Her Greatest Desire

Lillian Chapter 1

I stretch my body after an excruciating nights sleep I didn't get home till almost 5 am because of work and here it is almost 8. I get up dragging my feet not wanting to start my day but I had to be at the coffee shop by 10. I get downstairs and McKenzie and Robert are already laughing up a storm. I love my best friends but their laughing made my headache worse.
"Good morning sleepyhead, coffees in the pot for you" Kenzie the perfect roommate and friend. Once apon a time she stripped at the club with me but she decided to quit and go back to school, she was only a year older than me she always said "I have my whole life apon me" she always took initiative for her own life and I envied that.
"Thank you Kenz I'll be needing a lot of this today" I smiled at her and took a sip from my cup the hot liquid was exactly what I needed I take a few more sips before heading upstairs to get ready for work. I don't need to work at the coffee shop but I choose to I love the college students I talk to and everyday is something exciting. I take a quick shower changing into my uniform which has Nicos Coffee House embroidered onto the right pocket, I clip my name tag on the left side. I grab my purse and head off to work. My cars a old beauty but she needs a lot of work to ever be restored to her good ol days as my dad used to say. I get to the coffee house just a few minutes before 10 Lewis is already setting up the donuts and muffins.
"Good Morning" I say to him as I tie on my apron
"Good Morning miss Lillian " He says as he smooths down his gray hair. Lewis is 54 years old and has been working at this place for forever and is honestly the best manager out there.
After hours of standing on my feet I start to feel the hunger set in. "I really should have eaten breakfast " I mumble to myself. I look up and this gentleman in a charcoal gray suit walks in he stands very tall keeping his head high, he looks very important. He adjusts his tie and walks up to me
"What can I get you to..." But before I can finish my sentence he cuts me off
"Coffee black, and I'll try one of those blueberry muffins " I nod and just assume he isn't the talking type
"10.50 and can I get a name for the order" I ask him he hands me a 20 and I go to hand him his change
"James, and just Keep it" he demands
"Your coffee will be right out and here's your muffin" I grab the muffin from the sheet in the display case. He walks over to a little table and waits. I can tell Lewis is getting impatient so I take over making coffees and expressos for a while to give him a break. I finish with James's coffee and call him to get it, he takes it from my hand and walks out. The man was rude but in my line of work I've seen ruder. 5 o'clock rolls around and Tallen walks in the door to relieve me. I give her the rundown and scurry home to get ready for my night job. I get home and Kenzie and Robert are getting dressed.
"Where are you guys going tonight" I ask peeping into Kenzie's room. Seeing her sitting in only a robe curling her hair
"With you silly" she says
"Wait really, I thought you hated going to the club on epectially weekends" I squeal in excitement
"Usually yes but I know tonight is gonna be big for you and I'm always there to celebrate you" she says shooting me a smile. I walk down the hall to my room and find a pair of work clothes,and take a quick shower. I find a very small set of lace panties and bra that matches. The set is so small I always feel like I'm gonna pop out of it. I slid it on and look at myself in the mirror. "Hot" I say to myself. I throw on a hoodie and sweats. I shortly after finish my hair and my makeup, I matched the pink on the set to the eyeshadow on my eyelids. Kenzie yells something downstairs so I assume it's time to go. I grab my dance heals and slip on my slippers and run downstairs.
"Let's go everyone" she yells
Im the first one in the car this time so I get to sit up front despite Robert's complaints. We soon get to the club and the music is already blaring. I notice a lot of black cars with black out tented windows in the parking lot, a lot more than usual anyway. I sneak in the back door and am greeted by the girls I've been working with for months now. We have Star, Sunshine, Jasmine, HeavenAnd a few others.
