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REBECCA'S WAY
CHAPTER I: A FACE FROM THE PAST
Rebecca stood at the pole turned around slowly while at the same time wrapping her leg around it. The pole as usual was sprayed with Pam which felt sticky on her leg as she climbed the pole and slid down. She then reached behind her head and undid the string that held her bra on, and let it drop to the stage. She hated this job, and more importantly she hated herself for having to need this job, but she had bills to pay and two mouths to feed. The crowd cheered as she revealed herself to them and crawled on the stage toward these men that were all perverts in her book, but perverts did give better tips. She then turned around and showing her curvaceous form to them and danced slowly around as the song "Wild Thing" played on the speakers. She secretly timed each song that played and counted down the seconds in her head to when it would stop. As the music came to a close she counted down to within fifteen seconds of the song to end before she gathered up the money that had been thrown at her. She then picked up her string bra, and hurried back to the dressing room to count her earnings for the night.
Roxy stood at the door way with a robe as she rushed in and wrapped it around her shoulders, and handed her a towel to wipe the sweat from her as well. So how did you make out, Roxy asked as she also began to get dressed for her upcoming performance on stage. Well there were actually a lot of big tippers tonight, Rebecca, said as she sat down at the table. She then counted out the money that she had and it all added up to $127.00 dollars. One hundred and twenty seven dollars she said in a huff. That is only enough to cover daycare for this week, and it doesn't even scratch the surface with the money I owe the hospital she said, turning to Roxy. Well, maybe I can help out the mature blond said as she put on the black wig, and finished her make up. No, Roxy you have already done more than enough for me and Richie, Rebecca responded. I'm his mom, and its' up to me to try and find some way to help take care of him. Becky, we're friends, and if you need any help taking care of Richie I'll be happy to help.
Roxy you gave me and Richie a place to stay and you helped me get this job, trust me you've done more than enough, but I need to do this. I just don't get you Becky, Roxy said shaking her head and looking at the teenager. You're smart pretty, and you are probably the most stubborn girl I have ever met. I know that you want to be able to take care of Richie on your own, but you aren't on your own anymore, I'm here for you kid. Thanks Roxy Rebecca said taking her hand, but if I can't do this on my own what kind of mother would I be. You would be a single teenage mom that need's help Becky, like a million other girls do, Roxy responded. Besides, I would be in the same boat as you if that bastard of a pimp of mine wouldn't have made me lose my baby. I'm so sorry about that Roxy, Becky said laying her hand on Roxy's shoulder.
Roxy was fourteen when she ran away from home and began living on the street. She then began working for a diner to live in a hotel, but then the police started snooping and she was forced to leave. Her family was looking for her and she would rather be dead than go back to her abusive, mother and another one of her bastard boyfriends. She then lived on the street, and soon took up with a pimp. Jackal was the jerk's name and beating and prostituting women was his game. She worked for the creep for ten years, and hated every last moment of it, but she had no other choice. Roxy had no education, no money, and nowhere to go. Jackal gave her a place to stay and he kept the real psycho's away, even though he was a jerk himself. But, Roxy was one of his best "EMPLOYEES" as he liked to phrase it, and as long as she brought in the money he left her alone. She hated doing those things with so many men every night, but Jackal never left his girls alone unless he brought them no less than three hundred dollars a night. Luckily Roxy had earned a lot of steady customers because she was a beautiful blue eyed blond, who had a very curvaceous form. She was similar to her cousin Elizabeth, who she was looking for when she ran a way but Beth or "Bee" as she was sometimes called had moved
Then one day something happened that changed everything, Roxy found out that she was pregnant, and she didn't know which one of her clients were the father. She thought that she could find the one who liked her then she could leave this life of prostitution behind her but nothing is ever that easy or simple in life. Soon, after telling each of her nine clients that she was pregnant each refused to take responsibility for the child. Many of the words that were spoken to her, after she told them made her cry. She was called a blackmailer, slut, whore, to a bitch by men who claimed they loved her, and would take care of her. But, she knew that might happen it was the way this game worked, but one of them wasn't that bad. He actually apologized for what had happened but let her know that he couldn't take care of a child because he was married and didn't want to ruin his family. He then gave Roxy twenty-five thousand dollars and said to get rid of the child. Roxy actually wanted him to be the father, he might have been a scum for cheating on his wife, but he was probably one of the nicest guys she had ever met.
She then hid the money from Jackal who later found out about the pregnancy. Jackal was a louse of a man who could no longer even get an erection so he took out his anger on his "Employees". When he found out that as he liked to say his "EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH" was pregnant he was pissed. He told Roxy to get rid of it but she refused. She swore a long time ago that if she ever had a child she would love it and do anything to take care of it since she was forced to have an abortion when she was fourteen, by her mother. The asshole of a boyfriend her mom had raped her, and instead of her mom throwing him out she blamed her and forced her to kill her child. So Roxy had the abortion, and ran away as soon as she was healed up a month later. But Jackal was the same person as her mother and when he found out that she didn't have the abortion and began to show, after three months, he beat her. He beat her so bad, that she lost her child and was in the hospital for a month. She was lying in the hospital with three broken ribs, a fractured arm, and two black eyes when the doctor told her that in order to stop her internal bleeding they had to perform a hysterectomy, which meant she would never be able to have children again.
