Chapter 2: The Orphan

A new day, A new week… I am not ready for this but at the same time, I am because I know this paycheck is going to be amazing. I get up and do the same thing that I do every single morning that I have been doing for the last week. As I walked into work I noticed I was being stared at, every head was turned towards me. I started to feel uneasy, anxiety runs up the back of my neck and makes my legs stumble a little. Sweat was starting to trickle down my forehead, I stopped looking at everyone and just focused on walking to the backroom so I could get ready for work. 

I walk into the back room and everyone in here is also watching me, why, why is everyone watching me today. Merya walks over and looks around. "What is going on with everyone today? They are all looking at you." I look over at Merya, "I wish I knew but I have no clue why everyone is watching me." We get changed and go to head out of the room but then Garrick walks in and charges over towards Merya and I. He looks like he is in a rush to do god knows what. "Skylar, I need you to collect your things and change out of your uniform. Then meet me out in the hall." I change my clothes very slowly and then retrieve my things and then make my way out into the hall with Garrick. I look Garrick in the eyes, he doesn't look mad or upset at all. He seems very calm, "I have everything."

Garrick smiles slightly, "Alright let's head into the car that is out front." I took a deep breath and followed Garrick out of the Hotel and out to the car, there stood a man in all black clothing with an earpiece in. He was holding open a door to a black armored Limo. Garrick gets in and waves his hand for me to follow. I get into the limo and sit down. I pull my skirt closer to my knees, and place my bag on my lap. Garrick looked at me and smiled, "So you have been promoted to work at our Gentleman's club. All of our Elite members saw you in the hall yesterday and asked if you would be seen there, we said no. Then we had a very generous amount of money from multiple members. They wanted you to be moved. So we are now on the way to the club, where you will work as our Bar Assistant Manager, and if a girl calls out in any other section you will be responsible to find someone to fill that girl's spot." I sighed in relief, I thought he was really going to say I had to have sex with those men. 

We pull up to the club. It looks so big there has to be three or four stories to this place. Garrick gets out of the Limo and holds the door open for me and a hand held out, I grab his hand and he helps me out of the limo. From there he escorted me in the back entrance of the building. "That door we just came through is where you will always enter, it is guarded by our best bodyguards for your safety and to make you feel secure." I nod and continue to walk with him. He knocks on the door. I see that there are a few names on it, There are names on all of the doors. The door Garrick knocked on had: Jasmine, Star, Brittley, and an empty space. Which I assume is where my name will go. " Once we get the girls to meet you we will go into my office and pick out your stage name and then I will have Samantha put it on the door." I look at him and then at the door, "A stage name?" He nodded, "Yeah, We use stage names whether you are serving or dancing for your safety." I nodded and sigh, The door opens and there stands two girls in their outfits, the first girl is wearing a Black Egyptian Sparkly two piece set, it was covered in glitter and the top was like a halter top the wrapped around her breast perfectly and then tied behind her neck, the bottom was a skirt that was just as sparkly with slight sheer, it wrapped around her waist but then had a long stripe drape over her between her legs but showed off the sides of her hips, it did the same thing over her ass. There was a gold emblem on the middle of the belt going around her waist. And then two gold chains hanging off of it on both sides clipped to the back of the belt as well. On her arms she has these cuffs on the top of her bicep. They have the gold emblem on it as well, her shoes are beautiful plush black heels with Gold chain going around her ankle to keep the shoe on. The other girl has on a black lace body dress with a black bra underneath, The skirt is sheer and on the bottom there was a trim of leopard print. She has matching leopard print underwear on and then fishnet stockings on. She is also wearing leopard ears. Garrick looks at the girl with the Egyptian costume on, "This is Brittley, and then this is Jasmine. Star isn't on tonight, so I will introduce you to her later on this week. She's off till Friday." The girls look at me up and down and then smile. "So What if your name, I would like to know the real one first if you don't mind" Brittley smiled. "My.. My name is Skylar." They both smiled, "What a beautiful name! Do you know what your stage name will be yet?" I shake my head, "I really have no ideas, I kind of just got thrown into this last minute." The girls look over at Garrick, "Wow Garrick, did you really just take her from the hotel over here just to watch her dance instead of being a gentleman and ask her on a date?" They both cross their arms and smirk. I look at them and Garrick is confused. "Wha… NO, God ladies. Many of our Elite hotel customers asked if she could be transferred here. They paid big bucks for her to get a raise and to be transferred over." Both Brittley and Jasmine look at me in shock and then excitement, "OMG, So then what is her role here! PLEASE OH PLEASE tell me she is our new manager because Jacob is an asshole." Garrick nodded, "Yes, yes. She is the new assistant manager. She will be in charge of you girls while Jacob is in charge of the bodyguards and the bar." Brittley and Jasmin started to jump and squeal. 