"Hey girly, we have a lot of important men. A few of us have been booked for private rooms Gregory hasn't said who yet" Jasmine says giving me the rundown of tonight. I know something's serious when Greg doesn't tell us everything. I slip out of my sweats and put on my dance shoes pink and lacy just like my outfit. I grab Ivan one of our security guards
"I'm gonna go scope around till my dance, watch my back" I tell him and he simply nods. I see my friends at a table with a few of the girls and guys they've met while at college I decide to walk past them and say Hi later. I walk past a few men in suits along with some men I know are security. I go up to a gentleman and start making conversation
"What's your name sweetheart" he asked me and that's when I know it's time to play the game
"They call me the Little Devil" I tell him and smile
"Why do they call you that" he asks with a smirk
"Guess you'll have to pay to find out" I smile a not so innocent smile
"How much for a private room with you " he asks
"2K" I whisper, he looks shocked at first but then grabs a wad of Cash out of his pocket and hands me 3K instead. I walk him to one of the private rooms giving him the dance of his life. As I left I was disgusted by the stane I saw on his pants. I heard the speaker saying that they were getting ready for stage dances and I made my way to the back and changed into a black and purple lacy number which has always been my favorite, I put on neon purple dance shoes that I know glow in the light. I sit in the back talking with the girls until it's my turn.
"Now making her way to the stage is Satan herself Little Devil" the announcer says and I hear a few men get loud before I walk in stage. I do a 3 minute dance having more money thrown at me than usual. After my dance we swept the money up and I put in my duffel bag with the other bits of money I'd made tonight. A few minutes later Greg walks into the dressing room
"As I told you ladies the important men we have here tonight had some requests for private dances, we have one rule in this place they pay you don't hear" he looks around at us and we all nod
"Who did they request" Heaven asks him
"We have Sunshine in room 5, Star in room 2, and you little devil in room 8" he looks around at us and we all get the same expressions
"Room 8 is one of our high class rooms, it's like 5K to even walk in there" I say looking very confused
"Exactly so go" he shouts and we all scurry off. I walk down a long hallway till I get to room 8 the red curtains in front of it are thicker than all the others, the music is much quieter, the floor is less grimy. I walk in there and I see the man from the coffee shop earlier talking to 2 other men. They all are dressed very casual. The man from earlier is in a black T-shirt with a black leather jacket and jeans with some kind of combat boots on, one of the men is in black skinny jeans, a blue button up that has a hawaiian print on it and the top button is undone with some dress shoes, the other man is in black dress pants, a grey hawaiian shirt that has birds on it and its unbuttoned all the way so you see his white shirt under. I saunter my way in and the man from earlier eyes me realizing what I realized minutes ago.
"Men sit down, I ordered entertainment while we talk" I start my dancing on the man in the gray shirt he tries to get handsy but I just keep moving.
"Men you move drugs for me I move them for you, so why do mine keep getting stolen but yours don't" the man from earlier asks. The two men look at him shocked
"Well Mr.James there must be a rat" the man in the blue shirt says stuttering on his words a bit.
"If that's the case you need to find him before I do, you do know how I'm known for and I'd absolutely hate to lose one of our biggest distributers" Mr. James says in a smug voice. I've been in situations like this enough to know two things are about to happen one of the three men gets shot or we get out of here unscathed, unfortunately I don't see that happening.
"Mr. James give us time to figure all this out, please" the man in the blue pleas
"I thought about that" I see his hand move to something and I think for a second if I was even gonna get my money out of this or if I was just ment to die. I stand up straight and walk out of the room just as I hear a gun go off a scream then another shot. I go back stage and the girls look at me just as startled as I was but refused to show.
"He killed them" Jasmine looks at me worried
"Its what they do, I just decided I didn't wanna die today" I say back to her as I pick up my phone and tell Kenzie and Robert to get out of there now, no questions asked. I hear another shot and I realized they are gonna kill everyone in here we're all witness, doesn't matter how big you are you don't leave witnesses. I slip on my sweats
"You all need to leave now, they'll kill you if you don't" I plea for them to leave and they all reluctantly do so. Kenzie texts pops up and says they left a while ago after a few men got into an argument. I sigh in relief and decide I should probably get out to but just as I place my hand on the door I feel a grip on my arm. I inhale deeply believing my life to be over.