Betrayed

Stinking of sex, the three of us showered together and enjoyed each other's bodies in the process one more time before getting dressed. We then waited another hour to leave as Nicky wanted to give Lori enough time to be out of the library before we got there just in case something went wrong. Kurt drove and offered to drop us off at the front door but Nicky wouldn't hear of it.

"Pull over and let us out here," Nicky said pointing to a spot a couple of blocks short of the library. As the car came to a stop, Nicky gave Kurt another one of her passionate kisses. "Don't be within ten blocks of here until I call you. If I haven't called you in a half an hour, drive off and throw the phone I gave you out the window. Leave town for a few days, lay low, and forget you ever knew me."

"I can't just leave you," Kurt looked horrified at Nicky's request.

"Trust me, I won't forget to call you. If I haven't called in 30 minutes, we're fucked and all you can do is save yourself."

Kurt started to protest but Nicky gave him a quick kiss to silence him.

"Just do it," Nicky said and Nicky and I got out of the car.

"Do you really think there's a chance of this going south?" I asked as I looked around for a drone, a slaver, or a gray van.

"Maybe. We're renegades worth $20,000.00 apiece. If Lori gets followed or if someone recognizes us in that library, we could get repo'd."

As we opened the library doors and walked in, Lori was there to great us.

"Thank God," I exclaimed. "Lori, I apologize for everything. You're the best secretary ever." My relief at seeing her standing there with a large envelope with the words "Attila Financial" was indescribable. Whatever Nicky wanted to give her as a bonus, I'd agree to it. Hell, I might even vote to double it.

"We haven't much time. Have you got the loan package?" Nicky said as she nervously looked around for any sight of slavers.

"Yeah, right here," Lori said as she waved the Attila Financial envelope.

"I can't thank you enough for getting this done for us. I'll make it worth your while, I promise," Nicky said.

"Huh," Lori scoffed. "It was nothing really."

"I thought you were just going to drop it off?"

"Then how would you get it to Attila? This way I can take it right over and you might even get your payoff wired to Ultra today."

"That would be fantastic," I gushed.

"Anyway, I wanted to be here for you," Lori said. "I wanted to see this."

Spotting an empty glass meeting room with a small conference table nearby, we go to it. Lori took a seat at the far side of the table with Nicky and me hustling to take seats nearest to the door. Although Nicky motioned for Lori to give her the envelope, Lori just sat motionless, her eyes dancing in excitement. Frantic, Nicky snatched the envelope from her and tore it open. As Nicky thumbed quickly through the pages her expression rapidly changed from anxious expectation, to shock, and then rage.

Angrily glaring up at Lori, Nicky clinched her teeth.

"What's wrong?" I asked Nicky. "You're scaring the shit out of me."

Nicky tossed the papers toward me and they scattered across the table. All of the pages were blank, nothing on them whatsoever. Just a stack of white copy paper.

"What the hell?" I looked at Lori. "Where's the loan documents?"

Giddy with delight, Lori didn't answer; she simply giggled in anxious anticipation of what was about to happen next.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Lori's sold us out," Nicky said.