college throughout that time, I didn't want to quit, I know this might sound a bit cliche but they were my family now, th

he audience in your room." she said, pe

influential people who wouldn't want a trip to the strip club to tarnish th

that came in?" Mar, Marsanne, asked as sh

their faces, especially the one wi

re every show but I never understood why. My show always started earlier than theirs because they stayed later and I had to go t

h a pole right in the middle of it, there were chairs set up around the stage, those were for the greedy, old, pig-bellied men. There were another set of chairs at the back of the room, where the lights were even darker over there but I coul

he audience yelled, pull

omeone asked. I wanted to be closer to him. I walked down the stairs in front of the stage and towards him, curving every oth

erson sitting next to him, he had on an owl mask. He just sat there and watched me dance, most of the others would've already tried to touch me by now, he was different and I liked it. I could feel his lustful stare, I could feel all of their stares but his gaze was the only one that made me feel watched, that made me feel like he was touching me, even when his hands lay perfectly on the armrests, his eyes followed my hands as they explored my entire body, then

says so or gives me money. His hand began to approach me but I didn't shy away, I kept dancing, I wanted him to touch me and at the same time I didn't. I could feel his hand hovering

mask said to him, passing a

dn't count, because of what he did next. He used the flat part of the bill to trace around my chest but switched it to

kept teasing me until he placed the folded piece of paper in front o

so I forced a smile and opened my mouth, he set it gently on my lower lip, not breaking eye contact for a se

to feel self-conscious, he was staring bullets at me. His 'friends' stood up and left, just leaving us in

ething." he said, his voice deep and sexy. He walked to the door, opened it and took a

t the ground, Merlot immediately c

h my god, honey, you're so red. Do you have a f

up, "I'm fine." I said, pushing her hand a

parking lot, it was the only car there which gave me a bad feeling. I decided to walk back into the club and use the back exit when I hea

than some stalker, then I walked tow

pick you up

et off at this time?

d, "Get in the

g like this? We b

uch irrelevant ma

ed into your apartment to surprise you for your birthday when I see you pushing your shrimp di

ei

hounding me about quitting

d I don't have a shrimp, you must be thinking about something e

to argue with him today or any other day

o start hurting, I spotted a bench and limped over

ed up in front of me and the

u following m

" he said, then the car made a c

at me up and down, checking me out, I was wearing a black short skirt with

pen the door but it was locked. I tu

caressed me, "I'm serious about you being special, I haven't had sex wi

ly caught an std." I laug

honk in the empty street, "Fuck Leila, why can't you just

king him think I was pulling him into a kiss and when he let h

s head, covering his now bleeding nose

e need to say something so I turned back, "'Used to' is past tense if your frat boy pea brain did

tween them, opening them up again and a man in a black suit walked in, he had dark brown hair and beautiful gray e

pressed the button for the last floor where all the

prey. We finally got to the seventh floor and I got off the elevator. Even as I walked out, I could feel his eyes following me, it was like I was back on the

ll the traces of Max, me ex, away from my body. As I lathered the soap on my body, I remembered when the he trailed the money along the exposed part of my body and the places it touched

ower. I dried myself up, wore my pajamas and sat on my bed. I pulled my bag closer to me and brought o