I am sooo sorry I updated late! You guys reviewed a lot yet I still posted this up late. I had piano lessons today :(

Oh, and you wont guess how ironic my yesterday went. When I refreshed my stats page to see how many of you viewed my story, it said '1918'. Those numbers seem familiar to you? Then, I went to eat dinner and refreshed the page again MUCH later at night. Well, more like REALLY early in the morning. And then, it said '2007'. And I had so many other ironic things happen to me yesterday but I won't stall any longer.

Oh, and so I'm sorry if there is no dirty place in Seattle. i made it up :( To tell you the truth, I've never been to the states. Ever. So I have no clue on what things are like there.

Diclaimer: I, unfortunately, own only Susan, Ryan, Jerry and Frank. You can have Ryan if you want though :)


He firmly grabbed my wrist and began pulling me out the bar. "You're coming home with me,"

"No!" I said, opening my eyes. I sighed. I was bathed in cold sweat. The very same dream haunts me nearly every night since Ryan sold me to the mysterious man. I later found out he was the owner of a strip club in Seattle and his name was Jerry. It's been a year since Ryan sold me to Jerry, forcing me to work in this strip club. I don't blame him. It was my fault Susan had died which caused him to start drinking and to lose his job soon after. My fault that I didn't earn enough to support the both of us. I deserved much worse but I can't help but feel scared and disgusted of this place at the same time.

"Hey, babe," Jerry slammed the door open. He was drunk. When he was, it never meant well for me. He pushed my against the wall and started kissing my neck. I tried struggling but it was no use. I looked around to see if there was anything that could possibly distract him long enough for me to escape and hide. At least until he became sober again. Aha! I thought when I spotted an open bottle of water on the table. I reached out my hand as far as I could. i could feel the pull of my muscles, telling me that I couldn't stretch any further. Then, I grabbed it and splashed water on his face. When he was distracted, I started bolting towards the door when I felt two hands grab my waist, holding me back.

I fell forwards and turned, seeing Jerry's hair dripping with water. His face had a murderous expression. "Why you little-"

And then, he kicked me. He kicked me so hard that I screamed in pain, censoring the last word he was about to say. Judging by his looks, it wasn't going to be very nice.

Then, he pressed his foot on my face. His socks stank as bad as he did. The putrid smell of rotten eggs was overwhelming. I felt like puking that very instant but my stomach hurt too much for that. He pressed his foot harder against my cheek. I tried my best to hold back the tears but let out a little moan in pain.

"Now that you've learned your lesson, you'll behave now, won't you?" he said in a soft yet evil voice. I tried to say something but no sound would escape my lips.

He pressed his foot harder making me let out a scream. The tears started flowing. I nodded this time. He lifted his foot and placed it firmly back onto the ground.

"Good. And Bella dear, do use the make up I bought you to cover up those hideous bruises of yours. You wouldn't want to repel our customers now, would you?"

He didn't wait for me to reply and let out an evil laugh as he left the room, leaving me in pain on the floor. When it started to get dark, I got up, wincing at every small movement I made and headed towards the dressing room to put on our 'costumes' that Jerry assigned us. The other women working here were not like me. They decided to work here for the money. I don't understand how they can willingly sell their body like that. I never got along with any of them. They looked at e with envious eyes and started gossiping the worst about me. I didn't care what people said about me anymore. I was empty inside. My heart had ached to much before and had now become numb towards any more pain.

I wore a one of the most revealing numbers that day. This is going to be tough. After putting it on, I went to my room and covered all the bruises with make-up. After disguising all the bruises on my body, I went backstage covering myself with a long coat until it was my time to 'perform'. As I waited on one of the benches, the other girls walked around in all their almost-naked-glory. Don't these girls have any dignity?

"Bella!" shouted Frank, the guy who was in charge backstage.

"Hey, Frank," I greeted and gave him a smile.

"How's it going Bella?" Frank was the only nice and decent person around this dump. He was a bald, tough looking man in his thirties. He and his wife owned a small apartment somewhere near the club. I had told him my whole story. He understood me and even offered to let me stay over his place until I earned enough money for myself, that is. But I declined, not wanting to disturb the lives of Frank and his wife.

As soon as the previous girl exited the stage, it was my cue to go out. When I went out, there were lots of men. Mostly middle aged, cheering and throwing money on the stage. This was probably one of the reasons the girls envied me. Out of the rest of them, I usually had gotten the most applause. I hated it though. The way their dirty eyes roamed across my body was absolutely sickening. I did my seductive routine, slowly and carefully not wanting to hurt myself even more, though I did wince visibly when I bent down at the wrong parts. I had to keep up my façade, not wanting customers to suspect anything. And the didn't.

Just as I was about to exit the stage, my eyes fell upon two green ones. The man, whom I couldn't see from a far, was sitting in the corner. From what I saw, he didn't look like he was enjoying himself. More like he was forced to come to this place. I understood how he felt. After leaving the stage, I couldn't help but think about the man in the corner. The gorgeous one with green eyes which just pierced into my soul.

Two days later, after closing time, Jerry asked all us girls to crowd around as he had an important announcement to make. He stood on the stage and cleared his throat.

"My dear ladies, tomorrow night, we will be having an important guest here. He is the son of the famous Carlisle Cullen and is interested in buying this dumpster for an insanely high price. I'm telling you this so that each and everyone of you," when he mentioned 'each and everyone of you', his eyes flickered to mine, staying there for a second before looking away, "treat our guest 'nicely'," he said with a wide grin, "and put on the best show he has ever seen,"

All the girls squealed and cheered. All but me. I left to my room without a word and quickly got changed into more 'normal' clothes. I heard a knock on the door and reluctantly went to open it, knowing that if I didn't I wouldn't even have a door because Jerry here will probably kick it down.

"Bella," he said with a smile.

"What do you want?" I spat.

He frowned at my response. "Well, I'm giving you the honors of waiting our dear guest's table tomorrow. No, no. You don't have to thank me. I know, I'm too kind,"

Too kind?? To KIND??? Jerry made one of the world's heartless tax collector's look soft. I could just feel the steams rolling off me.

I nodded and slammed the door in his face. I heard him curse at me as he walked away. I locked the door, just in case he was going to have something to drink tonight.


Ha ha. That's Chapter 5. I'm sorry that its short. I just felt I need to put this in a chapter all itself, to explain where Bella ended up. Please review!!

P.S Unfortunately, I won't be able to update until 2008. I feel bad...


P.S.S I loved your reviews, btw. And just for the record, I DESPISE Ryan to the core as well. Let's print out his name and burn it up, shall we?


P.S.S. I love stalling you guys! lol

-Sabby

WWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAIIIT!! Before you go, I've been meaning to suggest a song that you should listen to during the end of Eclipse but I keep forgetting. Its called 'Calling You' by Blue October. You should get their songs. A lot of them relate to Edward and Bella :)

Okay, I'm done now.