"SO, Do we need to dress her up or do we need to dress her up nicely?" Jasmin looks at Garrick. Garrick looks at me and then back at the girls, "Nicely since it is her first night and I don't want the guys here thinking she is for sale. She is off the table, so if you get a request from anyone say no. She is new and we are not looking for a new dancer currently." I sigh with relief while Brittley and Jasmin are gleaming with joy. "Let's get you Dressed!" They grab me by the arms and drag me into the room. Brittley closes the door while Jasmine sits me down in a purple velvet chair with small little specks of glitter. Jasmine is looking at me like I am a canvas to paint on, "So, what is your favorite color?" I think, "hmm, I think right now it's red." Brittley smiled and started to scavenge through the closet while Jasmine was bringing out the makeup and hair products. Brittley pulls out this dress that is like a dark cherry red, it is a corset top. From under the breast to the waist line there are cutouts on the sides with beautiful red silk bows tied to the back. The birdcage cutouts are really sturdy. The top is a sweetheart neckline and the skirt ends at mid thigh. Brittley places it on my lap and then smiles, she walks back over to the closet to look for shoes and jewelry. Jasmine pulls out all of the makeup and hair stuff she needs, "Okay, go ahead and get the dress on so we can see what it looks like and so I can do your makeup correctly." I nod and smile. I stand up and take off the clothes I have on and put the dress on, It fits perfectly. I turn towards them and they both squeal and Brittley pulls out a pair or cherry red pumps with little specks of sparkles in them. Brittley helps me by putting them on for me, while Jasmine starts to pull makeup out and do my eyes. By time I am done my eyes have a shimmering silver color with a cat eye winged eyeliner. My cheeks are rosy and my lips are a light shade of pink with a red tint. "So have you figured out what name you want to use as your stage name?" Jasmine asked me curiously. I think for a moment, "I think I will go with Lyla." They both looked like they had stars in their eyes, "I Love that!" We all smile.

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I was finally done filling out all of the paperwork with Garrick and he now has my name on the door. We all head out to the main floor and I walk behind the bar and meet Jacob, "Hi, I'm.. Lyla."I say with a slight smile. He turns around and smiles, "Nice to meet you, I'm Tyler as you were probably told. Don't listen to the other girls. I am not an asshole, I just like to keep them on time and make sure they do their part whether they are working on the floor or in the back rooms." I chuckle, "Well, what do you need me to do?" I turn around and put my jacket on the hanger, I turn around to face him. "Well, if you want to go take the order for that table over there that would be gre…" HE stops talking once he looks over at me. "What, is… is something wrong?" I rub my upper arm and kind of wilter down a bit. "WHAT, NO, no. I promise nothing is wrong. I just have to say, wow. You are gorgeous." He smiles wide and like a kid in a candy store. "Oh um, thank you." He hands me a pad and a pen, "Here in case they order a lot." I smile and walk over to the table across from the bar. "Hello, My name is Lyla and I will be serving you tonight, what can I get for you to drink?" A group of young men who look not even over the age of twenty look up at me, "I will have a rum and coke" The first guy in the group, the other two were still looking at the menu. I write down the run and coke then it looks like the other two are ready to order, "I'll take a Killer Tonic, and I'll do a Bloody Dahlia." I write them down and look back up at them with a smile, "Any appetizers for you?" they all nod, I turn back around and make my way back to the bar. "Okay, I have a Killer Tonic, a Rum and Coke and then a Bloody Dahlia." Tyler nods, "Okay I'll make the Killer tonic and the Bloody Dahlia if you get that Rum and Coke." I nod and smile, walking over to go make the rum and coke. I watch the girl who is on the pole. She dances so well. I hope that I won't have to do that though. 

