Ricky's POV
Ghost and I met Chris, Ryan, and Brandon at Brandon's house and followed them to God knows where. No one would tell me where we were going which made me extremely nervous.
Eventually, we pulled into a somewhat crowded parking lot. Stepping out, I saw the sign hung above the door.
"Really, guys? A strip club? Boobs aren't going to fix my problems." I whined.
"Sure as hell can't hurt to try." Chris laughed. We all walked inside and looked around in awe. On a low volume, I could hear Rob Zombie playing through various speakers set up around the building.
"Well hello." The bartender to our left said with a thick country accent. Seing as we were the only two in the group that drank, Ryan and I walked over and ordered two beers.
"You fellas want to request a song tonight?" The bartender asked sweetly.
"Sure, you got anything by Motionless In White?" She turned around, searching through an extensive list of music on a computer.
"We have America." I nodded my thanks and handed her a ten dollar bill.
Afterwards, I followed the group to a spot of open chairs around the stage.
And then HE showed up. As Balz walked into my field of vision, I tightly gripped the arms of my chair, trying to contain my anger.
"What the fuck?" I growled.
"Calm down. We invited him, you guys need to make up." Ghost said calmly. I shook my head, refusing to even look at him.
After about five minutes, America finally began playing. A shadow slowly walked out onto the stage, their face slowly coming into view. Immediately, I felt my jaw drop. No way. Haley?
I'm not gonna lie, she was good. Her scars were covered and all of her tattoos were exposed. Her black hair flowed down her bare back, she wrapped her arms around the pole and pulled herself up, slowly rubbing her body down its length. Holy shit, it took all I had to control myself.
No, Ricky, she cheated on you, you shouldn't have these feelings. But she was stripping right in front of me, to one of MY songs. Slowly, her arms roamed up her thighs, over her hips, and slowly crept to her breasts, all while she licked her lips.
I turned my head to look at the guys. There jaws were nearly touching their laps and their eyes were bulging out of their sockets. Except for one; Balz was smirking. That son of a bitch. He was full of himself because he had gotten all of her perfect body and I hadn't.
That was enough. Standing up, I pushed my chair back and climbed onto the stage. Haley's eyes grew as wide as quarters as she saw me approach her almost naked body. Grabbing her arm while grabbing the silk robe she had thrown on the floor, I yanked her back to what I assumed was their dressing room and out the back door. I handed her the robe and just waited for her to look at me.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" She hissed, rubbing her arm.
"I could ask you the same fucking question." I growled in response.
"If you really need to know, this was the job I had before I met Greg. And I needed money again, so here I am." By now, the rest of the guys were a few feet behind us, silently watching.
"You're just a whore. First you sleep with Balz, and then take your clothes off for complete strangers?!" I saw the tears form in her eyes. Rasing her fist, she swiftly made contact with my cheek. Fuck, that was going to cause a nasty bruise.
"So you came here to watch girls you don't know take their clothes off, but because you know me, it's not alright?! Fuck you, Richard!" She screamed, the tears now forming in her eyes.
"You have fun with your slut job, Haley." I said, pushing my way past her and toward the car.
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Haley's POV
After Ricky walked away, I stood there with my arms wrapped around my abdomin, partially trying to cover myself and also trying to stop the shaking. I was bawling and I knew my perfect makeup was being ruined. A pair of arms wrapped themselves around me. Slowly, I peeled my eyes open to see Devin hugging me. I let out a loud sob as I returned his embrace.
"I'm sorry he's being so cold hearted, love." He cooed.
"No, I deserve it all." He pulled back and I whimpered.
"No, never say that. You are a beautiful strong woman. You can live with me. I don't want you working here with these scum bags around anymore. Please stay with me?" My voice cracked as I laughed a little.
"Yes, thank you so much." I said and kissed Devin on the cheek.
"You're welcome, love."
Afterwards, I went back inside, changed back into my clothes and sat in the passenger side of Devin's car as he drove us to his house.
