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Chapter One - Shane“Screw this” I stood and shoved away fro way” My three business partners glanced at one another “This isn’t so I’m interested in Period When you said you wanted to talk about opening a new club, I didn’t think you htclubs, not titty bars”

My cousin Liae nose “Shane, sit the fuck down and calm the fuck down The Bachelor’s oill be here in fiveinto a brawl”

I jabbed a finger in his direction “You of all people should kno I feel about strippers”

He scowled at o You were ten Not every stripper is a rabber who breaks up fa”

I briefly closed el, aka Missy, aka the stripper my dad had left my mom for, had tainted my vieomen who took their clothes off for profit

Jack, usually the typical hot-headed redhead, gestured for me to sit “Calm down This could net us millions in profits I’ve seen the numbers At least sit and listen to Johnny”

“Not interested”

Noah raised his dark eyebrows “Why not hear the guy out?”

“Fine,” I said, relenting “But don’t expect hi my money into some sticky-floored strip joint in the middle of nowhere”

“It’s not in the ht not like strip clubs, but you knoell as I do that Atlanta is the strip club capital of the country Buying one is a no brainer”

I yanked outlike a petulant child, but I had every reason At the age when I’d needed my dad the most, he’d knocked up his stripper er sisters and me To make matters worse, he hadn’t paid one cent in child support

For the faave all arten teacher was barely enough to cover the bills Even with both of us working, hts would be shut off It was not an easy childhood, and the experience left me bitter

I got it, not every stripper was like Missy, but it would take a lot to convince me they all weren’t out for a rich baby daddy Not that my dad was rich, but he worked as an accountant for a finance firm and had done okay for himself I hadn’t seen hi to do with hi traded in Missy for a younger model