Miles Tyler is gay so his only interest in the girls is where they are heading. They are all walking in the same direction, down an alleyway towards the illuminated sign 'The Alley Club'.
They join the long queue. He notes not a single one of the girls is wearing a coat despite the almost-freezing temperature.
Miles had booked a VIP table and one quick word with door security and he is escorted to the front of the long queue.
Once downstairs, the sound system is so loud each bass note hits his chest like a soft hammer blow. No surprise as the club had recently upgraded to the latest Martin Audio system, exactly the same as in the Ministry of Sound.
The strobe lighting and lasers help complete the atmosphere as they cascade all across the dance floor, which is packed with people.
Nobody needs to wait if they are thirsty as the bar is thirty feet long and extremely well stocked and the staff knowledgeable in virtually every drink concoction and cocktail.
Miles is shown to his VIP booth. He's been in hundreds of nightclubs over the years but tonight something special has caught his eye. The twins he's come here to personally check out, Erica and Leona Mitten. They are the waitresses serving the drinks to his table.
He's watching them closely. He's glad he dropped into this venue tonight. So far he likes what he sees. Yes, based on their looks they have huge potential.
He just hopes their personalities are as striking as their appearance. If they are, he's going to make them famous and they, in turn, are going to make him rich. Richer than he already is.
Chapter Eleven
Daniel is worried when the boss at Metro Security called him into his office.
Perhaps he had found the listening device Daniel planted during recent pay negotiations.
The device overheard them discussing the maximum they were prepared to pay instead of the two per cent they told the workers was all they could afford.
The device used by Daniel was the HY929 high-strength wall microphone voice bug. The description said the device can 'Listen through walls. The sensor detects the vibrations hitting the walls, window ceiling or floor and amplifies them so you can listen to what's being said'. Daniel purchased it online for £20.49 including free delivery.
Over the past three months, Daniel has been online and found lots of covert spy devices. The same place he purchased the illegal pepper spray used on the man hitting the dog.
Besides the listening device, he bought several other items including a Mini Wireless IP Hidden Spy Camera 1080P HD and 7mm Endoscope 6xLED Waterproof Snake Borescope Inspection HD Camera for less than £20 the pair.
This device can be used to see through small holes in walls or underneath a door, something Daniel recalls being used on TV programmes by SWAT teams before they storm a building.
He's also bought the GSM-N9 audio listening bug, which allows you to call from any phone and listen in. It can operate for two days on standby and record up to six hours of conversation.
More recently he's added a £37 iTrack TK102 Magnetic Mini GPS Vehicle Tracker with a SIM card that lasts for up to twelve days.
He's bought an HDV 312 video Camcorder with a 16x digital zoom lens on Amazon for little over £40 so he can record people with close-up shots.
To go with these items, Daniel found a second-hand pair of powerful Celestron Outlands binoculars on Gumtree for £45.
As he stood in front of his boss, Daniel thought he was about to be sacked. To his relief, the boss obviously didn't know about the device.
To his surprise, Daniel is told for the next four weeks he will be promoted and be in charge of the CCTV at the Trentbridge Shopping Centre. He will sit in the control room and watch over sixteen cameras covering every entrance and the internal areas.
With the CCTV cameras, Daniel will be in his element secretly watching people and following them around. Just like in the spy movies he loves so much.
Chapter Twelve
On the first day of his shift at the shopping centre, Daniel is given a basic two hours of training to use the CCTV equipment and left to fend for himself.
The rest of the day is pretty much without incident. The rain keeps away a lot of shoppers and, thankfully most of the shoplifters and troublemakers he’s been told about, and listed, complete with photos, in the folder sitting on the side of his desk.
Tuesday is a surprisingly sunny day for the time of year. However, it starts off with an elderly lady falling over and the need for Daniel to call for an ambulance to attend.
For the next hour, he uses the camera to follow people going from shop to shop. As he checks the cameras covering the front entrance, a young lady comes into view securing her bike to the rail.
With her long blonde hair and shapely figure, she certainly stands out from the crowd. Wearing tight blue jeans with the usual holes around and above the knees, that are the current fashion, and a light pink V-shaped top that barely covers her more than ample chest area.
He doesn’t recognise her but surely she must be a movie star or famous model?
Daniel can’t help himself. He uses the zoom feature of the CCTV camera and what fills the screen is his future girlfriend. At least in his eyes!
She is stunning. In close-up he can see her full pouting lips and perfectly formed face. He has never seen a girl so beautiful.
For the next forty-five minutes, Daniel uses the CCTV as she goes into a range of clothes shops, grabs a coffee and sits tapping on her phone, she also holds it up and
