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 [...]

38: in which Michelle meets Morris

There was no answer at Sam’s door when Michelle knocked.  No rustling.  No giggles or hushed lover-voices.  Not even the sound of Lily running over the floor.  She stood for a moment in the stale-smelling hallway listening to the silence, then she walked to work.
That Monday the girls couldn’t fill all the dance requests.  Around [...]