Nikki walked into Marilyn's and sat down at the bar next to Bobby. While watching the girls on stage she noticed there was a new girl who looked oddly familiar. "Bobby who is the new girl on stage?" Nikki questioned. "Oh that's Brooke I just hired her the other day. Isn't she good? Everybody loves her." He said while pouring himself a drink.
"How old is she? She looks kind of young." Asked Nikki. "She is 17" he said. "Wow that's young" Nikki said "Yeah I know. She said she could do it plus she said she really needed this job. So I gave it to her but don't worry I made sure I didn't give her a big part or anything" Said Bobby. Nikki turned to look at her on stage. She was quite good at it but she didn't want this girl to go down the wrong path.
About ten minutes later Brooke came out from the back room in yoga pants and a tank top and sat down next to Nikki. "Hey Bobby can I get a glass of water" Brooke said. "Sure. Oh Brooke this is my friend Nikki she helped me get this place off the ground" said Bobby. "Oh hi it's really nice to meet you" said Brooke.
While Brooke was sitting there Nikki was looking at her. She had brown hair with some blonde high lights. She was wearing little to no makeup not that she needed any anyway she was pretty without it. She had light blue eyes that sparkled when the light hit them and a smile that could light up a room. While Nikki was talking to Bobby and Brooke was sitting drinking her water a middle-aged drunk man came over and started hitting on Brooke.
"Hey sweet heart why don't you come home with me tonight and I can show you one hell of a time" he slurred.
"Buzz off pal" she spat. He leaned in to try to kiss her when she pushed him to the ground. That's when Bobby saw it and had two of his men pick him up and threw him out.
"Hey Brooke are you alright" Bobby questioned. "Yeah I am fine don't worry about me" she said. "Sweetie does your mom and dad know you are here?" Nikki asked. "Well I told my dad I got a job here but I don't know if he was ignoring me or was too drunk to listen to me" Brooke said. "What about your mom?" Said Nikki. "Well my mom and my dad adopted me when I was 3 weeks old. After a while my mom couldn't put up with my dad's drinking so she told me she was leaving to find us a better life. That was about 7 years ago. I haven't heard from her since" Brooke said.
"Oh honey that's terrible. Do you have a place to stay tonight?" Nikki asked "Yeah my dad and I have an apartment. He will usually come home around 2 or 3 in the morning with whatever girl he picked up that night. I sometimes get home before or at midnight and just go to bed. My father could care less what I do. He can get mean when he is drunk so I either stay at a friends or if not I lock myself in my room and just ignore him" Brooke told her. While Brooke was telling her this all Nikki could think was when she was that age and what her father tried to do to her. She didn't want that to happen to Brooke.
"Well why don't you come and stay at my house?" Said Nikki. "Are you serious? You just met me and you are offering to let me stay at your house. I could be a killer or something" Brooke joked. "I really don't think you are a killer. Besides we have plenty of room and my husband won't mind" She said. "Wow thanks I just need to go to my apartment and grab my things. Would you mind giving me a ride there?" asked Brooke "Not at all" Nikki said.
Brooke went to grab her things from the back room and met Nikki by the bar. They said goodbye to Bobby and left. When they arrived at her apartment building Brooke told Nikki to wait in the car just in case her dad was home. Brooke ran to her apartment and into her room. Grabbed her two large duffel bags threw all her clothes in there along with whatever else she needed. Then took the extra money she had saved walked out the door and never looked back.
The car ride to the ranch was a little awkward. Nikki didn't know what to talk about. She didn't want to make Brooke uncomfortable. When the pulled up to the gate and into the drive way Brooke was speechless. "Holy crap you live here!" Brooke exclaimed. "Yup this is my house" said Nikki. When they walked into the house Brookes eyes looked like they were going to pop out of her head. "Your home is beautiful. I have never seen anything like it before" said Brooke. Just then Victor walked into the living room. "Hello sweet heart" he said giving Nikki and hug and a kiss on the cheek. He then saw Brooke and said "who the hell are you?"