Life has no rules

The Back Door

Two days later

I made my way down the block for my first day at my job. It was now 4:30 I was a perfect walking distance to get there on time. The club I was working at was called The Back Door the first time I saw this place I knew I wanted to work here, it was so.. different. They did different colored themes for certain nights they had fog everywhere, great music, dancer on poles through the dance floors it was exotic. When I walked in I noticed the theme for the night was red. The lights were dimmed into a red hue making you feel like you're in a movie and I noticed it was quite packed already. I found my way to the back and introduced myself to a girl named Makayla, she would be training me for the first week. Thankfully I already had experience with Bartending so I caught on fairly quickly. As the night went on more people seemed to pile in and that's when the party really started. Fog roamed the room people casually walked around with joints and blunts in their mouth some snorting lines and other popping pills. It must be a regular thing here, I thought to myself. "Nairobi!" I heard makayla call for me."Yeah?!" I yelled back as I finished making some girls club soda. I walked over and she handed me a plate full of drinks, "takes these to the second floor!" She yelled through the music. I looked at her confused. "Second floor?" She pointed to some stairs that lead straight into what looked like, a ceiling? I looked at her even more confused, "there's a room up there just take these you'll meet Mike" I assumed mike was the owner as I head previously heard his name, so without a second though I grabbed the tray and walked my way up the stairs. As soon as I opened the door I was greeted with the smell of marijuana, damn they were hotboxing this room for sure I thought to myself as I made my way across the room. From up here you could see everything below almost like a security room, up here there was girls giving lap dances some serving drugs to the men that were up here. Sketchy I thought as I set the tray with all the drinks down on the table. "You must be Nairobi" I'm assuming who was Mike spoke "yes, nice to finally meet you" I replied with a smile on my face. You could hardly hear the music up here I felt so much more relaxed compared to downstairs. I wonder if this room is sound proof I thought to myself until a knock at the door interrupted my thoughts. "Open that up for me Nai" he was referring to the door. Ok nicknames now I thought to myself. I opened the door and I came across a couple of guys letting them in until I noticed the third guy looked quite familiar. "David?" I spoke outloud more so to myself. He turned to look at me and I saw a look on his face that didn't quite sit right with me. He looked almost, concerned? He didn't say anything just made his way across the room and sat next to an older gentleman he came with sitting right across from mike only then did I notice the briefcase that was in David's hands."Nai bring these gentlemen some drinks, whiskey on the rocks preferably" I just nodded and made my way to the door looking back noticing David watching me. I made my way behind the bar once downstairs and prepared their drinks. I was about to head upstairs when Makayla stopped me handing me an envelope, "for Mike!" She yelled over the music. I didn't question it and made my way upstairs again focusing on not dropping the drinks everywhere. Once I was in the room I could feel, what was it, tension ? I placed the tray on the table and handed the gentleman their drinks and then handing Mike the envelope I was handed. "Nai stay up here for me in case I need more rounds" Mike spoke. I nodded "yes sir" I replied making my way to the corner of the room noticing all the other girls in the room had left and it was just me up here with these men now. I tried to make myself as invisible as possible watching all the people below go crazy dancing and having fun. It was hard to not hear their conversation. "That's everything?" I heard the man David come in with speak. "Ray I said I'd have it and I will, for tonight this is it" replied Mike. "You owe me 78,000 and you're giving me an envelope for 25grand, what kind of bullshit is this ? Do I look like a joke to you? It's been 3 months since I fronted you those loads and you wana hand me over 25 thousand ?!" I could hear the irritation in Ray's voice. "Do you know what happens to the people that don't pay what they borrowed" ray aggressively spoke. That's when I had to turn my head I watched Ray pull out a gun, all of the other men who were with Mike immediately going into a protective stance. Mike put his hands up signaling for his men to calm down. I noticed David looking at me from the corner of his eye our eyes meeting for a second I could feel my palms start to sweat. I knew some shady shit was going on here I thought to myself. I did my best to stay far away across the room trying to distract myself by watching the ppl below nervously tapping my fingers against my thigh. "You Gona shoot me in my own club?" Mike shouted. "You're not that fucking stupid Ray, you.always.flake. Just like your brother" Ray glared at him not speaking. Ray chuckled an evil type of chuckle. "You better cough up the rest of the money by tonight or you're dead"he said as he stood up. "Wait, i have a proposal" mike spoke. David made eye contact with Ray almost as if they were speaking to each other with their eyes. "Take the girl" Mike pointed at me with his head. David immediately stood "What the fuck do you think we are" David spoke "we are not like those other fucking men"Ray hushed David signaling him to calm down. "We accept cash and cash only" ray spoke BOOM before I knew it Mike was yelping in pain on the floor holding his chest. I gasped and all hell broke loose before any of the other men could react they too were already on the floor l. I noticed David and the other guy had their guns out. I couldn't tell if they were dead or not, dont panick I thought to myself , I was trying to figure out how to get the hell out of the room, only then did I notice the people below were continuing their night like nothing happened. I guess none heard the gunfire. That's when I realized David had made his way across the room and was tugging at my hand pulling me towards him rushing me to go down the stairs his other men following behind. That's when I heard more gun fire but this time coming from the dance floor. Didn't take long for them to realize what had happened and I guess Mike had other men down here. Realizing they were shooting directly at us I squeezed David's hand letting him rush us through the already panicked crowd of people. "Move! move!" I heard David yelling pushing through the crowd making it out of the front door. Once outside a black Yukon was parked waiting for us. I was shoved in quite forcefully only to be rushed by the rest of the men they came with. They shut the door and we immediately took off. I was in too much shock to say anything i only sat there until I heard Ray speak"what do we do with her" that's when my head shot up "she won't be a problem" David spoke. Ray stared at David for a good second, "how do you know that ?she just witnessed us practically kill those bastards!" Ray looked at me for a moment before speaking. "I suggest you find another job and do your research this time" he sounded almost annoyed "Wha- what do you mean?" I questioned. "That bastard has a habit of getting loads fronted and then offering pretty girls to repay for what he can't pay back, he's never been an issue with us until tonight. He never has his bartenders stay up there with us when it comes to business" I gulped. "Can someone please roll down the window I-I need some air"I said "please do not puke in here" I heard ray say in disgust. "You will make sure she keeps her mouth shut" ray told David. He just nodded his head yes.

