CHAPTER 10

It was nearly time to leave but suddenly I was beginning to feel really nervous. 

"Zara please tell me not to do this." I said to her

"Too late girl. We are doing this. You got to go out there and show them all you got." she said to me

"But..." I began.

Suarez who had been packing up his stuff crossed over interrupting me.

"Not buts. Allow me." he said as he caught me by my shoulders and whirled me to stand in front of the mirror. "Listen beautiful you see this girl here, she is you and she certainly would dominate tonight. But first my darling, you got to let her shine alright?" he said to me.

I started tearing up as I turned to face him. I felt really glad with what he said that I hugged him. He reminded me of my makeup and then I relaxed. A couple of moments later and then we headed to the club area. The duo dropped me off along the way and wished me luck as they returned to the hotel room clearly. I had my shades on and my bag as I took the back room into the club. I gave my name and was directed to the preparation room where I saw a lot of girls putting on their makeup gear for the night. I smiled through the shades and then one of the girls approached me. She was one fine dark skinned lady and she had it all over her body spelt hot.

"Are you Kitty?" she asked me

"Oh yes I am Kitty." I said

"That your real name?" she asked with a smile

"I guess so." I said to her with a nervous smile

"First time? Cause from what I hear, you were a bummer." she said

"Just a little stage nervousness." I said

"It'll be fine sweetie. This way." she said to me as she whirled me around to a free seat.

I had twenty minutes before I would be joining the girls out and then led to the VIP. Luckily my makeup was not in anyway smudged or affected. I simply sat down and then before taking off the shades, I searched the bag for my mask. I had already decided that I would always have a sexy mask on at all times. I found it, a pretty black one with beautiful patterns that would be a perfect addition and combo to what I was wearing. I finally looked around and saw everyone was minding their respective businesses before taking off the shades and replacing it almost immediately with the mask. Next was my really high heels and then I applied more red lipstick for the highlight. My hair and all was in order and I had the strongest of feelings that I would smash it through the night. I got up and then the other girls too were ready and some stared at me admiringly while others were jealous. That was perfect then. It meant that I was actually looking my best.

The dark beauty from earlier had come over noticing I actually might sink into the ground.

"Everyone this is Kitty and Kitty, everyone. You'll know their names as time goes by and by the way I'm Marissa." she said.

I thanked her and some actually said hello to me, 'Hello kitty.'

It was a couple of minutes later and we were all set for the night. I followed them out to the room where we were receiving our instructions before our performance. It would only be sometime and all this would be over. I and two other girls were taken up to the VIP area and then something more surprising happened. The other duo was led to poles where they would be dancing while I was taken to the performance pole. The main one with all highlights. I was the performer for the night and now I sincerely felt nervous for the first time that night. I realized now how really scared I was as this was more than what I bargained for. There were men and women of caliber seated there going to watch me perform and it was worrying.

But there was no turning back. I scanned the area for any signs of him but was disappointed that Emilio was not there. I had been thinking that he would be present as all this was for him after all. Well whether he was here or not, I had to perform so I approached the pole and grabbed it with one hand. A deep breath and then the lights from the stage were centered on me. So was every last little pair of eyes around. They were all fixed on me. The music started and I began my most seductive dance. 

Slowly my nervousness had started turning into euphoria and I let go of nervousness especially when I could see the approval on their faces. I felt elevated to another standard as I danced around. I got a couple of hoot calls and someone even threw a bill at me but was stopped before he would get any worse. It was against the rules they said and I felt glad. I was there performing for an hour as I twisted and bent my body in rhythm. Oh the memories of the old times came rushing by, I might have made it a lot better on the poles than I did with the pen writing.

An hour later my number came to an end. It was then I caught sight of someone standing there at a dark spot holding a glass of wine in his hand. As the rest clapped their hands, he tipped his glass towards me and gave me a dark smile. His eyes were dark and full of lust. I did not know whether to feel excited or disgusted at him but I walked away to the dressing area. 

As I sat down to catch my breath, someone came to me. It was the manager himself and he had a waitress following up closely behind him with a bottle of champagne on a tray which she set before me on the table.

"I did not order." I said to him as she turned away

"Oh this my darling, this is courtesy of the owner himself. You have impressed him and in his benevolence, he had this sent over. You were great out there." he said to me.

I smiled.

"Thanks so much sir." I said

"He has decided that you would perform for him privately." he said

"Privately?" I gasped as my eyes widened.