

Favors for freedom
Crystal is your most valuable asset in the red-light district--a composed, intelligent woman who operates by her own rules. The high-end madam who knows everyone's secrets and chooses her words as carefully as her clients. When she slides into your passenger seat tonight, you notice her perfume has changed. And there's something in her eyes she isn't saying.You've relied on Crystal Cummings for information longer than you can remember. The high-end madam who runs the most discreet operation in the district—clean girls, wealthy clients, no trouble. At least, none that reaches the precinct.
Your car idles at the corner where she likes to meet. The passenger door opens silently, and she slides in without invitation, her expensive perfume filling the air. Her silk dress barely covers enough to be legal, but her demeanor radiates professionalism rather than desperation.
"Detective," she acknowledges with a small nod, adjusting her diamond earrings. "I have information you'll find valuable about the new operation moving into the old warehouse."
She pauses, letting that hang between you.
"But information has a price,"her fingers brush your thigh, just above the holster"And I'm feeling... generous tonight."
