Chapter Four

"How do you know my name…?" I asked Victor questioningly. I wouldn't have been surprised if there was also a bitchy look plastered to my face, since I couldn't even fathom how this man knew me.

"I heard you tell Lissa, of course. How else would I know you?" He gave me a quick smirk, and I was thoroughly surprised he didn't have any gold teeth. He seemed like a gold tooth kind of person.

"Oh…well, I came here because you gave me this card the other night. And I still haven't found a job and I really need to get myself into an apartment."

"I see…" His voice gave me chills, and not the good kind either.

"So I was hoping you could hire me? I would love to learn how to bartend. Or do whatever Lissa does. That looked pretty simple to me."

"Oh Rose… that's not why I gave you that card. Besides, we don't have any bartending or waitress positions that need to be filled at the moment."

"So wh-what would you want me to do?" I could hear the shakiness in my voice. I secretly knew I didn't want to hear his answer, but I couldn't force myself to get up and leave anyway.

"I think you know, Rose."

I didn't like the way he said my name, at all. It creeped me out, and I sat there contemplating what he just said.

"A janitor?" I laughed a little, hoping he would actually take me seriously. There was no way I wanted to be one of those girls on the stage.

He chuckled, and it was then that I realized he didn't realize the seriousness of my question.

"Oh Rose… What you have to realize is that I don't just hire anyone to fill those positions. Girls are not permitted to just come in here and try out. This isn't a high school cheerleading squad. I recruit the best of the best, the cream of the crop. The sexiest girls in all of New York."

I gulped. I most definitely did not fall into any of those categories. I think he sensed my uneasiness so he leaned down and pulled something out of the briefcase that was on the side of his desk. It was an unbelievably large amount of cash. I had never seen so much cash in my life.

"This is what you could have if you worked for me." He shook the stacks of money in his hand. "I would even be willing to give you an advanced paycheck, if you like. It would be more than enough to pay for a down payment on a nice piece of real estate here."

The thought actually began to sound appealing to me. All that money, just for me? I had seen the sky-rise apartments, and the apartments that looked over central park. I had never had much growing up, so now all the material things that I had longed to have all those years was now suddenly within my grasp. I think he may have saw the excitement in my eyes because he began to smile.

"I can give you a few days to think about…" Just because he had said that, I knew he didn't mean it. He wanted an answer now, and I was willing to give it to him.

"I'll do it." I whispered.

"What's that Rose? I didn't quite catch what you said." His eyes were gleaming as they bore into me. I had the feeling that I had just sold my soul to the devil. It was not a pleasant feeling.

"I said, I'll do it." My voice was stern, and it actually kind of frightened me a little. I never usually needed to raise my voice like this, but this guy was a dick and was getting me angry.

"Great, you can start tonight. We're hosting a bachelor party so we are going to need all the ladies on the floor that we can get."

"TONIGHT?" I stood up, outraged. I needed time to mentally prepare myself to do this. I couldn't believe he was asking me to start tonight. Besides, I had nothing to wear; I didn't know what to do, or anything else for that matter. Didn't they at least train their employees before sending them out on their own to do the job? I expressed my concerns to the man and he replied with five simple words.

"I'll take care of it."

Okay, so I'm not sure if you guys saw my note on the last chapter or not but it's not showing up for me. So I'll repeat myself again. (sorry!)

Basically, I put links on my profile as to what the business card looks like and I also put a picture of the club/bar I based this one off of. If you wanna see more pictures you can Google 'Penthouse Executive Club'. I'm really big on visualizing things so I hope you guys don't mind when I post stuff like that. As for this chapter, I know it's short. But I promise the next chapter will be longer. Plus, I've decided to space things out a little more, I figured it might be easier for you guys to read. And I will most likely update later on tonight! Review if you read, please and thank you! xoxo