Temptation

Chapter Two

Tom and Diane watched as the music started up and a man entered the stage. He wore his trousers with suspenders and had heavy black eyeliner on the waterline of his eyes. He wore dark red lipstick in the center of his lips to give himself the flapper look. His hair was slicked back and he had black star pasties over his nipples.

"Welcome everyone! We're so happy to see you! I see some familiar faces...and many new ones!" The man spoke, looking out into the audience.

He waved his hands and planted his feet together on the stage.

"We have a spectacular evening planned for you tonight! The ladies...and the gentlemen...are excited to see you all as well and most importantly...excited to entertain you! And I am so sorry. I have yet to introduce myself. I am Antoine la Bisse, your MC for the night. We're all so pleased you have chosen to experience the sexy and pleasurable Madame le Fleur's for your evening night outs! Tonight, we hope to entertain you with our music, song, and dance...and hopefully, it will make up for the food if it's bad!" Antoine spoke.

A few of the ensemble girls came out and Antoine introduced them all, giving them their small backstory. Afterward, the ensemble men came out and Antoine went through the same thing. As they all danced behind him, Antoine took a step forward to speak to the audience once more.

"Now that you know all the ladies and gentlemen, there is just one more lady you need to have the pleasure of knowing when you come to a Madame le Fleur show. Our strikingly beautiful headlining lady, Emile du Boux!" Antoine announced.

As Antoine and the ensemble girls exited the stage, the music changed to the beginning of 'Witchcraft' by Frank Sinatra. Antoine rushed over to Emile du Boux and gave her a thumbs up before she entered the stage with two of the men holding black wings in front of her. To the audience, they could only see her legs with black tights over them in devilishly high pumps. As Emile began to sing, the men around her began to dance and the audience began to applaud. Diane and Tom looked around the room and chuckled to each other as they went to sip their wine.

"Seems like she's very popular among the returning guests." Diane scoffed.

Soon, one of the men removed a black wing to reveal the bottom half of her torso. Her back was to the audience revealing that she was wearing black panties attached to garters to keep up her stockings. As she began to sway her hips, she turned around as the other man removed the wing to reveal herself in a black corset and black feather boa hiding the lower part of her face. As it got to the small dance break in the song, she danced along with the men and Tom squinted his eyes trying to see her face. Diane glanced up at Tom and furrowed her brow, tightening her grip on his hand. When he didn't look at her, Diane pursed her lips together and turned her attention back to the performance. Tom exhaled sharply as the men lifted Emile into the air, moving in a circle as she played with her boa. As they set her down, she had her back to the audience. By the end of the song, Emile finally turned to face the audience and threw her boa into the audience. As everyone applauded the performance, Tom's eyes widened as he was finally able to see her face. He felt his heart race in a panic. He couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing.

He was taken aback when Diane looked up at him and furrowed her brow.

"Are you alright?" She asked loudly, over the applause.

How can she not see it, Tom asked himself.

"Um, yeah, I'm fine." He replied.

Diane chuckled lightly as she wrapped her arms around him, laying her head against his shoulder. Emile and the ensemble men took their bow and Emile laughed as she watched the person who caught her boa wave it in the air. At that moment, Tom knew for certain it was who he thought he saw. I know that laugh, Tom told himself. They all walked off the stage and Antoine came out to introduce the next act. As the next hour went by, Tom was still trying to process if what he saw was real. When the show had ended, all the performers took their bows and Emile took her own bow before they exited the stage. Tom was certain that he had just watched Alice perform as Emile du Boux.