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They immediately start working it.
Swinging themselves around the poles, doing splits on stage, shaking everything they’ve got. The bills are floating through the air and the cheers are almost deafening.
This club is lit.
“We’re up next,” Megan says, walking up behind me.
“You know it,” I say. I’m trying to put on my most confident voice, but I fear I’m not doing too well. Though Megan doesn’t seem to notice.
“I hope Aaron has our playlist ready to go,” she says. “He’s usually pretty good about it. Especially for the main show.”
I swallow hard. Did she just say main show? Like, the two of us are who these people all came to see?
My stomach instantly tightens, even though my abs are tighter than a nun’s cunt, and I hold down the urge to puke.
I haven’t been this nervous since I had to perform a clarinet solo on stage in the sixth grade. That was traumatizing. But mainly because the girl I was supposed to do the duet with dropped out in the middle of the song, turning the event into an unexpected solo.
“Are we ready, my beauties?” a woman’s voice says from behind us.
I turn around to see a tall woman walking toward us. A walkie talkie is clipped to her belt that leads to the ear piece wrapped around her right ear. She’s wearing tight fitted jeans, black pumps, a rhinestone tank top, a leather jacket, and her hair is slicked back into the perfect ponytail. I would say she was in her late forties, but the outfit and hair has me thinking she’s no older than I am.
“Vanessa!” Megan shrieks, rushing toward her and looping her arms around her neck. “It’s about damn time you got here!”
“Listen,” Vanessa replies, once Megan pulls away. “If I didn’t get an SOS text from Leeah, I’d probably have been here an hour ago. Tampons are hard to find right now. Maybe the apocalypse is coming because I believe every woman in the city of Ithaca is currently on the rag.”
Vanessa walks up to me and kisses my cheek the way the French do; without their lips ever touching skin. “Hey, bish,” she says, pulling me in for a hug. “Glad to see you’re feeling better. The way Tommy made it sound, I was half expecting to walk in and see you sprawled out on the floor without a pulse.”
I smile, nervously. “Just a rough start to the day, I guess.”
“Rough night is more like it,” Megan adds from behind her. I glare at her and she smiles at me innocently.
Vanessa chuckles and looks back at me, giving me the up and down. Then, she clicks her tongue and says, “Daaaaammmmn! Look at this sex kitten!”
“Right?!” Megan shrieks, jumping to her feet and rushing over to us. “We found it this morning and I knew she’d be the perfect bitch to wear something like that.”
“Yours is slammin’ too,” Vanessa says to Megan who is wearing one very similar to mine.
“Well, duh.” Megan’s tone is overly cocky and I love it.
Vanessa grabs me and squares my shoulders, looking straight into my eyes. “Tonight is the night,” she says. “Did you practice your routine?”
I nod. “At least three or four times this morning.”
“And you nailed it?”
I look to Megan for confirmation and she throws her hands up in the air. “She’s a sexy beast!”
Vanessa smiles at me. “I knew you’d be the girl for this event.” She drops her hands from my shoulders and claps them together, looking between me and Megan. “Alright! Thongs are on. Boobs are perky. Let’s get this show on the road!”
The lights in the club are off and there’s a mist floating over the stage. Leeah and Amanda finished their part of the show and I swear the crowd will be walking around tomorrow without voices. They were screaming louder than the crowd from the Disturbed concert I went to with Nick three years ago.
Within minutes, I’m escorted to the stage entrance and my ass is still stinging from the second smack on my ass that I received from Tommy. I was less than thrilled when he returned to the changing room and gave me a second helping of his hand in a place it doesn’t belong.
I’m not sure I’ll be able to get used to that. I feel like I’m cheating on Nick.
The crowd is hushed as Aaron comes over the loudspeaker to introduce our show. His voice is booming and I love listening to it.
Until he says our names.
