Russian roulette-part 11

He continued the meeting with his staff and ignored her completely. She didn’t take it lightly. She walked up to him and screamed, “ How dare you ? Last night you made love to me and now you treat me like shit. Am I nothing to you?”  “ You are like every other girl I spend the night with. Don’t make a difference… and you have already done this with Boris. Why do you act strange as if you have lost chastity?” , he mocked. She was surprised to hear from the man she gave everything. “ Who are you? I don’t understand you.”, she said. “ You and I share only an employer-employee relationship. Last night was a mistake. Hope I made it clear and now you can leave.”, he said firmly.

She left the room , shocked and heartbroken. She wanted to lock herself in the room. But she couldn’t do that. Her life was not hers… she lives for serving others. There was no escape for her. She was in this business for long time and it would remain till she died.

She prepared for the night. She had to make the people beg for more. She practiced her moves for hours together until she mastered it. She chose the dress and matched it with the stilettos for her act. She tried to take beauty sleep before the show began. But the letter and his words reminded her the worth of her life. 

She cried for sometime till her heart felt better. But she felt miserable and wasted.

He was alone, thinking about what he had said. He knew that he was red. But he was always that way-snobbish was his middle name. He had explained it clearly in the letter that he wasn’t a lover boy. He was a heart breaker. Although there were times when he wished that he wasn’t. These moments were with her when he could hold and never wanted to let her go.

He should have spoken to her instead of writing her letter. It was better he could have heard her speak too and settled this issue then and there itself. Unfortunately he had no courage to face her. Her big wide eyes were more than enough to melt him.

She had done this before – while she was furious about him using her. Her angry eyes had already made him change his mind unless he didn’t control it. Love! He had tried to not to fall for this sweet trap. Alas! He had fallen for her and there was no way out. However this new found was not going to last because of the person he is.

He had to be bad and evil towards though he didn’t want to. But what else could he do? He didn’t want her to get attached to him…and even worse was disappointing her.

(To be continued)

Russian roulette -part 10

She felt tiny under his huge arms.  He wasn’t bulky though. But his stature made him look that way. He was only inches taller than her. However he was stronger than her.  After few minutes, he released her and only held her face. He stared at her red lips, touching it with his fingers. It was soft and kissable. He tried to control his desire to kiss them hard. He wanted her bad and in the same moment questioned his desire.

He released her suddenly and walked back. She looked stunned at his sudden withdrawal. Later he stopped and rushed towards her. He took her once again and kissed her. He kissed her hungrily. She wished the time to stand still.  She wanted to capture every moment and hide it deep inside her heart.

He loved her sweet breath and soft lips. He also loved the way she became vulnerable when he touched her. As the kiss became more intense, he moved his hands from her face and brushed her hair softly. He then caressed her neck and petite waist. He released her from kiss and took a deep breath. “ You are so beautiful.”, he said with warm smile and took her in his arms. He moved towards the bedroom where they passionately made love. He showed her love that she was waiting for so long.

She had become a part of him that night. But whether he belonged to her was big question. The birds chirping outside gave the sign that day had started. It was impossible to know whether it was a day or night with dark curtains shielding the sun rays. She woke up to see him missing. She didn’t realize when he had gone.  She saw a neatly folded letter kept on the bed side table. She opened it eagerly which read :

“ Inna,

Yesterday’s night was splendid. I enjoyed every bit of it. I bet even you enjoyed it. Yours eyes speak a lot and I feel you might take this seriously. But I wish you haven’t. You and I cannot be together. I am not the kind of person that you would like to lead your life with. I have dark past and that will come between us.
You are sweet and young. You deserve the best.

Please forget what had happened between us. I can’t be the guy who was yesterday. I hope you have understood what I mean.

Love,

Shady

Inna was furious and perplexed. She should have known before. He would leave her anyway. He was known to do that. She dressed soberly and marched to his office.

He was discussing about the club with his staff. “ I need to talk to you now.”, she said angrily. He looked at her standing next to the door. Her body was shivered due to anger. He knew why she was here. However he pretended as if he didn’t know.