I see the amount of cash that is being thrown up on stage, it's a lot but wow she will be going home with maybe five hundred or more tonight for sure. Especially if she gets rooms with the guys that see her up on stage. I finish that rum and coke, I grab a tray and walk over to Tyler he places the other two drinks on the tray for me and I walk over to the table again and start to have the drinks out. "Okay, Are we ready to order?" They all look down at the menu, "I'll just take a 8oz steak medium rare and for my side I will have a loaded baked potato and that will be all for now for me." I nod as I write down his order, "And for you two?"The guy on the left looks up. "I will take a cheeseburger with lettuce, onion, ketchup, and pepper jack cheese. On the side I will take onion rings and jalapeno snake bites please." This guy is going to reek of onions by the time he leaves here tonight good lord. "And for you sir?" He closes the menu and collects the other menus, "I will take the shepherd pie with a side of green beans and a Caesar salad. I would like the salad to be brought out before the meal if possible." I nod and smile. "Okay, I will have your order out for you as soon as possible." I take the menus and walk back to the bar. I place down the tray and then head over to the kitchen window. "I have three orders for table 15." The cook sends one of his apprentices up to the window. "Here is the ticket." I smile. The bus boy smiles back and runs the ticket back to the chef. I walk back over to the bar and see that Tyler is working on more drinks. "Anything I can help out with?" He turns around "Actually, yeah you can. I have a few orders of drinks that I could use the help on." He shows me the list on how to make the specialty drinks and what I need to make. I make a few of them and place them on the correct table trays. I take two of the trays and start to hand them out while Jacobs takes the other two trays and hands those ones out as well. 

A couple of hours went by and it was time for the next couple of girls to come out on stage. We have a new group every three hours. Brittley just went on stage. The men seem to be drooling all over her, I guess I can see why. Brittley is really beautiful. After Brittley was done They were calling for Violet. But she never came on. This man walks over to the bar. He is very tall with large muscles. He is wearing all black with an earpiece in his ear. "Lyla right?" I nodded, "Well Lyla, you need to find a new girl to go on stage, Violet was a no show tonight, and she's not answering her phone. SO either you find me a new girl to go on stage in the next 5 minutes or you're going on for your first show. Brittley and Jasmine rush over. "Wait no. Jacob Garrick told us that she is not to dance at all no matter how much people are willing to pay for her." Jacob looked at all of us, "I don't give a rats ass what Garrick said. He is not here and HE is NOT in charge of you girls. I am." 

We all looked at each other. "Technically Lyla is in charge of us and you are in charge of the bodyguards and security." Jacob scuffed, "Find a new girl in 2 minutes or lights on babydoll. I will drag your ass up there myself." Jacob walks away and I start to get nervous, my body starts to shiver and my neck starts to sweat. Brittley, Jasmine and I rush around the place to find a girl to take over for Violet. But there was no hope and none of the girls that went on in the first hour are here anymore and the ones that went on in the second and third hour that are still here still have another show later tonight and are not allowed to dance again until their last show is over. So Brittley and Jasmine can't take over. "I am going to be fucking screwed…" I look down. Jacob comes back over to me with his arms crossed over each other, "Alright Lyla. Go get changed you are on in a minute." I become frozen with fear, Brittley looks at me, "I'm sorry love but by the looks of it you are going to have to take over for Violet.." Brittley and Jasmine look at the ground and they feel bad I can tell. Brittley takes me back to our dressing room and pulls out an outfit for me, "This is all I have currently. I normally bring more but I wasn't expecting to need more than three costumes tonight." She has the outfit over to me. It was a white leather bra top with white feathers on the edges, The bottoms was a skirt, white leather with white feathers on the bottom edge as well. There were angel wings and a white headband included. I sigh and get dressed, "I hope this is the only time I have to do this…" I walk back out to backstage, I look out slightly from where I am and see the crowd. There are so many people out there. I don't really want to do this but I have no choice. I couldn't find anyone and everyone else was gone.. "Here we go.." I step one step forward, I take a deep breath and let it out. I feel a hand from behind me and then I am pushed out on stage. I tremble as I try to regain my balance on the stage. I stare out on the crowded and all there is is these men staring at me with hungry eyes. My body begins to tremble, I hear some of the guys in the back of the room whistle and the cat calls me. 

I move up on stage closer to the pole and the music begins to play, I try to think back to when I used to dance at school. I used a few of those moves but at the same time I am rusty and have no clue on what I am doing. I move closer to the edge of the stage, I do more floor dancing. Some of the men are at the front close to me, they are tossing money up at me. I can see Brittley in the background at the bar. She is signaling me to move my lower half closer… I don't know why. But I do it anyway, I move my lower half to the end of the stage and the men are placing dollars in my lower belt. They are being very careful not to touch my skin. They are very gentle if I might say. The song is finally over which means I can collect the cash that was thrown on the stage and head back to the dressing room. I start to collect all the cash, as I am grabbing the last bit that was at the very edge this man looks at me. I look for just a moment but then collect the last of the money and make a run for it, I make it to the dressing room and there Stood Brittley and Jasmine ready to take me and to help me relax and unwind from what I just had to do. I have never felt so dirty in my life until now.