Chapter 2

Gary felt the same way about the club and its membership. “Just look at the way they took care of your brother, who was a service sub. Bear supervised his contract negotiations and told me point blank that I couldn’t be with Danny while hiding in the closet. They found me a new lawyer, Jake Cohen, also a member, and Jake and Bear hooked me up with a new agent, Sam Stein himself from Stein Ltd. in New York.” Caden frowned, remembering the trouble his brother-in-law had with that shyster Marty Garber; the man who hurt his brother.

“Sam and Jake got the money Marty stole from me back in my pocket. If it wasn’t for Bear steering me their way, Marty’s other clients and I would still be getting robbed blind and the son of a bitch wouldn’t be doing time at the state prison in Trenton right now.” Gary’s face turned hard.

“The best part of that is once he serves his sentence in a federal prison for embezzlement, fiduciary misconduct and larceny charges, he comes to Trenton to face charges of aggravated assault and the attempted murder of Danny. We wouldn’t have gotten Danny back safely if it wasn’t for the help of our friends from Indiscreet.” The conversation continued around Caden. It had given him a lot to think about.

Over the month he’d stayed with Danny and Gary, Caden met the entire “sub club” as they called themselves and their Masters, finding that he liked all of them. Even more telling; the matches made at the club were ones where the subs loved their Masters and the Masters their subs which, in the D/s world was high praise indeed for the club and its membership. Brian, Jim, Greg, Jamie and Danny were generally found together at ten in the morning for tea and muffins in Indiscreet’s kitchen, or one of their homes. They were all educated men and worked for a living despite, in some cases, their Master’s great wealth.

Caden saw firsthand how the sub club rallied around Danny when he needed them and they rallied around Caden as an extension of their respect for Danny. Caden even lived in a house on Bear Drummond’s property. The subs at Indiscreet were of the highest caliber.

From what the subs said, Greg Harris had, at one time or another, counseled all of the subs including his own brother and some of their Masters. Indiscreet certainly took care of their own

He had his paid membership, but that left him strapped for cash while he attended the Police Academy. Now without even spending any time on the job, he knew he would hate the work. The refund of his membership fee was a large incentive.

Sitting at one of their regular Friday night dinners last week, Reed explained how they vetted the members and employees at Indiscreet. “We have three security firms who do extensive background checks. If there is a red flag, we send out a private investigator to look into the matter. That would fall under the purview of the new Director of Security. Plus two current club members have to vouch for a potential member before he can even fill out an application. You had Gary and Tom Martino. Even Brian was checked out before he came in the door and he was Bear’s sub.”

In that same conversation Bear said, “This job is important. We need the membership to know that both their identities and proclivities will be protected at all costs. We can’t afford a security breach. That would decimate the membership. Because we are able to keep our member’s secrets, we remain viable and continue to grow.”

After Caden joined Indiscreet, he knew he didn’t just want to play. He wanted a sub of his own. When he looked at the salaries of the Trenton Police Department and the amount of time it took to get promoted, he was thrice the fool for burning through his savings by going to the academy before he found out what the job really entailed. He usually wasn’t that pigheaded or stupid. Danny and Gary thought it was PTSD.

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Late Thursday afternoon

Danny and Gary both strongly suggested that after three tours in two different war zones, Caden should spend some time seeing Greg. Bull told him that under Indiscreet’s insurance plan, he could see Greg with no co-payment. Caden will still grappling with the idea of seeing a shrink. But after careful consideration, he finally decided to ask Bear and Reed for the job.

He already owed his brother-in-law six car payments, plus the two grand down payment, and he intended to pay him in full. The car was a maroon Honda Accord, fully loaded. Caden figured he’d have to hang on to it for a long time so it might as well be comfortable, thus Caden and his Honda pulled into the new parking garage at Indiscreet for his interview. At four in the afternoon the temperature hovered only three degrees above zero in the daylight and the sky was threatening more snow.