We are all Hookers. What matters is dignity- Mike Farren

"Fuck Richard! Would it kill you to be a bit more gentle with that thing?" Evie hissed as he jammed the earpiece in so hard she swore it would hit her skull.

"Oh come on Squirrel don't tell me that hurt?" he teased. "You and I both know you are far from a delicate flower".

"You know what, you're right, today I am a delicate and beautiful crack whore instead." She retorted shifting her blonde wig in the tiny mirror hung up in the back of the van.

"Also stop calling me Squirrel, I hate that name".

"Too bad we like it." John chimed in with his adorable wide tooth grin. Clearly getting a kick out of the whole situation as he stuffed some wires down the front of her dress.

Reaching for her makeup bag, she applied a heavy handed glob of mascara-goo, until she felt they were at the appropriate amount of classy whore.

Cramped in the back of a boiling van with two sweaty men was not her idea of a fun Saturday morning.

"Okay done." She smeared on a dab of lip gloss throwing her hands up in victory. "I'm out of here!"

"Hold your horses Missy," John grabbed her arm tugging her back . "Lets run over the brief. This is a simple bait and switch. No deviating! Got it?"

"You know this isn't my first rodeo."

"Just, please Evie," he let out a sigh, "keep it clean."

"Yeah you dirty whore!" Richard shouted back, as he made his way to the driver's seat, laughing at his own stupid joke.

"Yes sir." She gave a mock salut and proceeded to jump out the back of the van balancing on her candy stripper heels. God how do women walk in these things?

The outside of the van was inconspicuous enough. A white haul that read Loui's Dry Cleaning. A cover she devised herself. Women of the night tend to have great relationships with dry cleaners, right?

She strode over to the corner of Oak and Tiffany, the set meeting place in the heart of the industrial end of the Bronx. The August sun beat down on her face instantly vacuum sealing the already tight strapless mini dress to her body.

 Redbrick buildings lined all four sides of the intersection and faint mechanical sounds of grinding and clunking thrummed in the distance of the urban wonderland she now called home.

Evie sighed leaning up against the side of a graffiti stained wall, lit a cigarette and waited. This was going to be a long day.

"You know smoking kills !" John's voice blared through her ear drum.

"Ahhh!" Evie grabbed her ear wincing. Then swatted the air around her to shoo away a phantom bug, in case anyone was watching. I'm gonna kill him.

"Sorry." John had turned the volume down this time. "Evie three o'clock, black SUV."

Her heart gave a thump of excitement as the car pulled up slowly, creeping to a stop beside her.

Show Time.

The driver sat there for a minute before rolling down his window giving her a quick up down. A slow smile growing on his face.

He was big. From the frame of his shoulders she could tell he took up the whole drivers seat and then some. His throat muscles pulsated when he spoke making the snake tattoo on his neck slitter.

"Hey gorgeous, what's a pretty thing like you doing out this time of day?"

Definitely not a guy you'd want to meet in a dark alley.

She flipped into her practiced Brooklyn accent, feeding him the meet up line.

"Just wait'n for my friend Charlie? What's it to you sugar?"

"Charlie eh? Sounds like a fun guy, I'm sure my boss would love to meet him."

"Well I'd love to meet him too if you..." Evie was cut off by a loud voice coming from the back seat.

"We get the right girl?"

"Shut up Freddie." The man turned his massive frame to address the guy in the back seat.

"Oh I can be the right girl honey. For a price." Evie flashed a winning smile, the guy in the driver's seat burst out laughing.

"I like a little girl with some spunk. Hop in sweetheart." He reached a hand around to pop the back door open for her. Little my ass I have to be at least 5 '8 in these heels!

Inside sat a wiry little man, the complete opposite of the driver. His eyes were sunken in from sleepless nights and grey hairs dusted his brown mop. She guessed he was somewhere in his 30's but his scraggly appearance would suggest far older.

"Don't be shy," he grinned patting the seat for her to get in. She hesitated, just for a moment, before sliding in next to him. Her butt instantly sticking to the leather seats. I hate leather.

"Good Girl" John's voice rang in her head like he was praising a puppy rather than a colleague. A twinge of irritation shot through her, she was a full agent now but still got the rookie treatment. As soon as the car took off the man beside her pulled out a blindfold.

"Just precaution sweetheart, don't want your boss knowing all our secrets" She let him tie the blindfold around her and the world went black." Gotta have a little mystery right?" She could feel him running a leg up her thigh.

"It's Jasmine, not sweetheart" she turned to address the direction of his voice. "And I'm always up for some foreplay sugar." She smiled letting her words drip like honey ensnaring her fly further, as his hands roamed hungrily across her body.

"Hahaha" Johns laugher rang through her ears " Having a fun time sweetheart?

Oh I'm gonna squish his little man balls and see if he's having fun then!

Evie spent most of the ride thinking of deplorable ways to torture her fellow comrades for sticking her in this situation, yet again. How come she never got recon or sting, or ANY of the fun jobs.

After a half hour or so the car pulled to a stop. Still blindfolded the man in the back, Frankie as she recalled, took her hand guiding her out of the car. The uneven gravel causing her to wobble in her death traps, forcing her to lean on the little man for support. He loved that.

Walking a ways Evie heard the grating sound of a metal door opening, her heels clicking on concrete floor. He removed the blindfold and her world came back into focus. They were in a rather empty warehouse. A few dust-covered pieces of machinery lay strewn across the floor, relics of a time past. The air was stale with mold and piss, but hey at least it was cool. She put her hand on her hips letting her armpits air dry.

"We are parked a few blocks outside, get Dino here and we'll send in the sting." John directed the next phase of the plan in her ear. I know I'm not an idiot, she wanted to snap back at him.

"So what do you think?" Frankie spread his arms wide. "We got enough room to get Charlie in here." Charlie was the bait boat full of Coke.

"Oh I would say so." She looked around in fake awe." Also, I got someth'n for a guy named Dino?" She pulled a piece of paper out from between her cleavage. "Vince said I gotta give it directly to him or some shit like that, is he here?" Her thick Brooklyn accent echoing off the wall of the empty space.

"Dino ain't here sweetheart, we're in charge of this deal and he sure as hell don't come for just anyone."

Evie was getting impatient now. "Well, then I guess Charlie will have to wait. Cause I was told to talk to Dino."

"We'll get the location out of you, one way or another." A grin crept on Frankie's sunken face, like he was picturing all the disgusting ways to torture her.

"Too bad, I don't know," she stared at her fake nails unfazed by his threats. "This sheet has the direct line for Vince and he'll only talk to me and then Dino."

"Well how about we call Vince on one phone" the snake tat man pulled out his phone from his jacket pocket. "And then call Dino on the other with Frankie's and they can talk on speaker phone with you. There, problem solved! That work for you?" The big one grinned like he had just solved world hunger with his genius plan.

Shit Shit Shit ...

"You're blowing this Squirrel."John cautioned, but sounded like a taunt.

"Oh screw you!"

"What did you say?" the bigger guy turned to her, brows furrowed.

"No no" She waved her hands dismissively, " I wasn't talking to you"

Oops...

"Then who were you talking to?" She heard the click of a gun and raised her hands slowly.

Not as dumb as he looks. 

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