When It's all over

A FOREIGN FACE

My knees were aching.
This job was certainly not for lazy people.
A group of guys had walked in, sitting in the VIP section.

"Ade you're up!"

I had to go back on stage for the 5th time tonight.

As I danced to the song , I locked eyes with one of the guys from the group.

HE WAS STARING INTO MY SOUL!

His friend stood up from his seat and started praying money at me.

He looked disturbed by the attention his friend was giving me.

As I walked off the stage, one of the dancers came to me.

"VIP section 8 , the guys there are requesting a lap dance...and they want you to be one of the girls,let's go."

I felt nervous being my first lap dance of the night.

What am I saying... I'VE NEVER GIVEN ONE BEFORE!

I ran into the backroom to pop a Molly pill.
I needed to get high if I was going to do it.

Neo wasn't even aware that I had stolen 2 of her pills now and i had been using them.

Bad influence much...

As I walked towards the group of guys , the friend that had been spraying money pointed his finger at me , requesting a lap dance.

"6k for that sexy melanin right there." He said.

I looked to his friend that had his eyes on me.
I waited for a response... or reaction...SOMETHING!!...But nothing.

So I sat on him, watching how the girls beside me were doing it.
I began to slowly grind on him as they'd been doing.

The pill started kicking in, giving me more drive.
I caressed his chest grinding even harder while shaking my ass on top of him.

My eyes landed on his friend who also had a dancer on top of him , yet kept looking at me.

We maintained eye contact for a while.. till his friend turned my face , and began to kiss me.

I SLAPPED HIM!

"ADE!" Pearl yelled.

"MY JOB IS NOT TO BE A HOOKER IM JUST A DANCER! SO WHY THE HELL ARE YOU KISSING ME!" I Yelled causing all eyes to look at me.

"WHAT THE FUCK , SO YOU SLAPPED ME BECAUSE I KISSED YOU? THE MANAGER MUST HEAR THIS."

"HESS!! BEFORE THE MANAGER HEARS THIS ABEG (PLEASE) PAY MY MONEY!" I yelled stretching out my hand to receive the money.

"IM NOT PAYING FOR SHIT!" He yelled.

"Matthew , JUST PAY" The guy finally spoke a word.
He had the most calm voice.

"BRO, IM NOT PAYING THIS CHEAP BITCH!" He yelled.

I SLAPPED HIM AGAIN.

The guy finally stood up , separating his friend from me before he could lay his hand on me.

"I'm sorry , here's your money..." He said giving me a stack of money which was even more than i was supposed to receive.

He pulled his friend by the arm as they all left the club.

If there's one thing my mother taught me , it's to stand up for myself.

"Ade why?....those were customers you know" Pearl said.

"I'm sorry. You never said kissing was part of my job."

"Its not... actually you were right to stop him, just next time DONT SLAP A CUSTOMER because now I have to answer to the manager why I brought a slapping dancer to his club." She said giggling at the end.

"I'm sorry" I said.

"Its cool Ade, you should go home now...see you tomorrow."

I changed and ordered an Uber to take me home.

Immediately I arrived home
I walked into the shower.

I stood in the shower stuck in my thoughts.
I couldn't believe I Adeola Adekunle, was a stripper.
I flashed back to the incident at the club.
It made me realize that I have changed.
My experience in South Africa had changed me completely.

I was now secretly taking drugs...dancing for men...keeping secrets and telling lies to my friend...loosing my temper.
I couldn't recognize myself..but I guess that's what happens when you've been at the edges of life.

I sat on my bed counting the money i had in total.

It summed up to, R30K.
I was in awe.
I couldn't believe that just one night made this amount of money.
It was enough to pay for Fatima's flight.

I called her to tell her the news.

"Tima guess what!!"

"Wassup sis.."

"I hope your bags are packed because you'll be on your way to South Africa tomorrow morning."

"Whatt!! how did you make the money so fast sis?"

"I got a job...so my boss gave me an advanced payment." I lied.

"Thank you big sis , I can't wait to see you."

"Oya go and sleep because you need to be at the airport early ok."

"Night sis."

My little sister was finally happy.
I finally accomplished one thing.
If all it took was to dance to make this money , I was so ready to do it every night!