�Ok people, let�s take a little break.� M. Richards says.

Some stand up, some gather to talk about everything and nothing and others stay in their place, which is what I do. It feels good to talk about everything cause I feel a weight being taken off my shoulders�but the weight of the culpability is still on. I look outside. It isn�t snowing yet but I know that it�s cold outside.

�How could you do this? How could you lie to me? Do you know how I�m feeling right now? �

I close my eyes. His voice is running in my head as I remember that moment. I feel my eyes fill with tears, my heart is tearing apart. The glance that he shot to me that day. I could never believe that such beautiful and mesmerizing eyes could stare the way he did: full of hurt, anger and humiliation.

�Please Hayden. Try to understand��

My sobs�

�Understand you!?! Fuck, Michelle, I trusted you and you lied to me!�

His trembling voice�full of anger�

�I didn�t want to��

�Shut up! I know what you are going to say and I don�t want to hear it! You. Lied. To. Me.!�

�Hayden��

�YOU FUCKING STABBED ME IN THE BACK!�

I jump as the loud noise of his fist hitting the wall fills my ears. Tears are running down my cheeks. I wipe them away furiously�furious with myself.

�I can�t believe that she did this to him.� I hear a girl next to me telling her friend.

�I know, me too. I mean we are talking about Hayden Christensen here,� her friend replies.

I shook my head with a �what-a-stupid-girl� smile. Because of who he is meant that I didn�t have to do this to him. What the hell? Even if he is another normal guy, he still doesn�t deserve it. I know that.

M. Richards come back and sit on his chair. �Well please Michelle go on.� He smiles as me.

~~~~~

Friday was one of our busiest nights. The waitresses were running around, serving drinks and taking orders. For us dancers, it was the same thing. When we weren�t on the stage, we were at a table, getting friendly and flirty with the customers or those who could do the contact dances were in the private rooms. At midnight, most of the customers were already drunk, so the money was easier to get�

By the way, Julianna �Tia� had made it. We all knew why but in that kind of business you follow the lead or you stay behind. The curious thing was that I didn�t go along with that request to get in here, neither did Suzy�

I ran to my dressing table to get changed for my next show. Selma came behind me to help me with my costume.

The show that I was about to do was my favorite. It was a �hardcore� show with chains and leather. I�m sure you think that I was crazy but seriously it was hot to do. It was a lot of distortions and calculated moves with the chains.

Selma unlaced my corset as I was undoing my hair. I dressed in my black leather corset and my black leather micro mini-skirt with Selma�s help. She laced it and looked at me in the mirror.

�God Sweetie, I don�t know why you�re still single!� She smiled. �Look at you. You are beautiful.�

�Thanks Nanny.� I smiled back and lowered my glance as I felt a sting of loneliness as her words ran in my head.

I had my first boyfriend at 16 years old. It was a nice and sweet relationship. Nothing difficult. A real teen relationship. Nothing to care about. No worries�We broke up because his mom had gotten a job in Italy.

Selma seemed to notice something cause she cupped my face in her hands to make me look at her.

�'The one' will come along one day, you�ll see.� She winked at me and left.

I smiled to myself as I touched up my makeup when Suzy ran in the room and sat next to me at her dressing table.

�Look what I have here.� She smiled at me and threw the magazine on my table.

I looked at it and smiled. �Hayden Christensen in town for the summer!� The title was saying. A picture of him walking the streets of Toronto with an Iced Cappuccino in one hand and laughing on the phone. He was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans with a white t-shirt and a pair of black pumas. �Simple and gorgeous!� I thought.

I jumped off my seat when I noticed Barry leaning on the wall behind us watching us in my mirror, grinning. Discreetly, I put the magazine in the drawer of my dressing table and closed it.

�Girls, you are stunning! After your show Michelle, I want you, Suzy and Julianne in private room 5. There some special guests and I want them to have fun. So you know what you both have to do, right?� He asked, his eyes were speaking for the thoughts he had in his mind.

We nodded and he disappeared with a grin that I didn�t like. The kind of grin that said: �I have power over you. Obey to me.� I sat back lazily in my chair. I played with my bottle of water as I watched Suzy took her �ecstasy� before round two.

~~~~~

�What happened in the private room, Michelle?� M. Richards ask me.

�When we get there, Barry�s special guests were there, waiting for us.� I took a deep breath. God! That night�I bit my lower lip continued.

~~~~~

There were six of them. Six men, tall and in shape. Three of them were smoking cigars as two of them were leaning against the wall near the back of the little room and the last one was speaking on his cell phone which he closed when he noticed us. I knew that we were busy until the end of the night. But I also knew that we were lost�I was feeling like I was trapped, like I was the prey of those six men. I felt Suzy�s hand squeeze mind. She was feeling the same way. A quick glance to Julianne and I noticed that she was terrified.

I looked over my shoulder. Barry was closing the curtain , wearing that superior smile again. He was starting to scare me. For the past few days, he had become very mean and disrespectful toward us. I didn�t know that it was only the beginning�

As I turned my head back to the men I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Before I spoke I opened them with the most confident and lustful look I could do muster at that moment: �Hi you. What can we do for you gentlemen?� I put my hands on my hips and rolled them a little bit in a seductive move.

One of the men who had been leaning against the wall walked over to me and smiled. He placed one of his hands on my hip and roamed over my stomach. Then his hand caressed my back and made his way to my shoulder. My mind relaxed and my body slacked a little as I noticed that his touch was soft.

As I was about to touch him, he pushed me hard against the wall. My scream caught in my throat as my eyes widened at the pain in my back from being slammed against the wall.

�Sure you can�whore.� I heard his harsh and deep voice as he was smiling at me in a way that was frightening.

As I felt fear invade my mind, my body started shaking. I saw Suzy and Julianne step back until their bodoes touched the wall next to me. The last thing I remember was the other five men walking over to us. Then I closed my eyes. TBC