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The Quintessential Q
Chapter Eighty Six
Maddy strolls into the kitchen of Wyndemere Lite at about 2am Sunday. She hums a happy tune one of the last ones she had danced to at the club. She walks over to the fridge and pulls out a bottle of water. There is a little shimmy in her step. Hearing the soft applause from behind her she almost drops the water. She turns suddenly only now seeing Nik sitting at the table. "What are you doing here?"
"I own the place." Nik reminds her. "Something seemed off over at Bobbie's and I wanted to find out if you were okay." He glances down at his watch. "Guess what ever it was worked itself out."
"I don't need a Daddy." Maddy says defiantly. She shrugs out of her long coat throwing it over the back of a chair across from Nik.
Nik's eyes widen at the sight. His eyes go from the long expanse of leg revealed by the short dress to the actual figure hugging material. The red dress might be high necked but there are attention demanding cut outs exposing cleavage, shoulder and when Maddy turns around to get some munchies most of her back. Reaching up in the cupboard, Maddy grabs some crackers. Her dress rides up as she reaches over her head. If the dress hadn't been short enough the slits on the sides seem to go all the way up to her hips. "No, in that outfit you need an armed guard."
Maddy looks over her shoulder. "You like? Your uncle bought it for me."
Nik is getting to know her too well to jump at that bait. "He'll be happy to know that your chess money is going to such a worthy cause."
"Yeah, Girls just wanna have fun. It's only fair he pay for mine since I'm giving him his." Maddy sits down across from Nikolas. She eats a cracker right out of the box. "So did you get Miss Emmie home okay?"
"Thank you for arranging that one. Yes."
"It's on the house." Maddy says graciously. She brushes back her hair. The absence of music just seems to be making her more tired. "Jerry Jacks is nothing like I pictured."
"I didn't know you were trying to picture him."
"Well sure. I researched them all when I came to town. The Q's, the Jacks, your family. Got to know the customer base. And Aunt Dara's had dealings with all of them and the Spencer's too. Although Mama only keeps the clippings on the cases that Dara loses and loses big."