Chapter 36: Avenging Angel
Tanner left the clubhouse, he didn't have no orders from Ace and had some money in his pocket. He decided he would go to The Hog House, he was smitten with Mae and wanted to see her again. He got on his bike and rode away from the clubhouse, he rode down the street and crossed the bridge through Pineapple Isle. He rode into the residential area of Vice City, he rode down Coconut Avenue and parked in front of the strip club. He got off his bike and walked in the door, he walked to the bar and sat down. Tanner reached into his pocket and pulled out a $10 bill, he sat it on the bar and looked at the bartender "Gimme a whiskey." He told the bartender. She smiled at him and poured him a glass of whiskey, she handed it to Tanner who picked it up and took a drink. He turned around and looked around the bar, he couldn't see Mae anywhere. He turned back around and looked at the bartender "Has Caramel started her shift?" He asked her. The bartender scoffed and looked at Tanner "She comes and goes, I think she's scheduled to dance tonight." She replied. Tanner got on his phone and checked his emails, he saw one from his brother it read "Hey man, hope you're enjoying it down south. I'm not too thrilled about your life choices but it is what it is, I'd like to come down and go on vacation but I'm stuck taking care of mom. She says she misses you, and wants you to call her." Tanner started typing back "It's great down here, me and my brothers haven't run into any problems. I met a girl down here, she's a stripper but she's a pure beauty. Tell mom I love her too." He replied. He sent the message and put his phone away.
Mae walked through the door, she was dressed in pink go go boots a pink ruffled mini skirt and a pink bra. She walked in the back where Slick was waiting for her, he looked at Mae in frustration "Where the hell have you been? You haven't showed up in two days, if you weren't so hot you'd be fired!" He scolded her. Mae sighed and looked at him "Sorry, I had a little too much fun. I'll make up for it." She replied. Slick nodded and walked back to his office, Mae walked into the dressing room. Two dancers were sitting in front of mirrors in the room, Mae walked to a mirror on the other side and sat down. She started brushing her hair, when she was finished she pulled a small mirror out of her purse along with a little straw and some white powder. She made her a line on the mirror and snorted the powder, she took a deep breath as the powder burned her nose. Mae put the stuff back in her purse, the door opened and Slick poked his head in "Caramel, get the fuck out into the lounge and make me some money." He commanded Mae. Slick shut the door and Mae stood up, she walked out of the dressing room and into the lounge. Tanner seen her from the bar, he stood up and walked over to her. "Hey." He told her. Mae smiled as she recognized him "Hey stud, want a dance?" She asked him. She took hos hand and lead him to the VIP booth, he sat in the seat and she closed the curtain.
Mae started giving him a lap dance, she straddled his lap like before and shook her breasts in his face. She started making conversation while she danced "So you coming along here in Vice City?" She asked him. Tanner started running his hands all over her body "Oh yeah, coming along great babe." He replied. Mae stood up and started shaking her ass in his face, Tanner started rubbing her ass. Mae turned around and smiled "I been here a while, maybe I can take a ride on your bike and show you around." She told Tanner. Tanner smiled and replied "That'll be alright sexy." Mae winked at him upon his reply. The song ended and she stopped dancing, Tanner stood up and looked Mae in the eyes. They shared a passionate kiss, after they were done Tanner walked out of the booth. Tanner left the club to go out and smoke, he leaned on his bike and smoked. He saw a Declasse Tornado pull up, Robert got out of the car not even looking at the biker. Robert walked into the club, he looked around at everything going on. He saw Mae on stage giving a lap dance, he knew she was a stripper but he couldn't help but feel jealous at this profession. Mae got off the pole and got on her hands and knees, she crawled to a customer and took a hundred dollar bill put of his hands with her mouth. Robert flew into a fit of rage, he ran up to the man and punched him in the mouth. He then rushed the stage and grabbed Mae, he drug her out of the club by her arm. Mae started yelling "What the hell are you doing? You're gonna get me fired!" She shouted. Robert drug her outside and slammed her against the car "Shut up bitch!" He yelled. He started slapping Mae repeatedly across the face, he then took off his belt and started whipping her on her butt and back.
Tanner saw the act, he ran over to the scene and grabbed Robert by his hair. Before Tanner could do anything else Robert turned around and punched Tanner in the nose, Tanner stumbled back he wiped his nose and looked at the blood on his hand "So you want to play rough?" He said with a smile. Tanner started punching Robert repeatedly in the face, he then kneed him in the stomach. Robert fell to his knees where Tanner delivered left and right blows to the face, Robert got on his stomach and started crawling to get away from Tanner. Tanner started stomping on Robert's back, Robert yelled in pain and got to his knees, he put his hands in front of his face "Please no more." He pleaded with Tanner. Tanner grabbed Robert by his hair again and stood him up, he pushed Tanner against his car "Get the hell out of here, and don't fucking hit her again!" He told Robert. Robert nodded and wiped the blood off his face, he got into the car and drove off leaving Mae there. Mae smiled at Tanner as she wiped the tears from her eyes "Thank you, nobody has ever stood up to him before." She told Tanner. Tanner looked back at her, he reached into his pocket for his cigarettes. He handed Mae one and lit it for her, she took a drag and exhaled the smoke. "Beautiful woman like you deserves better than that, why are you with him?" He asked her. Mae chuckled and looked up at him "I was young and dumb, story of my life." She replied. They smoked their cigarettes and walked to Robert's bike "You want me to take you home? I say you're pretty shook up." He asked her. Mae nodded and got on the back of the bike, he started it up and rode off. Mae gave him directions as he rode, he parked in front of her house. Mae got off the bike and looked at Tanner "It's safe to say I'm gonna be single soon, you want my number?" She asked Tanner. He smiled "Hell yeah!" He exclaimed. Mae wrote her number down on a piece of paper and handed it to him, he took the paper and put it in the pocket of his leather jacket "Call me." She said with a smile. Mae turned around and walked to the door, Tanner left and rode back to the clubhouse.