CHANCES

Chapter 2

Nicholai

"What do you think?" The guy ask as he slowly creep his hands to my thigh. I gave him a smile but never stop or shake his hand away.

"I would love to, but my boss would never permit me to go." I softly said giving him my best puppy eyes.

"Well sweetie it would be our 'little secret'." He whisper at my left ear as his hand suddenly grip my bare thigh.

"Mr. Andrews, sorry to say sir but your time is up." A voice suddenly ask, looking up I saw Devin one of the bouncer of the club said as he led the old man away from the booth but not before he shove a 100 inside my tight tank top.

I sighed loudly. Its only 11 pm but I'm already this tired. Life is so stressful right now, between having two jobs and taking care of my mother.

Well, actually she is not my biological mom. She is the one who adopted me when she saw me in the forest while she is camping with her husband. At that time, I am lying in the ground still covered in blood and still have my umbilical cord with no one in sight, luckily she passed by and saw me. After she saved me and brought me to a hospital, she and her husband decided to adopt me.

Both of them loved me like their own son, and we were happy as a family. But when I'm five year old my dad died from a car accident, and three years ago my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer. Its been hard and I even stop going to school so I can get more jobs. My mother's hospital bill is piling up and there is no way that I can pay it with just one job. So with the help of a friend I got another job as a host and a stripper in a gay night club.

Its a nice paying job, but sometimes I can't stomach the groping and touching of some costumers. But I need to suck it up because I'm desperate in money. Without this job I can never afford to pay all of the hospital bills, the rent of our apartment or even to buy food. Its a clean job anyways, we only gave entertainment to our clients and give them good time. And you would be surprise to know that our clients were big shot politicians, celebrities and businessmen who is secretly gay and wanted to have fun. Aside from giving them entertainment that is all to it, if they wanted more than that it is all up to us if we wanted to go and bed with them.

Actually, I did slept with a customer once. Because I really needed the money at that time and he is willing to pay so I gave it try.

That night I loss my virginity to him, its not that bad because he is not that bad looking. The guy is actually a famous hollywood actor and he promptly ask me to be his boyfriend the next night when he came back to the club. He even wanted to help me when he learned about my mother's condition. And truthfully I am tempted by his offer but I realize how degrading and cheap that would make me look so I politely decline his offer.

There are a lot of them but in a kind of job I have, I am smart enough to guard myself and not give my trust easily. My life is very complicated enough without someone making it more complicated.

"Ley, you have a phone call." Sam suddenly said, breaking me from my musings. She is one who manages the place, as the right hand of the owner. She gave me a small smile, even the others when I walk to the back through her office. But I can't stop my self in becoming nervous. The call is bugging me, and I'm aware that the hospital is the only one who will call my workplace in this time.

My hand is slightly trembling when I pick up the phone and my world suddenly black out when I heard the message.

"Your mother is dead."

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