Declan holds Katlain against his body as she slept in front of him. She had arrived at his house early in the morning and started kissing him. She had jumped his bones and the next thing he knew, they were in his bedroom with her begging him to take her roughly. He doesn’t know what time they finally fell asleep, but all he knew it wasn’t till she was ready to fall asleep.

He slides out of bed and heads towards the bathroom to relieve his bladder. Once he was done with his morning business. He heads back to the bedroom and looks down at the discarded clothes lying near the foot of the bed. He recognized her skintight bodysuit and black leather gloves.

He normally doesn’t ask about the type of work she does, because he already knew. He knew she was a car thief and that the clothes she came to him in last night were for special jobs. She has been known to steal cars from a car carrier while it was still rolling down the highway.

He does wonder when she is going to have the final surgery to have a vagina, instead of living like she does. He walks back over to the bed and runs his hand over her skin. He wonders if she’ll consider marrying him. He walks back over towards his side of the bed and opens the nightstand. Inside was a little black box. He picks it up and opens it and look at the engagement ring inside. He knows she has sex with the surgeon that did a lot of work on her body. He doesn’t mind that, because he liked the guy as well.

He takes the ring out and slips it on her hand while she is still asleep. He wonders if she’ll notice it when she wakes up. He heads into the kitchen to make them something to eat for the two of them.

He carries the food back into the bedroom and gently shakes Katlain’s shoulder.

“Wakey, wakey sleepy head.”

Katlain opens her eyes and looks at Declan. She was feeling great after the sex they had early in the morning.

“Do I have too?”

“No, you don’t but, I made us some food. I figure you needed the calories after the ones you burned early this morning.”

Katlain sits up and notices a ring on her hand. She holds her hand up in front of her and admires the ring.

She looks over towards Declan ‘is this what I think it is?”

“That depends if it is what you think it is, what would your answer be?” Declan watches Katlain's face because she wasn’t good at hiding her feelings from him.

She sits there and admires the engagement ring. Was she ready to be married and tied down? She really loved Declan and when he was gone out of town, she misses him.

“Yes, I’ll marry you.” She kisses him.

He returns the kiss. He looks into Katlain’s eyes and could see she loved him.

“We better eat the food before it gets cold.”

“Okay.” As Katlain picks up a bowl that had some sort of homemade stew in it.

As they sit and eat. Declan looks towards Katlain “Katlain, I know you do other things that are legal and illegal. What did you do yesterday?”

Katlain just grins before she answers.

“I help bust three dirty cops and put a drug dealer behind bars.”

Declan was curious “can you tell me who the drug dealer was?”

“Ventusky Ricci and three dirty cops.” Katlain takes a bite from the food on the tray.

“You had Ventusky Ricci arrested yesterday?” Declan couldn’t believe it.

“Yep, he’s currently in jail for the possession of liquid cocaine. I highjacked the tanker that he was transporting it in and managed to get three dirty cops arrested that wanted the whole thing. One was abusing his authority by pulling women over and making them sexually serve him. That’s after, he sets them up by throwing a packet of heroin or cocaine in their car. The guy I was sent after decided to bring two more dirty cops with him.”

Declan just shakes his head. They eat in quiet as Katlain glances occasionally, at her engagement ring. A smile appears on Declan’s face when he notices her looking at her ring.

After they finish eating, Declan and Katlain take a shower together. They only fool around for a little while, till the water gets cold.

“I need to head to my garage and put the Rubicon away.”

“No problem, I’ll go with you.”

“Okay.” Katlain slips on a pair of jeans and t-shirt she keeps in an overnight bag she keeps at Declan’s place.

Katlain and Declan take the Rubicon to her normal garage to drop it off and pick-up her truck instead. As she is heading back towards her place. She glances towards Declan.

“Are you up to going out tonight or would you rather stay home?”

“Depends, where do you have in mind?”

“I was thinking about my cousin’s club.”

“Sure, I haven’t been there in a while.”

“Good, I want to show off my ring.” Katlain kisses his cheek.

