Page 56 of Bourbon Sins
“Tootse, do you have the costumes ready?”
“Yes, I do. I’ll go get them.” Tootse took off to find the bag she brought with her.
“Babs, do you have the wigs?”
“Yup. I placed them in the girl’s bathrooms this morning. They’re the perfect red.”
“Red?” I asked.
“Yes, we’ll all be redheads tonight. I also placed the masks and makeup directions in the bathrooms. If you girls need help, let me know and I’ll come up to help you.”
“Perfect, thank you. Francy, how are we over at the bar? Stocked and ready?” Pepper asked, checking tasks off her list.
“Fully ready to go. I also talked to the chef; he’ll have all the orders ready for tonight.”
“That’s right, thank you for reminding me,” Pepper said, as she looked through her notebook. “There will be ten members tonight. Some really powerful men are meeting about some government business. They’re not to be disturbed for anything. All their orders will come through the iPad at the bar. They’ll also have full meals that we need to serve. Tonight will be a little different, because we’ll all be serving after our presentation. Each girl will have two men to wait on.”
“No lap dances tonight,” Kace said, interrupting our conversation. He walked up to us, hands in his pockets, his head cast down.
“What? Why?” Babs asked. “These men can afford it easily.”
“Jett said no lap dances tonight.”
All the girls made a knowing “oh” with their mouths as they turned back to what they were doing. Something was going on and I was out of the loop.
“Am I missing something?” No one answered me. “Um, hello?”
“Drop it, Lo,” Kace said. “You girls are dismissed until tonight.”
“Wait,” I called out before he could walk away. “I’ll be heading out to meet with my friend Lyla; I just wanted to remind you that I’ll be back around four.” Kace looked at me as if I had three vaginas plastered to my forehead. “I told you about it a week ago, you said it was ok.”
“Uh, yeah, let me check real quick.”
“What do you mean let you check? You already cleared it; I made plans with my friend.”
“Things have changed, Lo.” Then Kace walked away while typing something into his phone.
“What the fuck?” I said, while I turned around to the girls, who all avoided eye contact with me. “What’s going on? And don’t tell me you’re not allowed to talk about it.”
Pepper looked over at Babs and they both smiled.
“Jett is infatuated,” Babs sing-songed.
“What do you mean?”
“Jett never takes away lap dances because he knows they benefit us. The only reason he would take them away is if he doesn’t want one of us doing them.” Babs cleared her throat. “He doesn’t want one of us all over another man.”
They all looked at me and smiled irritating smiles. “You think it’s because of me?”
They all laughed. “Duh, Lo. Don’t be so naïve. He finally invites you up to the Bourbon Room last night and the next day he takes away lap dances. It’ssobecause of you.”
“That’s not fair to you guys.” They all shrugged their shoulders as Tootse came up holding out costumes.
“Here, ladies. I love them! What do you think?” Francy sidled up next to Tootse and kissed her on the lips.
“You’re adorable,” she said, as she helped hand out the costumes.
I held mine up and nearly gasped at the lack of fabric. It was a red, white and blue bikini top encrusted in gems, but it was probably about two inches wide, just enough to cover up my nipples. The bottoms were just as skimpy, but instead of a thong, it was a pair of jeweled lace cheekies.
