She walked into the hotel. Her long hair fell down her back in spirals that captivated each eye that moved past her. Confidently she strode into the bar and ordered tonic water. She crossed one leg over the other and surveyed the room, eyes searching for the blonde woman she was supposed to meet. Gently she pulled down the hem of her dress. Red on her wasn't exactly a color made for blending in, but sometimes it was best to hide in plain sight.
The alarm on his watch went off and he breathed easy, pushing his glasses up his nose where they had slipped unchecked as he paced anxiously. He took another deep breath, attempting to lower his seemingly always-tense shoulders. It was difficult. The plan went perfectly. The aftermath had not. He'd known that the feds would trace the data dump to him -- leaking the sources of dirty campaign money on a federal level would intense pressure on finding the culprit and he didn't want anyone else to be blamed. However, the police got to his house before he had collected proof of his new identity. So now he was waiting for the best forger in the business to personally bring him a second new identity -- a rush job that he paid an astonishing price for.
A blonde woman approached her at the bar. The blue fabric of her dress swayed, mirroring the flick of her hair over her shoulder. She settled herself in the high backed chair next to her, water filling her martini glass. Tonic water in hand, blending in among the beautifully dressed women and suited men crowding the hotel bar, having just left their Wall Street jobs, she asked the carefully remembered phrase, "Are you here for work or pleasure?"
"Both," the blonde woman winked, and stood up, spilling the full martini glass all over her red dress. "Oh I am so sorry!" she exclaimed, "Let's get you cleaned up,"
She stood and followed the swishing blue skirt towards the bathroom, her black heels clacking on the impossibly clean bar floor. At the last moment, the woman turned from the bathroom door and pushed open a door marked Employees Only. The blonde handed her a key card to room 1005 and then held the door open as she passed through it.
He looked up from the bed where he sat surrounded by crumpled sheets, wires and a fresh computer, the box discarded on the floor. He smiled automatically and then his expression changed to one of shock. He was not prepared for how beautiful she was -- he hadn't even been sure she would be a woman. Her hair coiled perfectly, framing her beautiful features; the cleavage of her red dress; the legs that went on for days. She closed the door behind her and he could see her ass that looked good enough to eat... Focus! He smiled. She smiled, energized by the electricity that had seemed to crackle between the two of them.
She closed the door behind her, breathing quickly, but not from the stairs. He was exactly as she had imagined him. His hair was crumpled from too many nights of racking his fingers through it as he worked long into the night. His rectangular glasses sat comfortably on his face, enduringly stereotypical. He was wearing a black T-shirt that gave just the slightest hint of the lean muscles that lay beneath. Looking at him had sent a spark through her body, she felt more alive than she had in years. She could feel that her thin lace panties had dampened slightly from the way he had looked at her.
He stood as she walked towards the bed, extending his hand towards her, "It is great to finally meet you. Thank you for coming, for everything you have done."
As they shook hands, he looked up meeting her gray eyes for the first time. Sparks jumped between their fingers but she did not let go or drop his gaze. Her eyes penetrated him, he felt like she could see into his soul, and - liking what she saw - she smiled and dropped his hand, a second later than she should have.
Her fingertips still tingling she let her hand fall back to her side, her mind running through what she knew about him. He had been a low-level data analyst for one of those horrid foundations that laundered dirty money into campaigns, buying senators as it flowed. He had worked steadily, gathering proof, paper trails, connecting the strings from the seedy underworld to the highest offices of power. And earlier today he had published it all leaving the world was reeling. But for all his careful planning he had forgotten his new passport at home; ridiculous how that small detail was so endearing to her. She felt a little high from her proximity to him and the attraction she felt growing in the pit of her stomach. She took a deep breath, feeling her nipples harden against the fabric of her dress.
Wordlessly, she handed him a manila envelope. He opened it, pulling out a social security guard, Wisconsin driver's license, U.S. Passport and a couple plane tickets that over the course of 24 hours would get him to Peru. He inspected each document slowly. Eventually eyes looking up with admiration, "These are perfect"
She laughed, "I know. That is why I am the best,"
He picked up another envelope beside the bed, "And that is why they cost so much,"
Teasingly, she took the envelope, "That is why they are worth so much." She opened the envelope and took out one of the six tightly bundled stacks of 100s and handed it to him. "A discount, let's say I admire your work,"
He looked back at her a little bewildered, "What is this?" she asked, "Have you not watched the news yet? You're the people's hero,"
She crossed to the other side of the bed, setting her heels on the floor, the envelope of money on the bedside table and climbing on top of the crumpled sheets. She patted the bed next to her, come watch. Settling in she flicked on the television. They watched in silence for 20 minutes, images flickering across the screen. Across the country protests had broken out, demanding the resignation of nearly all the highest ranking Congress people and several governors. The President was scrambling, oscillating between defending members of his party and trying to distance himself as much as possible from them. She felt the energy crackling between them. He shifted, nervously, a smile slowly creeping across his face as he saw his careful months of planning finally coming together.