somehow moved me, my hips gyrating slowly into a r ocking twist. I could feel her watching me, a smile somewhere on her pretty face, but I didn’t care that she’d been right. I need ed this.
My hands no longer trembled, my legs weren’t wobbly when I stood, and I suddenly felt like I wanted to sing the alphabet song as loud as I could. I was Eden tonight –vixen extraordinaire . That’s what the se old men wanted…wasn’t it? An illusion…
“Eden to Main Stage…” the intercom squawked, and a dopey smile spread across my face.
Ten minutes…Shit…the way I felt, I could go all night long…being sexualized…admired…
“Meet you in the back…” B ecca murmured, taking the spot on the toilet I’d just vacated.
“Showtime” I whispered as I exited the bathroom, my hips swaying in time to the music.
Eve now Eden …I liked it.
Chapter 10*
Twelve hundred dollars in three hours!
I’d walked out of the club with a thousand dollars in my pocket after paying the house, and I hadn’ t even dance d the whole night . While Becca had stayed on stage, racking up more than double what I’d made, I’d enjoyed the last of my dragon chasing high at the bar, sipping on a couple complimentary drinks. I’d pictured g oing back to my room and wallowing in the loose bills, like they did in the movies, but Becca had other plans and we were now heading out of the city in her car. Two of the strippers from the club, Molly and Madison had joined us for the ride, both of them in the backseat while I rode shotgun.
We’d been driving for forty five minutes and were well out of the city before Becca finally turned off on a side road. I’d thought briefly about the coke we’d snorted in the bathroo m –before getting in the car— considering the fact that she at least still had a little buzz, but she seemed steady enough to drive without my rem inding her that we’d both just gotten high only hours before . Up and around a winding road we went, the cool breeze from the night air whipping my hair about my face so that the ends stung my cheeks and bare shoulders. I’d never been this far out and had no clue where we were going, but I didn’t have to wonder long. Another turn ont o a dirt road this time, and we stopped when the road ended.
A quick glance into the darkness ahead told me that not only did the road end, but so did the earth beneath us. We were high up on some sort of cliff, the lights of the city far enough away that they’d lost their twinkle and now simply glowed like a single beacon in the distance. The radio had been blasting since we pulled out of the club parking lot, and Becca turned it down now, releasing her seat belt so that she could reach over into the glove box.
“Hand me that book on the floor?” she asked as s he ex tr acted a quarter filled Ziploc bag of the bright white powder I’d snorted earlier.
“Yummy!” Molly and Madison chimed together, and my eyes rolled in the darkness, my hands searching around my feet for the book.
“Business and Finance For Dummies,” I read the title as I handed it to her, watching as she set it on the armrest between us.
Molly and Madison were busy giggling at each other in the back, bu t they still weren’t distracting enough for me to be completely honest with Becca. I didn’t want to snort anymore coke. It was a one— time thing, just like stripping had been, and besides it scared me. It was too beautiful, too pure, too enticing for me to resist if I did it more than once. I could feel it in my bone s, already an ache to fly high just one more time… M y mouth wate red as she poured a mound of the powder onto the book cover, separating it into lines with a single dollar bill she pulled from her stuffed purse. There were four of us in the car, s o I knew one of those lines was meant for me.
Katy Perry’s song “F irework ” played in the background , the lyrics tickling the almost non-existent buzz I still had. Only because I didn’t
My hands no longer trembled, my legs weren’t wobbly when I stood, and I suddenly felt like I wanted to sing the alphabet song as loud as I could. I was Eden tonight –vixen extraordinaire . That’s what the se old men wanted…wasn’t it? An illusion…
“Eden to Main Stage…” the intercom squawked, and a dopey smile spread across my face.
Ten minutes…Shit…the way I felt, I could go all night long…being sexualized…admired…
“Meet you in the back…” B ecca murmured, taking the spot on the toilet I’d just vacated.
“Showtime” I whispered as I exited the bathroom, my hips swaying in time to the music.
Eve now Eden …I liked it.
Chapter 10*
Twelve hundred dollars in three hours!
I’d walked out of the club with a thousand dollars in my pocket after paying the house, and I hadn’ t even dance d the whole night . While Becca had stayed on stage, racking up more than double what I’d made, I’d enjoyed the last of my dragon chasing high at the bar, sipping on a couple complimentary drinks. I’d pictured g oing back to my room and wallowing in the loose bills, like they did in the movies, but Becca had other plans and we were now heading out of the city in her car. Two of the strippers from the club, Molly and Madison had joined us for the ride, both of them in the backseat while I rode shotgun.
We’d been driving for forty five minutes and were well out of the city before Becca finally turned off on a side road. I’d thought briefly about the coke we’d snorted in the bathroo m –before getting in the car— considering the fact that she at least still had a little buzz, but she seemed steady enough to drive without my rem inding her that we’d both just gotten high only hours before . Up and around a winding road we went, the cool breeze from the night air whipping my hair about my face so that the ends stung my cheeks and bare shoulders. I’d never been this far out and had no clue where we were going, but I didn’t have to wonder long. Another turn ont o a dirt road this time, and we stopped when the road ended.
A quick glance into the darkness ahead told me that not only did the road end, but so did the earth beneath us. We were high up on some sort of cliff, the lights of the city far enough away that they’d lost their twinkle and now simply glowed like a single beacon in the distance. The radio had been blasting since we pulled out of the club parking lot, and Becca turned it down now, releasing her seat belt so that she could reach over into the glove box.
“Hand me that book on the floor?” she asked as s he ex tr acted a quarter filled Ziploc bag of the bright white powder I’d snorted earlier.
“Yummy!” Molly and Madison chimed together, and my eyes rolled in the darkness, my hands searching around my feet for the book.
“Business and Finance For Dummies,” I read the title as I handed it to her, watching as she set it on the armrest between us.
Molly and Madison were busy giggling at each other in the back, bu t they still weren’t distracting enough for me to be completely honest with Becca. I didn’t want to snort anymore coke. It was a one— time thing, just like stripping had been, and besides it scared me. It was too beautiful, too pure, too enticing for me to resist if I did it more than once. I could feel it in my bone s, already an ache to fly high just one more time… M y mouth wate red as she poured a mound of the powder onto the book cover, separating it into lines with a single dollar bill she pulled from her stuffed purse. There were four of us in the car, s o I knew one of those lines was meant for me.
Katy Perry’s song “F irework ” played in the background , the lyrics tickling the almost non-existent buzz I still had. Only because I didn’t
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