DIVA: FEMALE HUSTLER

chapter 14

The waiter walks away," I see y'all went shopping. Where y'all going?" Sean slides in behind Chris," Ashley's birthday party. Y'all coming?" I look at the boys, they shrug. The waiter placed our drinks in front of us," are you ready to order?"

" Yeah," we him our order then he leaves.

" What y'all doing after this," Chris looks at me.

" Nothing, why?"

" I need you to ride with me," I nod my head.

" So what's the plan for the rest of the day," Erica eyes Chris.

" I'm supposed to meet up with this shorty at the movies," Sean tells us.

" Where you meet her?"

" Around this college."

" You around education. What's going on," I look at him. He shrugs, picking up his drink," I might got to meet her." He looks at me," you got a worse reputation than us. You ain't meeting nobody." Chris and Erica laugh," that's not funny.

" The waiter comes back to our table placing our food in front of us. We dig in talking about Ashley's party and Sean's fling. We get up with Chris leaving a tip for the waiter. I go in my purse grabbing my keys," here E. When I'm done, I'll have them drop me back off at your house."

" Okay," she grabs the keys. I follow the boys to their car. Chris pops the trunk and I put my bags in there. I get in the backseat and we pull off.

" Where we going?"

" Meeting Frank."

" What do he want? I just saw him last month."

" Your guess is as good as mine."

After driving to Staten Island, we pull up to one of the underground gambling spots that Frank runs. We park in front of a bar," come on." We get out of the car walking into the alley next to the bar. We walk down the alley opening a door on the side of the building. We go in walking down the stairs stopping at a brown door. Chris knocks three times then stops. The door cracks open and a man peeks through looking at us. He closes the door then opens the door," Fransk in his office." We walk to the back, pass all the crap and card tables.

" Steve you got one week to get me the money that you own me before I break every bone in your body."

" I'll have it."

"Get out," a scrawny man runs out the office bumping into us. Sean pushes him away," the Rizzo family."

Frank stands in the doorway of his office. His pasty white skin and comb over," hey Frank." We walk past him into the office. I sit in the chair in front of his desk while Sean and Chris stand behind me.

" Thanks for coming," he sits behind the desk.

" Frank, I just saw you last month. What do you want?" He smiles,"Matthew Hill, a stock broker, owns your grandfather and me a lot of money. He's coming to town next week."

" What do you want me to do?"

" I need a face to face with him. Can you make that happen?"

" You know I can. Send me the details," I stand up.

" I will. Have a nice day."

We walk out the office back into the gambling room out the door.

" Matthew hill, you know who that is?" I look at Chris," Hill sounds familiar." We walk through the alley to the car," drop me off at Erica's."

" We'll talk to pops about this," we get in the car.

" Yeah, we don't need to be caught up in some mess." After the long drive to Erica's apartment, Chris parks in front of the building.

" I'll talk to yall later," I get out of the car grabbing my bags. I walk in the building," good afternoon Dominique."

" Good afternoon Nick," I smile at the reception at the desk. I get on the elevator calling E," hello."

" unlock the door."

" Okay rude butt," I chuckle, hanging the phone up. I get off the elevator walking down the hall into her apartment. Body blasting through the apartment. I drop my bags in the living room then go to her bedroom.

" I see you getting turnt." Erica stands in front of her vanity curling her hair. I sit on the bed," what time is the party?"

" The doors open at nine," she turns the music down. I look at the clock on the wall. It's five, I got a couple hours. I stretch out on the bed.

" I might got a job for you."

" Good, my bank account is running low." " You a lie. I know you be stacking," she shrugs. She finishes her hair then walks over to me," get your ass up."

" We got time. What are you wearing?"

" Since that dress is going to cause a lot of attention. I'm gonna wear the corset and some black pants."

" Get in the shower," I get comfortable on her bed, closing my eyes.

" Get up," I'm shaken awake.

" I'm up," I sit up stretching before getting off the bed. I go to the bathroom turning the shower on. After stripping out of my clothes I grab a rag and towle off the rack. I take a quick shower then get out drying off. I open the door going into the bedroom. Erica sits down putting her makeup," want me to do your makeup?''

"Yeah," I open the top drawer that has my clothes. I put on bra and lace panties. I go to the living room grabbing my bags walking back to the bedroom. I pull out the long sleeve off the shoulder shirt and pants putting them on the bed.

" Come sit," Erica gets out of the chair. I sit in the chair," we're going to do a natural look."

" Okay," I let her do her thing. Fifteen minutes later, she did my make and flat iron my hair.

" Hurry before all the sections are gone," I stand up grabbing my clothes off the bed. We get dressed looking at ourselves in the mirror," let's take some pics." We pose for a few before leaving," we taking my range." We leave her apartment getting on the elevator.

"This party is about to be lit. All the drug dealers and ballers are gonna be there." She twerks," your ass know Chris will kill you and him." She looks over her shoulder at me," he knows where I stay when he wants to talk."

" Y'all a mess," we get out of the elevator going to her car. I connect my phone to the stereo and start playing some Nicki. We sing along to Yikes getting hyped. After she parks a couple streets down, we get out.

" Looks like this is the place to be tonight." I look at the long line," yeah." We walk to the front of the line. The bouncer looks at us then let's us through. Damn it's packed. We squeeze our way through the crowd to the vip section. A couple of Ashley's friends sit on a couch," hey." They look us up and down giving us a dry hi. Ashley and Travis walk over to us," there goes the birthday girl," Erica hugs Ashley.

" Happy birthday," I say. "Thanks for coming. There's an open bar and food downstairs," Ashley tells us.

A man walks over to us," where you go?"

" I was in the back,'' Travis says. The man turns to face us, Kyrie.

"Hey Dominique. Did expect to see you so soon." I look at him ," hey."

" I'm Erica."

" Kyrie nice meeting you."

" Good to see Kyrie. Have a good night Ashley," I walk to the other side of the VIP section.

" Girl, why do you do that? He's right there, go talk to him."

" Nah this dont seem like a coincidence."

" So he's stalking you," she raise her eyebrow at me.

" I don't know but it doesn't feel right."

" Nique, we are here to have fun. There's no harm in talking to him or riding him." I laugh," Erica maybe the first one."

" You haven't had d**k in a year. You better hop on his."

" Bye Erica," I walk over to the bar.