7. Bouncer Sacked.

        

In a blink of an eye, just as if the news was prepared, there was already a newscaster on the television narrating a false event about Micheal S. Draper as the heir of Walt Draper’s group. 

  

Her narration was about how the heir of Walt Draper's group patronised the strip club and was hitting the strip club owner because of a stripper. And at this moment, the face of a dancing stripper at the pole laughing like a silly cat was displayed on the television. 

Alda was quick to hide her face in order not to be filmed by the drunken men as she was not ready to be the talk of the city in any positive or negative manner. Micheal was still pinned on the floor being punched in the eye continuously. Also that he was not aware of anything happening on the news. 

“I said stop the motherf**king music.” The strip club owner shouted with spit flying out of his mouth. And though the music was stopped all in his name, it did not mean the bouncer stopped hitting Micheal. 

Even at this, Micheal rendered himself into a wide and high-pitched cackling which revealed his teeth from his opened bloody lips and peeled face. It did not matter if his entire face had been bruised, Micheal felt no endurance for his pain whatsoever. The only thing that mattered at this point was his laughter. 

Suddenly, the strip club owner picked up a bat from the corner where it was kept. He then walked down the stage and verily to the front of the bouncer who sat on Micheal and punched Micheal relentlessly. 

“You motherf**ker,” he called as he immediately wiped his face with the bat. 

The bouncer fell to the floor and Micheal only continued to laugh hysterically. The drunken men were no different as well. And at this point, their laughter grew louder than before because the bouncer at the wipe of the bat fell to the floor and became unconscious. 

Though Micheal was held to his feet by the strip club owner, he did not stop his silly grin. And to which this was filmed as well and was televised. “The party is over. Go home y’all” The strip club owner yelled. 

His words prompted all the bouncers in the strip club into instant action as they chased all the men in the strip club away. And at this moment, the dancing stripper only went backstage and all waitstaff including the bartender went into the inner office. 

In less than five minutes, the whole of the strip club was already empty of drunken men and the only ones left was Micheal yet looking tattered in the glass office upstairs and Alda who was forced onto her knees and the strip club owner and two bouncers just in case of a confrontation.

The strip club owner puffed out his tobacco which he barely held tight with his lips. Before he said anything, he showed Micheal what the news said about him from his phone as he had already hit the play button before handing the phone to Micheal. 

However, Micheal did not seem to care about what the news said. He flung the phone back to the strip club owner and demanded a cigar. 

He was given the cigar and he puffed it almost immediately. The strip club owner smiled gently at Micheal, it did not mean he did not play the record of the private room for Micheal as this appeared on the big screen in the glass office. 

As much as Alda was forced to remain on her knees, it did not mean she could not see and verily, with her own eyes and her ears, she watched and heard everything that happened in the private room with Micheal. Thus, she burst into rivers of tears because she knew her secret had been revealed. 

“So, this worthless stripper is a virgin huh?" The strip club owner walked gently at Alda and lifted her teary face with a finger. "How about you make my night tonight?” the strip club owner asked with a wink and a mocking smirk. 

He puffed out another smoke as he paced slowly around the glass office. At this moment, Micheal's reddish eyes already shun danger just as if he was a daring monster. 

Micheal roared suddenly as Alda became terrified because of Micheal's screams. But if this affected the strip club owner or the two bouncers in the glass office, it was a blatant lie. 

“How dare you?” Micheal yelled as he hit his hands on the glass table causing it to break and his hand to become bloody. 

“You forgot something man, this is America and your rich family is not the royal family of the UK. If you want my mouth shut about your big position and your contract marriage, you know what to do. It's all business here man.” said the strip club owner.        

“How much?” Asked Micheal with a low tone. 

"How much you idiot" Micheal raised his voice again at the silence he was given and his breathing became heavier. Also, he looked at the strip club owner with an insidious stare.

“Pay me 30 grand. And I never heard anything about your contract marriage,” the strip club owner answered. 

Micheal did not say anything instantly. He only looked at Alda as Alda stared at the floor in fright of what was going to happen to her according to the terms of her working contract. 

“You better make this worth it or else,” Micheal thought as he never said it aloud but only brought out his debit card. 

“Cashless economy huh?” laughed the strip club owner. “Bring me the terminal” he ordered and almost immediately, one of the bouncers handed him a card reader. 

Gently as Micheal dropped his debit card on the floor just at the feet of the club owner, the strip club owner bent down and picked it up. Also, his face had not been without a mocking smirk and he continued to puff out smoke from his mouth. 

“Pin?” the strip club owner asked. But if Micheal would disclose that, it was a lie. Instead, he rose to his feet and took the card reader from him. He entered his secret code and pressed the button 'ok' while he returned the card reader to the strip club owner. 

Micheal’s phone sounded, that was an alert of his money being debited. And immediately, the strip club owner signalled to the bouncers that Micheal was free to leave. 

And when Micheal decided to leave with Alda, the bouncers confronted him again. "Leave the girl and leave," said one of the bouncers. Micheal laughed.

 "Better watch your back," he whispered as he stood head-to-head with the bouncer. 

" Let him go with the girl," the strip club owner voiced again.

“He paid for both. But here is your home, baby girl. Come back and I promise to f**k you real good. I always love virgins,” He teased as he puffed out smoke again and his gold teeth revealed.