REISS

3. The Girl

"Fuck!"  I groaned as I held the ice pack against my balls. Fuck that woman. I cursed in my head. I'm glad she didn't hit me that hard. Had she done that, and  I would have been in the hospital. But fuck her. It still hurts. I stood there with ice against my balls for a good half an hour. And when the pain started to fade away. I pulled the ice pack away and disposed them in the dustbin. I walked over to the mirror and held the edges of the counter. I sighed as looking at my reflection in the mirror. I was an extremely handsome guy. Even if she wasn't a stripper, why would she reject my touch? What if she is a lesbian. Yeah. That should be it. Why else would-

My brother knocked the door interuppting my thoughts "Damie, you in there?" He called out. I grunted "Yeah, be there in a minute." Then I heard his retreating footsteps. I brushed my hair out of my forehead and rubbed my hand on my face. I walked out into the room and wore a white t-shirt. I walked over to the bedside table and shuffled through the drawers for a pain relief tablets. I poured a glass of water from the jug and popped the pill into my mouth and gulped it down with the water.

I walked into the living room of my suite, and saw them all settled on the couch. I grabbed the chair sitting in one corner and dragged it to position it infront of the couch. It seemed as if I was interrogating them. And I wanted it to be so. My jaw clenched when I saw her and my hands balled into fists. I was burning with rage. She sat their curled up in the couch, placing her head on her knees. She sat straight with her legs down when she noticed my presence. I couldn't help but glare at her. I noticed that the swirl of anger in her eyes didn't die down infact it flared to an ablaze. She had the nerve to glare at me after what she did.

Dan and Sky, the other woman noticed the tension between us. The woman cleared her throat before she spoke "I'm the stripper who was supposed to be in your room and she is the candidate to be interviewed by your brother." I didn't break my glare on her, neither did she.

Cool! A tough woman. Breaking her would be fun.

"Okay. So how did you end up together?" My brother asked when I didn't respond to her. It was as if he was trying to protect her from my rage.

"We live at the same place. This is all more of a coincidence." Sky said moving her thumb between them both.

"We didn't know you were both brothers unless you told me." She added in a meek voice.

There was an awkward silence for a moment.

I stood up pushing the chair with my leg with such a force that it fell back. She flinched at the sound, her eyes closed."You are not hired." I spat with anger laced in my voice .

She raised her eyes to meet mine before I turned around.

"Now get out." I roared.

"No. She is not leaving, Damie. Its clearly not her fault." Dan objected.

"Is it my fault then?"

My brother sometimes can be stupid and act stupid too. This was one of them.

"And you. I will make sure you don't find anyother job."

"Damie." I snapped my head to him and he shut his mouth.

"Get out." I roared at them. Then they immediately pick their things up and left.

Dan knew better not flare my temper. And him supporting them was clearly the right fuel to my already blazing temper. I was usually a very composed person but today, I felt humiliated.

                 *****************

We drove to our old mansion. All the nostalgia hitting me as I made my way into the house. Nothing much changed since I left and it still was the best. It felt home.