When Roxy heard this her heart nearly fell from her chest. All she had ever wanted to be in life was a mom. A good mom who no matter what job she did, or how many she had she wanted to be a mom again, one that was way better than the one she had in Idaho, now thanks to Jackal that dream was gone. Soon she made up her mind to leave and never come back. When Jackal came back to her after her release from the hospital, he brought flowers trying to apologize. However there was no forgiveness in Roxy for him. She opened the door played coy, and then dosed him six hundred dollars worth of cocaine and left him there. She then took out all the money she had saved from hooking, plus the twenty five thousand, which added up to thirty six thousand five hundred dollars. She left Idaho and went to California to look for her cousin Bee who was now called Betty.
When she got there Betty actually helped Roxy out and set her up with a nice apartment, she also let her cousin know that she had been married once and the marriage did not end well which is why she left home. She then came to California and set herself up as a high priced call girl. Roxy loved her cousin and was thankful for her help, but she did not want to go back to a life of prostitution again so she got a job working in a gentleman's club called the "Boom Boom Room" instead. She worked there as a stripper and now after Betty had moved again a few towns over she was the manager of all the girls and still performed once a night for extra money.
That's when she met Becky, and Richie. Becky came in off the street with a two year old boy in her arms who seemed as quiet as a mouse, but was as handsome as she had ever seen. He had a dark look about him that was odd for such an innocent child to have. Becky applied for a job as a waitress but Phillipe the boss knew that Becky was not eighteen and shouldn't be working there. However, Roxy intervened and gave the sixteen year old girl the job anyway. Becky's was a beautiful blond haired girl with devastating eyes and a small country accent. You could tell that she was not from California, but she carried herself with pride that reminded Roxy of herself when she was that age. Becky had been working for a while and soon she was having trouble paying for her home when she found out that Richie was getting sick. So she gave up her apartment and moved into her car, which was a 1989 VOLKSWAGON that hardly ever ran. In order to make more money when she turned eighteen she took the job on stage as a stripper to pay for Richie's medicine.
She would usually leave Richie hidden back stage while she worked while a few of the other girls who knew her plight would look after him. When Roxy found out though she soon put an end to that, she didn't believe what Becky was doing. Becky, Roxy screamed how could you be keeping her two year old son hidden in a closet while she danced on stage. Becky then broke down in front of Roxy letting her know the whole story about her plight and all she had to endure. As it turned out her mom had moved them from Mississippi to California to follow her asshole musician boyfriend. It worked out well for a while, but then a big band signed the creep and he got famous, he left both of them. The jerk had also gotten her mom on drugs, and would get touch with her. When he left her mom got to using drugs heavily and after a while she overdosed one night, and died in the hospital. Since she had no family to speak of she was placed in a state home. That's where she met Richie's father, a guy who had a similar story to hers' only worse. His name was Richard Underwood or Ricky Underwood, and they soon became friends. After a while their friendship progressed and she and he lost their virginity together. But, she was later sent to live with an aunt she had back in Mississippi. While there it was horrible her aunt, and family only wanted her to keep the house clean while they spent her check which she got from the welfare department.
Soon after two months she found out that she was pregnant, and did not want to give up her son or have an abortion, so she ran away. She hitched, walked and stole to get back to California and find Ricky. She soon found out that he had been adopted by a great family and was living in a town not too, far away. By that time she was three months pregnant, and thought Ricky would be happy to see her, but when she approached one day towards his home she saw him through a window kissing some girl on his bed without a shirt on. She then knew that he was not the guy she thought he was and decided to raise the baby on her own. Since then she had been living on the street in shelters, taking jobs and also looking for hand outs. It wasn't until she started working here at the "Boom Boom Room" that she was able to actually take care of Richie, who she gave birth too when she turned sixteen.
Roxy's heart soon went out to Rebecca's story since it was much like her own, so she decided to take her and Richie in. Since she was managing the club, she made enough to move into a nice three bedroom which she would rent out to some of the girls. She also liked Richie he was a nice kid and he was always quiet. Soon Rebecca, Roxy, and Richie became a nice little family. Rebecca saw Roxy as the mom her own mom could never be, and Roxy saw Becky as she called her as the daughter she would have had, if she wouldn't have gotten an abortion. But, now things had become difficult for both of them since they discovered that Richie, had gotten sicker and a doctor discovered that he had leukemia. The little boy at first suffered form Hodgekins disease but his cancer had now progressed.
Rebecca now worked tirelessly to save money for both daycare, food, her part of the rent, and utilities, and to pay for Richie's chemotherapy treatments as well as his other prescription medications. Roxy tried to help but Becky was stubborn and refused to take anymore handouts, she might not have much, but she was now happy to have a little pride back. As she got up to get dressed and go to pick up Richie, Becky looked down to see the newspaper lying on the ground. On the front cover was a person she had not seen in four years but a face she saw every day since then, the head line read.
"RICKY UNDERWOOD PROPOSES TO SWEET HEART AFTER OVERCOMING ADVERSITY" . Rebecca stood in shock as she picked up the paper and read the article. She then threw the paper down, and everything else off the dressing table as she looked at herself in the mirror. She then broke the mirror, and began to cry. Ricky wasn't the father she wanted for her son, but he had become a father for Amy's son.