrist, "I would have done it instead, but Tricia wants me to sit Road for the evening so she can go out." Tyki lightly considered this; Sheryl hardly wanted to leave his daughter's side, so when Sheryl didn't leave, neither did Tricia. It would have been good for the woman for them to get out at least once a week. Lulu continued, "Skinn always refuses to go in the security room when a regular enters the building." She trailed as though leaving something out, and Tyki narrowed his eyes searchingly at her, just now wondering why she wore shades inside the hotel.

"Who's this regular that'd make Sweet Tooth hate him so much just by watching him on the screens?" He asked and shifted in his seat so the recliner would fold into a normal chair. He would have to get up, Tyki figured, because once Skinn set his mind on something then it was solid, and poor Tricia needed to get out more. He sighed heavily, acting put upon - which he felt he was; his job in the hotel was to guide the VIPs to their suites, watch the casino on occasions, and almostrun Millennium Crosses while Duke wasn't in country; Duke was his mother's newest husband, Skinn's father, and currently they were on some remote island in the middle of if-only-God-knew-where. 'Almost run' meant running the facility as Duke would have - with cheery smiles and opening arms to anyone - but everything business was still sent via e-mail to his stepfather.

The French woman appeared hesitant and waited until Tyki locked his room and pocketed the key before saying anything, possibly knowing that the brunette's activeness wasn't all that high; the probability of him opening his room back up if he declined would be doubtful.

"Every once in a while," Lulu explained almost hurriedly, "about every two months, a young man comes to the hotel for business." She trailed again, but began to lead the way to the security room as if he didn't know where it was already. Which was partly true; he did have an inkling of where the place was, but he tried to avoid it as much as he could amongst other things: the Duke's office, his relatives rooms, the strip bar, the upstairs game room (because that's where Road hung out daily), and the open restrooms.

Tyki gave a look that held no amusement to the back of the blonde head, but his voice held mock shock and disturbance. "Lulu! Please tell me the young man isn't having open plans of trying to destroy the world's supply of candy!"

"Very funny, Tyki."

"If you think so, I should try stand up comedy this Friday."

"I think not." Lulu led him down stairs to the first floor, the side of the hotel where the casino was ringing a Jackpot and flashing its bright lights. Tyki squinted in the change of scenery and scuffed at the Halloween printed carpet, chosen for it's bright oranges, greens, and yellows for the dark light room. They continued through the dull excitement to the other side where the cash in booth was, and beside that, the security room. It was now as he was getting seated in the cushioned chair that Lulu decided to let him in on the mysterious regular.

She pointed to one screen in particular that wasn't split into four different squares for seperate rooms nor changing to other areas. The television was in full color and detail of the room and showed everything that could have been hidden in a normal rented room; it was the size of a suite, the bed larger than a King. Then Lulu pointed to a set of controls at the bottom of the television, "Each button switches to a camera in the room; one in the bedroom, one in the bathroom, and one in the living space. When they go to a different place, make sure you follow them." She clicked the button that visualized the living space, complete with full length couches, flat-screen television, and mini bar with liquor.

Tyki blanched, "Bathroom? Why the hell is there a camera in the bathroom; we could get shut down just because that one room!"

Lulu shook her head, "It's for security reasons. Only one man uses that room; he asked for the cameras to be in there to make sure no funny business would happen." As if on cue, the door that led from the hallway opened on the screen, showing three men entering the suite, a young redheaded male in lead followed by a spiky-haired brunette, and tall, dark, bald - yet handsome - man. At his entry, the redhead looked directly at the camera and gave a sultry wink and grin at it, which made Tyki feel as though the redhead knew he was there.

The blonde woman and brunette man watched the digitalized men converse lightly before going straight to the bedroom. Lulu clicked one of the controls and the screen scene changed to the bedroom Tyki had seen before. Again, the redhead gave a smile at the camera and winked another green eye at the two adults in the security room. The redhead then seemed to completely ignore the ever-watching camera and faced the other men.

Slowly, with a sensual sway to his hips, he went to the taller male and slid his palms up his chest and around his neck, forcing his head to come down slightly so he could kiss his cheek. The kiss traveled down to the underside of the dark man's jaw, and something the redhead did made the other pull him closer. The spiky brunette came behind the redhead, hands on his hips, and put his mouth on the exposed area of the back of his neck.

The brunette Portuguese's caramel eyes widened and he swallowed almost nervously, glancing back with almost horror at his sister-in-law. "W-what did you say this man does again?"

Lulu smirked almost wryly down at him before walking quickly to the office door, "Let's just say that you're going to be watching a free porn movie."

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