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I’ve never hated anyone in my life. But I do now.
“I thought Stacey worked here for a long time. As a stripper. Right?”
She was so kind to me. What could have happened to her?
Dominika rolls her eyes. “Like I told you, people cycle in and out of this place. You’ll learn that. In fact, you won’t be here long, either. But you probably already know that, don’t you? The Alekseev brothers have told you, yes?”
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CHAPTERFORTY-SIX
Charleigh
Something grinds in my stomach and I want to steady myself on the bar. But I dare not touch it again. “Um, no, they haven’t told me anything specific. I’ve been wondering how long I need to stay here to fulfill my father’s obligation. Am I already that close to being finished?”
Please say yes, please say yes. I can get back to my course. I’ve missed some classroom time and one exam, but I can make it up. I know I can. And Luci will help me.
But Dominika just laughs, spewing her rank breath. “Honey, you have no fucking clue, do you?”
Clue about what?
I shake my head slowly, my mouth suddenly too dry to speak.
Do I really want to hear this? Or would it be better to remain in the dark?
“Christ, I don’t know what they’re saving the exciting news for.” She looks around like she’s going to tell me something she shouldn’t. I brace myself. “You’re to be auctioned to pay your father’s debts. You thought cocktailing a few hours in a short skirt and high heels would absolve his obligations? Are you fucking kidding me?”
I’m about to ask her to repeat herself because what she’s saying is so outrageous that I’m sure I heard her wrong. I must have. But no, when I think about it for a moment, I heard her loud and clear.
If I had a sharp object, I’d stab her in the neck.
She’s full of shit and trying to scare me. That’s how awful she is. Empty, void of what makes someone human, missing everything that separates us from other animals.
Babbling on about something, I watch her lips move. But I hear nothing. I can say nothing.
I finally get my voice back and interrupt. “Wait. Wh… what do you mean,auctioned?”
She smiles and I want to wipe the smug off her hideous face. She’s having fun. Way too much fun.
She’s got me and she knows it.
She slams her hands on her hips. “You really are that stupid,” she scolds. “An auction is where something is sold to the highest bidder. And that something being sold, in this case, is you and your virginity.”
Thisis the deal?Thisis their payment?
Does my father know this?
Does everyone, including Stacey from the dressing room know this? Except me?
I grab the edge of the bar for balance. I don’t care if it pisses off Dominika or not. I figure it will piss her off a lot more if I pass out in view of members.
Her words tumble around in my mind, fragmented and out of order.
Auction.
Me.
And my virginity.
