Uncle Tony shut down the restaurant tonight. It is his week to host poker so he gave us the night off. The first one we have all three had since I got here. The girls decided we should go out and celebrate. What we are celebrating, I don’t really know, but I guess it doesn’t really matter.
A knock at the door tells me I am out of time. I step back and look in the mirror at my outfit. I smile. It has been a long time since I have been able to wear something I actually feel sexy in.
I smile at myself and go answer the door.
“Girl, you should look through the window before just opening the door. We could have been here to hurt you.”
I roll my eyes at Izzy. Always the practical one.
“I could hear Mia here talking a mile a minute. I knew it was you.”
I step out and lock the door behind me.
“Ready?” Mia says.
She’s beaming. Dressed in a black halter dress that stops just above her knees, she is the picture of gorgeous. The dress is modest in most people’s terms, but very provocative when I think of Mia. She is always making sure her body is covered so I am surprised that when she turns to head down the steps that her dress is backless down to her tailbone.
“Damn, Mia. You look like a fox!”
I can’t help my words. She looks over her shoulder as I follow her down the block. I see her face redden.
“I do know how to dress when going out. I just don’t like to dress like this all the time.”
“Girl, you are going to drive them boys nuts.”
She giggles and I remember just how innocent our Mia is. I make a mental note to stay near her throughout the night. I look over at Izzy who is walking next to me and see the same look in her eyes. We are on the same page.
I look at Izzy’s outfit and am not surprised. If Mia is the picture of gorgeous, then Izzy is the picture of sultry. She looks like she could seduce a man with the flick of her finger.
“Iz. You look amazing. I love that dress.”
The dress she picked is a blood red wrap dress. It cuts low into her cleavage and high up her thighs. One wrong move and she will be flashing someone tonight.
She winks at me. “You don’t look half bad yourself. Who knew that you had curves under all those baggy clothes you wear.”
I roll my eyes at her. My work uniform fits me pretty well and shows off my curves and she know’s it.
“Seriously,” Mia turns around and walks backwards. “That dress is sexy, Sof. I didn’t know you had it in you.”
She turns back around. I didn’t know I had it in me either. My ex really did a number on me. It started off as just a sideways comment here and there. I started to avoid wearing certain lipstick or shirts. Then it turned to a smack if I was dressed any way other than what he deemed appropriate.
“Hey.” Izzy touches my arm to bring me out of my thoughts. “You good?”
I smile. “I am. Let’s get to celebrating.”
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We arrive at a dark building around 9 p.m. I won’t lie, the subway ride here made me nervous, but thankfully the girls are versed with traveling to and from Brooklyn. Without them, I think I would have had a panic attack. Thankfully, the club wasn’t far from the subway. Every noise around me has me jumping. Uncle Tony told me to try not to leave Brooklyn. Honestly, I have never had a reason to. So, when the girls asked me out, I didn’t think it would be a problem. Now standing here, I am wondering if I should have listened to him.
“Let’s go.” Mia tugs my arm.
I roll my eyes at her.
“The end of the line is back her, Mia. We can’t cut.”
She gives me a secretive smile. “Sure, we can.”
I look over at Izzy who shrugs. She doesn’t know what Mia is up to either. Seems her backless dress has also give her a bit of confidence.
