I Had to do this to put food on the table and settle my father's debt.
I immediately began moving my hips. I ran my hands down my body seductively in accordance to the beat of the song and grasped a long pole as I swirled my body around it.
The men were howling as they fed their eyes hungrily.
"Damn!!"
"Come naked darling!"
"Give us that ass!!"
I felt so irritated hearing their nude comments but I hid my irritation and kept on swaying myself around the pole.
I released my thoughts and let my body twist around the pole seductively.
My eyes travelled around the hall as I danced to the rhythm of the song. It then suddenly locked with a pair of cold blue eyes, eyes colder than glaciers.
He locked his eyes with mine, not cheering or howling like the other men. He stared at me like the way a predator would stare at a prey.
I suddenly felt myself being self conscious on my performance as a result of his fiery like gaze on my body.
His dark silky silver coloured hair cascaded over his shoulders. I couldn't really get a perfect view of his face since he sat in the shadows, surrounded by skimpy dressed women whom were seductively caressing his body to get a response from him.
Something about the way he starred at me gave me Goosebumps. I immediately tore my eyes away from him and continued my dancing, twisting my body against the pole in hopes of finishing the dance quickly.
Slowly the beat came to an end and I immediately packed the money littered on the stage for me.
From the looks of it, I got about a thousand dollars if not more as I walked out of the hall. Today was really my lucky day.
"Oh my God. You performed so well today!" Betty excitedly chirped as she waited for me by the walkway.
"I truly am so happy Betty. Look at the amount of money I got" I replied back elated as I showed her my hands stuffed with money.
"Keep up the good work sis"
I sighed and stuffed the money inside my bra. "I'll. I have to be going home now. My sister would be waiting for me"
I quickly hugged Betty and headed to the dressing room to change back to my normal outfit.
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I slumped on the couch, my hands flailing around. I was damn tired. Being a stripper was really not easy.
"How was work today sis?" Anabel asked as she came to sit by my side. She handed me a glass of water to which I collected and mouthed her a 'thank you'.
"It was good. I made eight thousand dollars today!" I chirped with ecstasy.
Anabel stared at me with widened eyes.
"Oh my God! That's huge. If you can make this amount everyday, we will settle dad's debt in no time"
Just the mention of my father got me hissing. He got us into this mess and now he is lying peacefully six feet underground whilst we were working our ass off to pay off his debt.
"Mirabel why don't I join you so we can raise enough money on time" Anabel suggested with a faint smile.
I shot her a hard glare immediately. "Don't ever join me. There's no light in this job. I don't want you to get yourself involve in it. Stick to your normal part time book sales please sis"
She nodded her head reluctantly and slumped her shoulders. "We received another letter by the way" she informed me lowly.
I didn't need to ask.
I already knew who it was that sent it and what the wordings were.
It was from the ruthless crime boss, the one whom my dad took a loan from, reminding us of the ever nearing deadline to pay off our debt.
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I pointed my toes and arched my back gracefully on the hands of Sebastian, my ballet partner as we danced together gracefully to the rhythm of the calm music playing in the dance studio.
With beads of sweat covering my foreheads, I was goddamn tired. I couldn't even sleep well the entire night knowing that some ruthless crime boss out there would be coming for his money soon.
With the now frequent letters we were receiving, I had a feeling he would be coming very soon.
Toppled with my sleep being haunted by those
mysterious pair of ocean blue eyes.
"Ouch!" Daniel immediately exclaimed as he let go off my body and twisted his toes.
My face turned scarlet red immediately after I realised I must have stepped on his toes.
He winced in pain and crunched his face.
"Mirabel, what's the problem?" The ballet instructor, Mercy, asked as she came over to my side.
"I am so sorry Daniel. It was a mistake" I apologised quickly. The soft music came to an abrupt end and Daniel nodded his head whilst rubbing his toes.
"Everyone take a break. Daniel come let me give you some ointment for your toes" Mercy said with a sigh.
I watched Daniel limp away with Mercy and I couldn't help but feel guilty for my silly mistake. I truly need to learn how to keep my anxiety thoughts at bay whenever I was dancing.
I slumped on the wooden studio floor and laid my back down. Sounds of chattering and laughing began echoing round the atmosphere by my fellow ballet workers. They were obviously happy with the much needed break we got.
"Mirabel. you look so stressed" Louis, my best
friend asked as her brows wrinkled to a frown.
"I'm just tired you know. The dance step was really a very difficult one!" I replied wiping away the perspiration that covered my temples.
"You need to cool off Hun. Go to the club once in a while and party" Louis urged with a lopsided grin.
If only she knew I did go to the club every night but not to cool off, to swing my body for filthy men.
"Besides I heard that Philip likes you" She squealed as she laid her back next to me.
"I'm not interested in him" I simply stated which got her abruptly jerking up and giving me a quirky look.
"Oh wait it's cause you like Ben, your crush" she teasingly said with a mischievous grin.
I felt my cheeks heated up and I nodded my head. "I do but I've been so ,busy. I haven't even had chance to even go visit him and you know I'm so shy to confess my feelings to a boy"
"Well create time. He probably likes you too you know" She winked.
I laughed at her reply. The chances of Ben loving me back were slim. I was satisfied with admiring him from afar.
"Ok everybody on your toes. We have a performance coming up later in the afternoon and so no mistakes" The high pitched voice of Lola cut through our conversation.
It was time to get back to work. I exhaled deeply and stood up with Louis.
We all arranged to our dance formations and stuck up with our partners as the dance process began from the beginning.