that time to get ready. Alice took the city bus to the only salon she remembered seeing that offered waxing, and got a full treatment, along with a thirty minute massage. The oils were invigorating and the masseuse had strong hands that worked deep into her muscles without pain, melting away her anxieties about the night.
"Would you like a scrub?" The woman asked behind her quietly.
"Pardon?" Alice said, she had nearly fallen asleep.
"Would you like a body scrub? It removes all the dead skin and leaves your skin clean and smooth."
"Oh, how much is that in addition?"
"Fifty dollars."
Alice thought for a moment, "Sure."
As the woman worked over her body Alice began to imagine the night ahead of her. What would these rich and powerful men have in store for her? If she was to be a party favor... what kind of party was she going to? She felt goose bumps rise along her skin at the thought.
"Is that too rough?" The woman asked, stilling her hands.
"Oh, no I'm sorry, I was worrying about something." Alice said.
When she was finished at the spa, Alice took the bus home, it was close to seven, and she watched the sun setting as the bus bumped along as it made its way through the city. Alice's stop was only a block from her apartment but she walked quickly, not wanting to be late. She pulled her limp sweater tight around her body as she approached her door, the doorman Lou nodded at her and opened it for her.
"Thanks Lou. A car will be here for me in about a half hour, will you ring me when he gets here?" She asked as she stepped into the building.
"Of course, have a nice evening miss Alice." He replied with a smile that crinkled the corners of his eyes.
When Alice opened the door to her apartment, Lucy, her pure white cat greeted her by circling her ankles and yowling loudly.
"Alright, alright." Alice said as she stepped carefully around Lucy and made her way into her small kitchen to fill her dish.
Alice hurried to the bathroom and turned on the shower, stripping all of her clothes and leaving them in a pile on the middle of the floor. She gazed in the mirror as she wrapped her long hair in a towel and applied cold cream to her face. She had strict instruction to only wear powder and rouge, she was not to enhance her eyes at all, and on her lips she was to wear sheer gloss. Alice stepped into the steaming shower and rinsed the sticky remnants of her scrub and massage oils away, and after she rinsed her face thoroughly, she stepped out and began to get ready.
Lenora had said that for any job she was to be on, she was to wear something simple, and comfortable that she could change in and out of easily. Alice decided on an old OSU sweatshirt and black yoga pants. She ran a brush through her hair quickly, she should have touched up her roots, but she didn't have the time or the money, if she wanted to get her landlord off her back. Sighing and glancing at the clock she paced in front of her sofa while chewing on her thumb, waiting for the driver to arrive. Lucy watched her, perched on the arm of the sofa and Alice eyed her sporadically.
"Don't look at me like that. I'll be back before morning." She said and stroked the cats thick back.
A few moments later her buzzer whined at her and she hurried downstairs to the lobby, checking her reflection before hurrying through the door that Lou held open. To her surprise it wasn't just a car that arrived to pick her up, but a sleek black limo, Lou hurried to open the car door for her, and smiled as she climbed in. The limo pulled away from the road, and the dark window separating her from the driver rolled down.
"Good evening Alice, your costume is in the cabinet to your left; put it on and when we arrive I'll help with the rest." He said kindly, and rolled the window back up.
Alice glanced to her left at the cabinet, to her right was a silver tray that held a small bottle, with a cork in the top, a string hung from it with a tiny tag that read , "Drink Me " . Beside that was a
"Would you like a scrub?" The woman asked behind her quietly.
"Pardon?" Alice said, she had nearly fallen asleep.
"Would you like a body scrub? It removes all the dead skin and leaves your skin clean and smooth."
"Oh, how much is that in addition?"
"Fifty dollars."
Alice thought for a moment, "Sure."
As the woman worked over her body Alice began to imagine the night ahead of her. What would these rich and powerful men have in store for her? If she was to be a party favor... what kind of party was she going to? She felt goose bumps rise along her skin at the thought.
"Is that too rough?" The woman asked, stilling her hands.
"Oh, no I'm sorry, I was worrying about something." Alice said.
When she was finished at the spa, Alice took the bus home, it was close to seven, and she watched the sun setting as the bus bumped along as it made its way through the city. Alice's stop was only a block from her apartment but she walked quickly, not wanting to be late. She pulled her limp sweater tight around her body as she approached her door, the doorman Lou nodded at her and opened it for her.
"Thanks Lou. A car will be here for me in about a half hour, will you ring me when he gets here?" She asked as she stepped into the building.
"Of course, have a nice evening miss Alice." He replied with a smile that crinkled the corners of his eyes.
When Alice opened the door to her apartment, Lucy, her pure white cat greeted her by circling her ankles and yowling loudly.
"Alright, alright." Alice said as she stepped carefully around Lucy and made her way into her small kitchen to fill her dish.
Alice hurried to the bathroom and turned on the shower, stripping all of her clothes and leaving them in a pile on the middle of the floor. She gazed in the mirror as she wrapped her long hair in a towel and applied cold cream to her face. She had strict instruction to only wear powder and rouge, she was not to enhance her eyes at all, and on her lips she was to wear sheer gloss. Alice stepped into the steaming shower and rinsed the sticky remnants of her scrub and massage oils away, and after she rinsed her face thoroughly, she stepped out and began to get ready.
Lenora had said that for any job she was to be on, she was to wear something simple, and comfortable that she could change in and out of easily. Alice decided on an old OSU sweatshirt and black yoga pants. She ran a brush through her hair quickly, she should have touched up her roots, but she didn't have the time or the money, if she wanted to get her landlord off her back. Sighing and glancing at the clock she paced in front of her sofa while chewing on her thumb, waiting for the driver to arrive. Lucy watched her, perched on the arm of the sofa and Alice eyed her sporadically.
"Don't look at me like that. I'll be back before morning." She said and stroked the cats thick back.
A few moments later her buzzer whined at her and she hurried downstairs to the lobby, checking her reflection before hurrying through the door that Lou held open. To her surprise it wasn't just a car that arrived to pick her up, but a sleek black limo, Lou hurried to open the car door for her, and smiled as she climbed in. The limo pulled away from the road, and the dark window separating her from the driver rolled down.
"Good evening Alice, your costume is in the cabinet to your left; put it on and when we arrive I'll help with the rest." He said kindly, and rolled the window back up.
Alice glanced to her left at the cabinet, to her right was a silver tray that held a small bottle, with a cork in the top, a string hung from it with a tiny tag that read , "Drink Me " . Beside that was a
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