Chapter 203: STRIPPERS
In front of a tall building that had been painted with white color, bold letters were written on top of it which said, The City Hospital. People walked in and out of the building with urgency and worry.
Felicia was in the car, observing the people as she planned how she was going to go inside the building without getting noticed. Surveillance cameras were all over the place and she wasn’t some kind of expert criminal to be able to do what she’d planned to do so swiftly.
The driver glanced at her from the rearview mirror and asked,
"Madam, are we waiting for someone?"
They had been waiting in front of the hospital for over 20 minutes since they left the laboratory.
"I’m not," Felicia sighed. Since she found out that one of Erika’s brothers was a doctor, it was only obvious that Ethan would be admitted to his hospital. But the security was very tight, and the fact that she was still a runaway, she couldn’t simply go in there and ask for the room he had been admitted in. If she were to get out of the car without properly fixing her scarf, it would be back to jail for her.
After trying to think of an idea for some more time, nothing came up. It was too risky to go there and she was alone as well. Probably, if she informs Adrian first, then he could instruct his men to assist her, she thought.
"Let’s go back," she added and the driver glanced at her one more time before he ignited the engines of the car and drove off.
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In Midnight Mirage, three handsome men strode inside the club. Their heavy aura attracted the attention of the people who enjoyed their times in the club, making them move their eyes away from the strippers for a few seconds to glance at the three intimidating men before focusing their attention back on where it’d been before.
Even the strippers couldn’t help but meow when they saw the handsome men. They were so tall and handsome, standing out from the other people like a sore thumb.
Three strippers who were only wearing a single set of panties and bra that couldn’t even manage to cover what it was supposed to cover mustered their courage and went to meet the handsome man.
"Hello handsome," the one in the middle greeted as she chewed her gum like the prostitute she was. The other two were about to snake their hands inside the other two men’s shirts.
"Scram," Edward ordered, and without being told twice, the strippers vanished from there.
This was the day that they had hoped to get more clues on where Erika was. They had tried to find out more about Viper Jones but found out that the man was on a business trip. After hearing that he’d arrived in the country, they were here to try to find him and ask him some questions.
"This place is disgusting," Edward commented as he darted his eyes around the club that had blinking and flashing lights. The place was booming with music as usual, keeping it alive as well.
"You’ve never been to a club before?" Daniel asked Edward when he noticed the latter’s gross expression. It was as if he wanted to throw up at that very moment, which Daniel found a little confusing. "Didn’t you attend one back in your military training period?" he added.
Edward ordered a drink first before he replied, "Of course, I’ve attended one before but it wasn’t as shameless as the one I’m seeing now."
Daniel’s confusion only increased. "What do you mean? What club would make money if things like this didn’t occur?" he asked.
"Things like what?" Edward asked back.
"Strippers, fights, rich men, naked people, stuff like that," Daniel listed down before taking a sip from this glass. "Alright, what kinds of things occurred in the club you attended before? Don’t tell me that sisters were the ones who twerked and stripped for you?"
"You must be crazy," Edward remarked. "How can you even say such a thing?" Only he knew what he faced back then in his training days.
"Will you two zip it," Felix who’d been listening in to their conversation interrupted with a scowl evident on his face which the other two couldn’t see properly but could already imagine was on his face since that was the only facial expression they could expect from him. "We are here to see if we can find Viper and hopefully Adrian, and not what kinds of clubs one has attended," he added.
"Why are you yelling at me?" Edward asked Felix. "You have a woman, right? Shouldn’t you close your eyes in front of these strippers? Monica might find out and misunderstand your intentions?" He managed to joke about the serious situation they were in.
"Monica isn’t like that. At least she has a brain unlike you," Felix retorted.
Daniel, who had suddenly gone quiet, could sense another argument coming up. It was usually Ethan and Edward who always argued but since Ethan was still recovering, it seemed that Felix had taken his position and always fought with Edward, Daniel thought to himself.
"What did you just say to me?" Edward sprang up from his seat, ready to fight with Felix but Daniel stood up as well and stayed in the middle.
"Can you postpone this fight till after we are done doing what we’d come here to do?" He asked with a sigh.
This was a club, an open environment and they wanted to fight? Have these two lost it?" Daniel wondered. He was younger than the two but he seemed to be the eldest when they broke out in a fight, which was completely childish for men their age.
"Relax, we are not going to fight. Is that how stupid you think we are? We are grown men just in case you’ve forgotten about that," Edward retorted as he grabbed his seat and leaned on it.
"B-but I thought,"
"Just take a seat," Felix said and grabbed his seat.