When Katlain and Declan get to her place, she heads towards her bedroom and changes her clothes. Declan looked nice in what he had own.

She changes into a nice dress and switches her shoes for a nice pair of heels.

Declan had made himself comfortable in the living room. He fixed himself a nice brandy. He knew Katlain kept a full bar at her house.

Katlain comes walking out of her bedroom looking nice and smelling even better.

“Well, how do I look?” Katlain does a little twirl for him.

“You look wonderful.”

“Thank you. Let’s go.”

Katlain grabs the keys to her fully restored Mustang and take that to her cousin’s club. She wanted to show off her ring and check with her cousin about the deal she had with them for Red’s auto parts place.

“Here, you can drive tonight.” Katlain gives her keys to Declan.

The Black Orchid Club:
Albert was working when he notices Katlain’s restored Mustang pull up at the VIP entrance. He opens the car doors for Ms. Katlain.

“Good evening Ms. Katlain, it's so nice to see you again.” Albert was smiling at Katlain.

“It’s good to see you again as well, Albert. How have you been since we last spoke?”

“Fine ma’am. Here’s your ticket for your car. I’ll make sure she is parked somewhere nice.”

“Thank you, Albert.” She slips a hundred-dollar bill into his jacket pocket.

Albert goes and parks Katlain’s car.

Declan watches as the valet drives the car. He turns back towards Katlain.

“I’m surprised that you would let anyone else drive your Mustang.” As they head inside the club.

“I consider Albert family. I’ve known him for years.”

Ralph spots Katlain walking with a man he has met a few times.

“It’s so nice to see you again, Ms. Brownlow are you here for pleasure or business?”

Declan gives Katlain a side look. He was curious why she came here for business.

“Pleasure, tonight Ralph.”

“Very well, let me escort you to your favorite table.”

“Thanks, Ralph.”

They follow Ralph to Katlain's favorite table. Ralph knew Ms. Brownlow had a table she liked to sit at. It was in the VIP section.

“Here you go Ms. Brownlow. Is there anything I can get you?”

“Yes, a nice bottle of 2014, Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Don Melchor.”

“Very good, ma'am. Ralph knew that bottle was $145.00, and it came out of the owner’s personal stock.

“You must be in a good mood. That’s an expensive bottle of wine.”

“That’s a cheap bottle of good wine. My cousin and I have a collection of bottles of wine that are in the high hundred-thousand-dollar range.”

A waitress brings over two wine glasses and the bottle of wine. She sets them down on the table and fills each glass.

“Thanks, Cara.”

“You’re welcome, Ms. Brownlow.”

Cara turns and walks off, leaving the bottle.

Katlain picks her glass up and clinks Declan “cheers.”

Taylor and Traver saw their cousin through the security cameras being escorts by a gentleman they have seen her with off and on. So, they decided they would go down and introduce themselves.

Declan notices two well dress identical men walking towards their table.

“Katlain, you said your cousins ran this place and are twins, right?”

“Yep, they are identical twins.”

“Then those men must be your cousins coming towards us.”

Katlain glances towards them as she pretends to sip her wine. When she puts her glass down on the table.

“That’s them.”

Taylor and Traver approach their cousins table.

“Katlain, what brings you out tonight?”

“A little R&R.” Katlain stands up and hugs both her cousins.

Both men notice the engagement ring on Katlain’s hand “let me guess, this respectable man is trying to make you respectable?”

“You guess right fellows. Allow me to introduce you to my fiancé Declan Zane.”

“It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Zane.” Taylor shakes Declan’s hand first, followed by his brother Traver.

“It’s nice to meet you too. I finally get to meet some of Katlain’s family. She’s very secretive about her family.”

“That she is, and there is a reason for it. So, how long have you known Katlain?”

“For a few years now. I met her one night when she did a repo job for a trucking company. She was having a hard time driving the truck she came after. So, I showed her how to drive it properly.”

“Oh, I would have had paid money to have seen that.” Traver looks towards Katlain with a smile on his face.

The four of them have some wine, while Taylor and Traver get to know Declan.