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He grabbed lare "What the hell do you think you’re doing?"

I punched him in the face He went limp and silent I hoped I hadn’t just killed him His snores a few seconds later assured h of relief and pulled his wallet all the way out I ignored everything but his driver’s license and exauy had twelve years on me I put his wallet back and shoved the license into my pocket It orth a try

About fifteen minutes later, I arrived at another strip club, The Purple Pony I wondered what it ith colors, animals, and strip club na never been to one, I really didn’t knohat constituted "nice" at a place like this The bouncer glanced at the bogus license, then handed it back and took ten dollars for a cover charge Music boomed on the inside and a lonely but fully clothed stripper on a four-foot tall stage danced on a pole for a sparse crowd I sat at the bar and watched the creepy-looking guys feed her dollar bills

Most of thely bits with blank expressions One older guy earing large circa 1980’s eyeglasses and, I kid you not, a detective cap like the one Sherlock Holly and occasionally licked his dry gray lips He had serial killer written all over him

"Want a private dance, hon?" asked a smooth voice in my left ear "I’irl in a translucent negligee standing there, her hands resting on my shoulder She had chocolate brown eyes, tanned skin, and a unicorn tattoo over her pierced belly button Long fake lashes, fishnet stockings, and knee-high leather boots remindedto keep the quaver out of ar-coated s my arm affectionately

She seemed to really like me Of course she seems to, dummy That’s her job, said brain number one

"How much?"

"Well, a lap dance here would be ten, a dance in the private lounge is thirty, and a dance in a private VIP room is fifty"

I pulled out the fifty the bouncer from the other place had rejected and held it out for her She laughed and gently pressedI directed my shaky hand to slip the money under the elastic as a hot embarrassed flush raced from my face down my body I felt like a total idiot

She took my chin and made me look her in the eyes "You are adorable Don’t worry sweetie, I’ll take good care of you" She took h some hallways and into a s the doorway A faux leather couch squatted against the back wall and a foldout chair sat in the et a full dance, okay?"

I nodded and sat in the folding chair since speaking seeain

She sat on e breasts pressed against the sheer fabric of the nightgown she wore Her teeth hite and perfectly straight "Let’s go over the simple rules since you’re new, okay?"

"Okay," I said, voice cracking

"I do all the touching You," she said putting my hands to the sides of the chair, "have to keep your hands to yourself Otherwise, I’ll have to get the bouncer to come and take you away And you’re too cute for me to want to do that to you" She ser

I nodded and white-knuckle-gripped the sides of the chair She laughed

"If you’re really good, I ive you a feel"

Apparently I had no clue about the way lap dances worked For soht they involved sex at so here now that er at the injustices of the world had faded, but it was kind of late to change an Raven--if that was her real name--twisted her body in a slow rhythhtened in a slow languorous ee from her shoulders ell-practiced flourishes I wondered how many hundreds of times she’d done this same exact dance for other men In the back of my mind, I could hear, feel, sy Hers seemed to be on the other side of a thin uessed a stripper had to barricade soers

This wasn’t right I shouldn’t be here, doing this My storowled but I kneasn’t food I craved The ethereal vapors ofher I reined theer stabbed into my abdoasped Her eyes narrowed Her ue ran a sensual circuit around her lips She moaned and sat on my lap

"Kiss er had me in its thrall I was as much a prisoner as she was We locked lips Inand seeking escape I felt the way it tried to squirrasp like a mouse under a cat’s paw The aroma of primal fear filled my nostrils But she couldn’t escapeEvery spike of pleasure and every atteized y poured into me until I felt like an overpowered bohts in the rooot off my lap and went for my belt buckle