I awoke suddenly to someone shaking my arm in an annoying way, I looked over and was faced with pink on a bunny costume,
"C'mon, it's time for your shift." She said, helping me off the bed and onto the chair in front of the mirror, "What's your story?" She started as she began doing my hair and makeup,
"What do you mean?" I asked, trying to act clueless, but failing horribly seeing her eyes are squinting with suspicion,
"You don't seem from around here? So what are you in for?"
"I just need to earn little money, then I would be out of here." I replied simply,
She laughed shortly, "Sorry luv, but that's not how this works." she said, "Did you even glance at the contract?"
"What contract?"
"Oh mio Dio." She uttered as if in shock, "Don't tell me you signed the damn thing without reading it."
"What was on it?"
"Only that you can't leave, unless they want you too and that can almost take forever." She said and twirled my chair to the mirror, "All done, who knew there was a gorgeous face behind all that mess."She said,
I stared at my unrecognizable reflecting, I resembled a brothel girl, this wasn't what I had imagined when I applied to be a waitress,"What exactly goes on here?" I asked,
"We strip." She replies in an obvious tone and my heart sank, I'm in a strip club, "How did you even get in? you won't survive a week with that naive attitude?" She muttered,
The door to the room slammed open and a muscled built man appeared, "Ladies it's time?" He said to us,
"We would be right out, Joe?" She said to him and he left, "let's doll you up." He walked over to the closet and brought out big shopping bag, "hope it fits." She said pulling out a costume,
She sized it on her body first, before moving over to me, "I am not wearing that." I shot at her, standing to my feet, "You know what, I quit, now just tell me how I get out of here."
"Sweat thang, I won't be thinking of crossing Russo if I were, you know he's doing us a great favor letting us stay here for free, he takes care of us good and if you behave, you would enjoy it too and sometimes him..,, if you know what I mean." She winked and I swallowed hard,
"You would be serving just drinks at least for now" She said, lifting the costume, "Now put this on, if there is one thing Russo hates, is keeping the paying customers waiting."
She handed me the bunny costume and I took with shaky fingers,
"Hurry up." She shot at me and I quickly slid into the costume, she then reached out and helped me with the zip, before stepping back to take a better look, "Oh, look at that body." She exclaimed, "I am so jealous.." she reached out into the bag and pulled out a black boot and a bunny ear.
She helped me slid into the boot, the whole time my mind kept pondering my way out of here, but I do need the money or I would be out in the streets.
"Let's go." She said and dragged me out of the room, with her, we made it out to a very dimly lighted room crowded with people,
My eyes skimmed around the place, surveying first the girls in similar colored bunny costumes flirting and laughing with the men, then the men, some of them wore suits and glittering chains, chanting excitedly as the girls on the stage did a sort of group gyrations, the bikers stood by pocketing the roofies,
I looked up the rails as well and saw what seemed like businessmen, gambling and smoking heroines, to sum it all, the entire hall was one elephantine of drunken dismay,
"Here." Pink snapped tearing me out of my thoughts, "Well don't just stand there." She said handing me a filled with drinks,
I accepted it with shaking hands and careful to keep it above my chest to cover as much of my cleavage as I could.
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I struggled way past the crowd and towards a table were Russo and a group of businessman were discussing something heatedly,
I reached over and gently set the tray down on the table and began setting out the drinks in front of the men who gave me initial dirty looks
"Maria." Russo called in a sugar coated voice, "try a sexier costume next time."
"S...sorry." I stuttered, quickly setting the remaining drinks on the table to leave,
"I don't mind." One of the guys chipped in, "I like it, especially when she bends over to my side." He finished his statement with quick spank on my behind,
I jolted up, pulling the tray against my chest, "What's the matter? That was a compliment." He smirks sickly, "but I know how you can repay me."
I looked away, gritting my teeth defiantly and daring myself not to utter a word, "Basta."Russo cut back in, gaining the attention of the men, "We have more urgent matters on the table, he reminded them and it suddenly felt as if I had turned invisible, No one of the men gave me a second glance, their full attention turning to Russo,
"Leave." He ordered waving a finger at me, I quickly swirled back to the bar and with a sigh I leaned back on the counter and flopping my head down against it, I pondered on what a twist my life had become.
