Chapter 7

The next morning I woke up and the sun was shining really brightly, when I looked over, I saw two ladies had opened my curtains. I looked over at my nightstand to see what time it was, it was 06:30 am and my alarm was supposed to go off at 07:00am.

"Go shower" one of the lady commanded who looked scary, I blinked a couple of times "Hurry, Sir said to fetch you and you better not be a minute late!" , the other lady barked an order.

I got up quickly scared, stripped from my clothes and took a shower. I shut off the water and I walked back in my room, to find the ladies still there.

"Here is your outfit" the one said. I took the black sports bra and matching black pants and socks and put them on. I was given a pair of white sneakers to match the outfit I was going to wear.

I tied my hair into a tight and neat pony tail, then I was lead out of the room. There a body guard was waiting for me outside my room and he lead me down a corridor into a huge hall. "Get in!" I got in a bit frightened and there I saw a lady who was probably 24. The guard had left.

"You must be Talia, I'm Marize but you can call me Mars as in the planet, or the candy bar if you wish." I really liked her, she was spunky in a non threatening way and I knew we were going to click. "Nice to meet you Marize", I exclaimed! before I could ask what I was doing here she started to explain.

"So I see in your facial expression that you are wondering what are you doing here?"

I nodded my head quickly.

"Well Talia, I'm going to teach you on how to become a mafia stripper for the business, how you are going to spy on meetings whilst posing as a stripper and for that you need to learn how to strip and pole dance in heels etc."

My mind was numb and blank. "A stripper, are you kidding me? I can't be a stripper." I started babbling on and on about the impossibility. Marize, just let me have my moment of outburst till I got tired by myself and stopped.

"Okay I see you have finally calmed down, Talia and so we will start with basics then move on to the harder stuff involving heels, don't worry you will be a pro in no time, I am the best in the game after all."

I just nodded, what choice did I have in all this. We worked throughout the whole day, and who knew that this was such gruelling work. My whole body was on fire, I was aching and I probably had blisters on my feet.

I got to my room and I showered, quickly. After I had my shower, I sunk into my bed gratefully.

Who knew how contouring your body was such work. I was flexible as I could do the splits cause at a point, in my early years I had done gymnastics, yet my body was on fire. Soon after I fell asleep.

I was woken up again, in the same manner, took a shower, wore my workout clothes and went to Marize, and we practised the whole day. This went on for a week, Marize and I had grown close and we joked and poked fun at each other. She was also impressed with my progression even when I wore super high heels and still managed.

I put in a lot of effort to learn the dance moves and master them. Since I was now a soon to be stripper. I got sometimes got Saturdays off , and the whole of sunday. It was Saturday and I had managed to sleep till 11pm in the afternoon.

My breakfast had grown cold but I still ate it, and I went back to sleep. Stripping was taking a lot of my energy and I was exhausted. We started early but finished super late. It was frustrating learning the same move over and over again. The same cue of the music.

I felt a hand shaking me, "wake up Talia." I woke up and found one of the ladies standing over me. "Go and take a bath", I looked at the clock and it was 22:00pm!

Okay, I walked over to the bath tub and there was hot water and bath salts inside already. I sunk in the bath tub gratefully. My body needed this.

I saw razor blades set aside for me and I shaved my whole body.

When I was done, I found the two ladies from the first day there. "Sit" the one commanded. I sat down and the one started putting on makeup on my face and the other was fixing my hair. I started being scared. What was going on?

I was too scared to ask them so I sat in silence. After 30 minutes, they were done and I was given an outfit and robe. I went into the bathroom and wore the outfit, it looked like a playboy bunny outfit with lace and a bit see through. I wore see through tights and when I walked out, I found Mars.

I was so relieved to see her as she gave me a hug. "You look beautiful Tal" "Mars what's going on? Why am I dressed like this and it's 23:50pm." "You are going to strip with me tonight, the routine we rehearsed."

"What? How? and why? for whom are we stripping for, I don't think I'm ready, I mean I have been only practising for a week. I think I have stage fright. What if I fall, and men will be seeing me half naked."

"Calm down Tal, trust me, you are with me. You are the best girl I have ever trained who caught on this fast, I always train girls and bring them out when I think they are ready. I know you're more than ready. So put on your big girl pants and lets go. You will have to do it sooner or later. So better now than never."

I followed Mars nervously, I felt like I was going to puke. At least we were doing it in the mansion, were we had the family party and events. We got to the place and I was behind stage with Mars.

I changed to my platform heels. I looked from behind the curtain and saw other girls stripping.

"Talia, don't let me down, enjoy!" as Mars winked.

The other girls finished and I took my position next to Mars but a few steps away. The mc got on stage, "our final performance of the night". My heart was beating like a locomotive. Focus Talia, don't puke or do something stupid. Why didn't they tell me earlier, so I could prepare myself. I looked at Mars and she gave me a reassuring smile.

You can do this Talia, I thought. I gave myself a mental slap and took my starting pose with my hands above my head. 3,2,1 The curtain opened and we dropped our robes. Men started whistling so loud, and my eyes caught Axel's eyes, which were stunned and I saw Sophie fuming next to him.

Then I caught London's eyes which had a lustful hunger in them as I could see him scanning my body hungrily.