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Keller grabbed her arm. “They’re wasted. Let’s go have some fun.”
“Glory you’re going the wrong way,” Brick called. “The alley’s over there!”
“Fuck you, Brick!” she snarled as Keller pulled her arm to get her away from us. “Fuck all of you.”
I stood. I felt especially wound up on my asshole high. Any worries about my plan for the rest of the night had completely dissolved. I giggled, full of liquid courage, and stepped back to grab a bite from Tess’s burger. When I popped back up, I hit my arm into someone.
“Oh, shit, sorry.” I turned to find Salazar with a group of guys. “Hey!” I couldn’t help but notice his face went six shades of red and his eyes widened then narrowed.
“How drunk are you?”
“Enough to know I shouldn’t be around a client right now.” I hiccupped and put a hand to my mouth. “But probably not enough to forget this when I join you on the green tomorrow.”
“Whoa.” He held up his hands and broke out in a grin, and his friends laughed.
“Oh, please,” I waved him off, “this is my girls’ night. Besides, who do you think expedited your membership in this place?” I pointed dramatically to myself.
“Well, in that case, I owe you a round.” He grinned and ordered us another three bottles then slipped away with his buddies.
“I love my job.” I popped the cork and swung around to look at Morgan.
“Oh, shit,” he groaned, “I know that look.”
I took a swig. “Hear me out, but I did something.”
Five minutes later, we were all walking down the back hallway of Minnie’s club.
“I’m not even sure how we made it.” Minnie stumbled, lost her balance, and almost took someone out as we passed them. Tess grabbed her waist with a laugh, and they both almost fell into a wall.
“Good Lord, it’s only a block away.” Tess laughed as Rail grabbed Minnie and steadied Tess.
The bouncer, Nate, had eyed us up when we arrived, but after a word from Minnie, he walked with us to unlock the door to the Wet and Wild room. “I don’t know what you all have been into tonight, but you certainly are having fun.”
“Bubbly!” Minnie pulled a bottle from her bag. How it hadn’t smashed with the number of times she’d fallen trying to get here was astonishing. “Tess named me Mary Poppins way back, and here I am still livin’ up to my name.” She grinned happily.
Tess laughed. “God only knows what else she has in there.”
Minnie did a Vanna White move next to the outfits. “Pick your poison.” I studied the costumes and chose a cute little white and blue sailor outfit.
“No, no.” Rail snatched the hanger from me and studied the other clothes. Smoke poured out of his mouth as he grinned andheld up a very thin, almost see-through little black dress. “It’ll make your nips pop.”
“I’ll be right back.” Morgan laughed. “I love that one, Rail.”
“And what song?” Minnie asked, and I opened one eye and tried to study the screen.
“Earn It, by The Weeknd.” Tess moved to stand next to Minnie.
Rail grabbed the phone. “If this goes sideways, you will not ruinFifty Shadesfor me.” He glanced over. “Don’t worry, it won’t go sideways,” he assured me as I shifted the dress in place. “I just can’t risk it.” The girls tried so hard not to laugh as Rail ignored them and then turned the phone around for me to seeCloserby Nine Inch Nails. “This fucked-up situation needs a fucked- up song.”
“I couldn’t agree more.” I took a deep breath and another swig of alcohol and went to stand in front of the cage door. I looked back at Minnie and Tess, who now held weapons and waved them around like a bunch of drunks, then I stepped into the cage behind the viewing room.
“You got this baby girl.” Rail checked his gun clip while he popped another beer. “It’s pitch black for you, so let us do the rest.” He was right. We couldn’t see into the viewing room unless the person was really tall. Sometimes, we’d only see their shoes. That was a draw for those clients who only wanted to watch. They remained anonymous, unless they pressed a button to ask the dancer if they could enter. It was nice for the dancer, too, as they didn’t have to watch someone gawk at them and could relax and just dance without inhibitions.
“Yeah, I got this.” I squinted at the time on the wall. It was a little after one a.m., the time I’d told Tracy to tell my stalker I’d be dancing. I’d paid her well. This shit needed to end.
When the music started, I stepped into the water, turned my head off, and started to dance. The beat vibrated the cage walls,and the water drops that flew off me pulsated in the light. I was safe inside the cage. He couldn’t get to me. The only way he could was if I opened the special door myself.
The liquor did its job and helped push all my fears away. It was reckless, but after a few moments, I fell into my normal rhythm and tuned in to the lyrics of the song as I forgot all else and danced.
