40: in which Michelle finds love

It was amateur night.  A Friday, two weeks after Julie and Princess quit, and Michelle sat and watched as young girls, many barely eighteen, shook their round asses for the crowd.  Michelle was sure two girls would be hired.  A curvy, chocolate-skinned girl who danced under the name Orchid, and a skinny redhead who went [...]

29: in which Samantha returns

Jake and Rachel flew off to their honeymoon that night.  The next evening, Michelle took the train back into the city.  The polluted grey streets were familiar, but strange after a week in suburbia.  Even at night, the weather was so humid that she was sweating by the time she reached her apartment.  Opening the [...]