Flint blinked and was taken aback on what he just heard.
"A stripper?!" he exclaimed
"Yes. Don't worry, you'll only serve drinks on dehydrated ladies and offer your company to them. You'll entertain them, flirt with them and make them too drunk to think straight. Then, you'll start earning big sum of money from them on. Max, who works here, gained one grand in one night! Can you believe it? He has some good hits on ladies, you see. He can now send his two siblings to school! Maybe you will, too. That's if, you want" she explained and sat on the bed and crossed her legs
A lot of things are going on Flint's mind. He thought that if he'll take the job, his dignity will splashed with dirt.
But he has too many things in his hand to think about his dignity right now. His father needs to see a doctor, he'll start his medical school soon, maybe this is the way to their better lives. He can't think selfish now. It's him and his father's betterment is on the line.
With that thought, he asked
"Do I have to bed someone?" he asked, scratching the back of his head.
"That's up to you. I mean, you'll only be their servant for the night. But if that case happens, make sure you know what you're doing. We are not responsible for your health," she shrugged
"Okay..... I'll take it. I'll take the job" he said and took a deep breath.
Tomorrow's gonna be a whole new different one.
Henley smirked and assisted Flint to the main office to process his paperworks.
"You have to change your name, so better think of another. Oh, and by the way, you'll report to me in and out every night. I'll be watching you," she took a cigarette and lit it up and made a puff of smoke in front of him.
They are at the counter now, Henley's is watching Flint as he fill up the form.
"You know, smoking can cause fatal diseases such as pneumonia, emphysema and lung cancer. You purposely just took poison" he stated, while his eyes are busy filling up the papers.
"Oh, I never knew you were such a geek! Sorry Genius" she sarcastically said as she hit the cigarette for the nth time.
"I actually am a medicine student at Medford"
"You're kidding," Flint got her attention
"No, I'm not. Want to know more about what smoking can cause you too?"
"Seriously?! Are you for real?!" she asked as she leans over and looked eager to know more.
"Well, technically, I am just a freshman and decided to be a doctor. Turns out, my intellect met their standards and luckily, I am one of 10 students with a free scholarship"
"No way! You look too good to be a doctor! I wanna be your patient forever if that's the case"
"Yeah, well let's see if I'm able to finish it. I mean, being a doctor is not a joke. And here I am, signing in as your stripper," he chuckled.
"It sucks being poor right?" she said, then his face went down, as well as hers.
Henley blew off the last puff of her cigarette and shushed it down the ashtray. She stood up and pat Flint on the shoulder.
"Get out of here as soon as you can" then she walked out.
Flint resigned to the coffee shop he'd been working for a month. Its time for him to prepare himself to college and, of course, to his stripping carreer