The three of us head up the stairs. “I’ll figure out a way to get him alone. It’s just hard with them following everywhere. And he doesn’t come to the club often.”
As we go in the door, Two-Shit and Fancy split up so they can each take an exit. They’re serious about this surveillance. I see why they hire out as protectors.
“What else do you do besides class?” Jenna asks. “Hair cut? Chores?”
I shrug. “My pole dancing workshop.”
Jenna and Symphony nod at each other knowingly.
“What?”
“Who’s escorting you to that?” Jenna asks.
“Nobody yet. I skipped last week to move, so I haven’t had one since they started watching me.”
“When is the next one?” Symphony asks.
“Saturday morning.”
Jenna’s eyes light up. “The bar doesn’t open until three. Have Merrick escort you.”
Symphony nods. “And then have him come in to wait.”
“And watch,” Jenna says.
“That’ll get him,” Symphony says.
The clock above us buzzes lightly, making us jump.
“We gotta go,” Symphony says.
We dash apart. We have different classes at this hour.
But as I hurry to my room, I think about what they said.
What would Merrick think of my pole dancing class? Would he watch me? Or would he take an interest in the other girls?
I slide into my seat, still thinking about this. It was worth the risk. I could see if I could ride his motorcycle with him, rather than have him follow me in my car like the others do.
If he saw me dance, a proper pole routine and not just a fully dressed maneuver on a square column in his bar, and then I gotto ride behind him, my arms wrapped around his waist, maybe it would tell me something.
Because his reaction would be very different if he thought of me as a sister who needed protection.
Or a woman who wanted to get the protection gone.
He could do that for me.
Screw dating if you can justscrew.
I laugh out loud, making several classmates turn to look at me.
I cover my mouth.
I’ve done plenty of first dates and mostly platonic boyfriends. No need to revisit all that territory.
I’m a house mouse for the Wild Hair, a badass motorcycle club.
Time to live the life.
