Confessions of a Bunny

~**Venus**~

4 months later....

This is just disgusting I said to Gina as we cleaned the presidential suite. We'd been in here for about 10 minutes and had cleaned up no less than 10 condoms and almost two bags of trash. Girl who you telling I've been for almost 2 years and the shit I see never surprises me. What they hell were they doing in here though I mean all these condoms and bodily fluids I said picking up the soiled sheet. What you think they were doing? I don't even wanna know. But I heard that there was some porn directors here doing a movie. Porn! Yeah, girl you know skin flicks. They use the hotels all the time for different types of films. I thought they always did that at some out of the way warehouse. Not the ones here in Vegas they use pretty much any place they can get their hands on, hotels, people's homes once I even saw them filming one on the side of the road. On the side of the road! Imagine my surprise here I am thinking they were stranded and needed help, only to find out they were screwing. After that I vowed that I'd never stop to help anyone else again. That's way too much I said shaking my head as we continued to clean the room.

The last 4 months have been...well let's just say they've been really interesting. I was so embarrassed about the job that I kept it from Lola and Emilio. I didn't want them to judge me for being a housekeeper when they were over here with real jobs. It caused a lot of tension in the house and almost ended up in me and Lola going to blows a couple of times. Fortunately for us we moved past it and we're in a good spot now, she understood why I was embarrassed. And I understood why she felt like I was keeping stuff from her. I mean I was in essence keeping it from her, because I didn't want her to judge me and also because I'd always been the one to get the better jobs. Back in Detroit she'd always get stuck with the average minimum wage jobs while I pulled the higher paying jobs. Granted it was a manufacturing plant, but it still paid way more than what she was getting. I guess you could say pride got the best of me. I just never thought I'd be too this level, but hey you live, and you learn, as I said we've moved past that now and we're in a good space.

It took us about an hour to clean the entire presidential suite before moving on to the other rooms on the floor. They weren't as bad, but they weren't spot less either. It's amazing how they don't provide us hazmat suites for some of the rooms we have to go into. We'd just finished our last room before lunch, and I was more than ready to get off my feet. As far as eating that was a different situation given the amount of nasty as rooms we'd just cleaned. I'd probably grab a small snack or something just to keep my strength up for the rest of the day. Whew I am so tired! Tell me about, it I work all day here and then have to go home and work more to make sure these kids did they homework and shit. You look so young to have kids. I started early, not by choice but hey we all got issues she said pulling her bag out of her locker. They're father still in the picture? What do you think? Never mind, I said shaking my head. He died before my 2nd one was born. Oh, I am sorry to hear that. It's not your fault he couldn't stay out these streets. It just sucks he left me with two kids, boys that I gotta constantly worry about. They have a good mother that's watching out for them. Thanks girl she said nodding. What about you, you got kids? Naw, that definitely wasn't in the cards for me. Why not you got female problems or something? Nope, just didn't want to be connected to the man for the rest of my life. Oop you ain't said nothing but a word. For real though, I use to want kids so bad, I wanted to create a family, one more stable than the one I had, but after a while I realized why perpetuate the cycle of a broken home. It's just best that I stay single and childless for a while. That's a big step to realize, I wish I would have realized it my damn self she said chuckling a little.

Gina was a character, outside of Lola and Emiliano she was the only friend I had out here. I mean it wasn't like I was really looking for friends like that, but she was a good friend to have. She hipped me to what leaving in Vegas was really like. It was so much more than just the bright lights and the strip. Vegas also had a seedy underworld that operated in the public view as well. If it wasn't porn, it was drugs and gangs that made walking the streets of Vegas at night more dangerous than anywhere else. And don't think for a moment that the undesirables didn't know who was who trust they did, and they watched your every move just waiting for a moment to get at them. So how did you get start working here Gina, I said as we sat in the break room. Girl we been over this Ruth tricked me too, talking about I'd be doing reservations. I show up and they talking about reservations, naw you cleaning the rooms. Why did you stay? Hello 2 mouths to feed and a mama who couldn't help me take care of them. I hate the job, but it pays, and the hours are decent so I can take care of my boys. You ever thought about leaving? Every single day, but what job am I gonna get with a GED. I mean there are other things you can do with a GED. Yeah, I am sure, but I am not opening my legs, and I am not taking my clothes off for them either. I feel that! What about you, you planning to stay working here? Naw I didn't come to Vegas to do this. What did you come for? Honestly, I didn't have a plan, my best friend got a job and asked me to move with her. If I hadn't come, I'd probably still be in Detroit working at the factory living with my aunt. How was that, living with your aunt? It was what it was, and I don't want to go back to it either cause my aunt is a little crazy. I got one of them too, when I was younger you know that crazy bitch tried to run me over with her car. What! Yeah, after that I said screw that she crazy and I haven't spoken to her since. What's crazy is the fact that she still be coming around like we cool, and she didn't try to run over me. Oh, she really tried it didn't she. She did but I don't be worried about her cause I know she got some mental issues as well.