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“You are the hottest girl in this club tonight,” I told ht blue eyes beneath three layers of fake lashes and more mascara than anyone needed With my ruby lips, dark hair, and porcelain skin, I knew I had to be someone’s type

But I’d been on otten twenty seven rejections, and had another five hours to go

That was hoent as a stripper Souys wanted you, sometimes they didn’t

It was my job to turn their no’s into yes’s, but that was easier said than done when my boyfriend of three years just dumped me and I felt like a pile of shit

“You are the hottest girl in the club,” I said again, more sternly I had to believe it If I couldn’t even convinceto convince anyone else?

Mark came up behind me, his voice hard and distracted

“You’re up after Sparkle”

“Yea, one ht?”

“Yea Same set?”

I noddedback with a rhinestone clip as I looked over ave e which I appreciated My hands ran over the flat ofover h the gy With skin as fair asto stand out

I looked up at Mark as growing increasingly bored It was always strange to ht of naked women’s bodies and tried to tell myself it wasn’t just because I looked hideous

Self-confidence could be a real bitch

“Sa excited for the break in the rap and the hip-hop Typically I was a dance and techno girl, but tonight I needed sostier

He went back to his booth, settling in before announcing, “And that’s the hot little Sparkle! Reet really intine roo that every ten minutes or so for the last few hours, it lacked oomph

But the— the rhyth e I felt like a diva, and all the lights were on me

I strut out to the stage, hts clinging to hs With each step, my leather and rhinestone skirt fluttered above the cusp of rew