"Oh, oh, oh."Mandy raises her hand
"Yes, Mandy?"
"Can Charlie have a lap dance, please?His birthday is next week, and I promised him one, but I'm not good at it."She looks lovingly at him, and he gives her his best playboy smile.She looks back at me."Pretty please?"
"Sure, Charlie gets a birthday boy lap dance for Mandy."
She jumps up and down, tits bouncing, then flings her arms around his neck and lays a big loud smooch on him, making everyone laugh.
"Anyone else want one?"I ask.
Mac raises his hand and winks at Rosa.She shakes her head, then points her thumb at him.
"Mac too, then."
I look at Brad and Darren.Neither of them asks, so I move on.
"The game of Gorilla will be the grand finale.Everyone good with the agenda?"
Darren laughs and bows to me."I am speaking for the group when I say you can do whatever you want."
"Thank you, Darren.I guarantee you will all enjoy tonight.The mind is the most powerful aphrodisiac, and my job as a live dancer is to stimulate your senses.Fucking Fantasies is my specialty, and your job as a participant is to free your imagination."
Darren stiffens, and his eyes narrow."What the fuck?Are you kidding me?"He looks at Angela, then back to me."My God!Are you Seary?From Las Vegas?"
I nod."Yes, I am."
"Do you dance at Been Jammin'?"
"Yes, I do."
"I'll be damned!Y'all, she's the main attraction at Been Jammin'; she's the headliner!The Star!"
Everyone stares at me.
"Bart is a Frat Bro of mine.He called me to tell me he had discovered a girl who could dance circles around his other performers, and he was going to turn her raw talent into a gold mine.Her name was Seary.That's you, isn't it?"
I laugh."Yes.That's me.I'm the headliner, but technically Surreal is the main attraction and the star."
"What a small world!As soon as you said, Fucking Fantasies, the light went off.Bart told me he was raising capital and wanted to know if I would be interested.I sent my venture capitalist friend to check you out."
I laugh at that information."And did he like what he saw?"
He laughs too."He fell in love with you.He said the first time he saw you dance.He knew you were a winner."
"Did you invest?"
"I did."
"Well, I'll be damned.So, we're business partners?"I offer my hand to shake."Nice to meet you."
He laughs and shakes my hand."Likewise."
"And your local bro?Did he invest too?Do I have another business partner from around here I don't know about?"
"No, he decided not to.He said it would pose a conflict of interest and he didn't want it to blow up in his face."
"His loss."I shrug.