We drove for another 30 minutes my anxiety easing up. So many questions raced through my mind. Did they only hire me to give me away? Did the other girls know about this? Was this the first time? Have they done this to other girls before ? Only then did I realize we stopped at some warehouses. I made my way out of the truck to only get inside another car but this time only with David. It was quiet for a few moments the only sound being the engine of the car. I didn't know what to say but I had so much to say, David beat me to speaking first "I'm sorry we had to meet this way again.." I didn't reply for a few minutes, "is this what you do for a living" I questioned he didn't reply. "I'm not trying to judge you, I just.. didn't expect that from you" I said as I looked out the window. "I wish I could say it's not" he finally spoke " I've been in this lifestyle  almost my whole life" he didn't look at me. I faced him waiting for him to continue but he didn't. "Did they only hire me to fucking try and sell me" I asked outloud more to myself. "Maybe, I suggest never going back there, they don't know where you live right? If any of them saw you leaving with us,which they probably did, they'll try to find you." I gulped. I was scared now because even though they didn't know where I lived I was not too far from them. "They don't but I'm within a 30 minute walking distance.." he looked at me and sighed "you might have to find a new place" I looked at him in disbelief. Are you kidding me I JUST got here I thought to myself. "Well, where to? I'll have to break my lease and I'll still have to apply and wait for me to get accepted and move and hire moving trucks and-" I had to breath all of this was making my head hurt I could feel an anxiety attack coming I just shut my eyes and tried my hardest to breath deeply. "Hey" I heard him softly speak which made me turn to him still breathing deeply, "you'll be ok I-I could help you move and look into another area"I could hear the uncertainty in his voice."you don't have to" I said. "Where do you stay" he asked, "make e left here and at the light just make another left , building with all the plants in the front" he only nodded. We arrived shortly and pulled in to the garage area I didn't realize how late it was. "Shit" I muttered to myself. "What is it?" He asked. "I left all of my shít at the club, ID,keys,purse,wallet" my head was starting to pound. "I'll just ask the front desk to open it for me" I opened the door and heard David make his way out of the car as well "what are you doing" I questioned "they have all your information  you can't stay here tonight especially if they can get into your place" I just stared at him "where the hell am I suppose to go." "You can stay at mines till we figure out what to do" he said as we walked to the front desk. Luckily I had my phone and a picture of my ID to convince them to give me a spare key. We reached my floor when I notice Chicho walking around the hallway that lead to the Elevator. "Chicho?" I rushed to the door to realize my place was had already been rummaged through.