(To be continued)

Russian roulette-part 9

It was her turn to entertain the audience. She took nervous steps towards the stage. She felt people’s constant stares. She wondered whether it was her skimpy clad body or fear that dragged their attention towards her. She didn’t have any choice but simply ignore. Before she took big leap, Nina whispered, “ Don’t look at them, look at the mirror.” It left her confused. Why did Nina ask her to look at the mirror on the wall?

She was on the stage within minutes. The music was already playing. As she looked at the people, she understood the reason Nina said not to look.  She was numb and her mind was not working properly. Her gaze moved across the room and stopped at Shady. His cold stare gave her Goosebumps. His presence reminded her of the reason she was on the stage. “ This is for you, Patricia!” she whispered to herself.

She glanced at the mirror. She was embracing herself on the mirror. It did look awkward for her . She hated her body- her skinny hands and legs. Her skin was too fair. She despised her hair too. They were too silky to remain tied. A few strands had already come out… She had to stop looking at her skinny image. She had to do something. She had to divert her mind to something good… beautiful. Voila! She got it. She imagined about a beautiful nymph. Her fine hair perfectly bounced and danced as she moved. She imagined her skin to be milky and soft. When she blushed, her cheeks turned red. Her legs were slender and long.

She grabbed the pole and locked her legs on it. She stretched her leg to the right after few minutes and did a half altitude. Next she climbed the pole and this time she left her legs loose. She did a showgirl spin which got the people glued to her. Thus her affair with the pole started. She did it so effortless and stunned everyone who thought she would fail.

Shady was surprised with this angelic girl. His plan to kill her was shelved. He left the club speechless. Who was this girl? Why did she leave him helpless whenever he challenged her? He had lost again. He never took his losses in right way. However he was amazed to see that he didn’t feel that way. No! He would never fall for her. He wasn’t Boris. Boris had soft corners for girls. But Shady had no such feelings for anyone. He had no heart.

Shady sat on his couch contemplating his next move. He was so deep into it that he didn’t notice her standing at the entrance of his room. “ Hi Shady, I need a minute with you”, she said softly. “ What are you doing here? Who allowed you in?” he roared. Tears started pouring out of her eyes. “ I am sorry that I came here. I…wanted to thank you for pushing me to perform. If you hadn’t .. Thanks.” , she cried.

He didn’t realize when he had walked towards her and why he hugged her. He hugged her tight, letting her tears wet his black silk shirt.

(To be continued)

Russian roulette-part 8

Shady sipped his last drink. Today’s events replayed in his mind. Why?  Why did he do something that he would never do? Forgiving someone was never one of his principles. He would punish a person for even tiniest mistake. He should have not listened to her. He should have done his way. But he didn’t. Her innocent request had melted his heart. No girl had such an influence over him. He had to stop it right now. He didn’t want to fall for sweet traps.

Inna was practicing her moves as directed by Patricia. She had tripped several times while climbing the pole. It was tiring as well as discouraging. A month had passed and she hadn’t progressed from beginner’s stage.

“ I don’t think I can do this…” she said disappointingly. “ What do you mean you can’t do this?  You are not Boris’s girlfriend anymore. Let me tell you something! I decide who stays and who leaves.”, he yelled at her. 

He looked at Patricia and said, “ I want her on floors within next few hours. If I don’t see her, I will take your precious life.”  Patricia nodded with fear. Inna felt guilty for her inability.

 It was show time. The club was packed with both men and women looking out for great time. Inna had practiced hard. But it wasn’t that great. Nina had  kept the audience glued to her performance. As Nina came down, Inna grabbed her hand and whispered into her ears, “ How am I going to perform? You have performed so well. I can’t even match up to your dance.”  “ Don’t worry, love. Don’t care about people. They are drunk. They will overlook whatever you show. The only thing that matters to them is your body. You have great body.. embrace it.”, Nina convinced her.

The stage was at the center of the club. It was round shaped with chairs kept around for people who wanted to get closer view of the girls. There were people gathered around the stage. These people were mostly men from the upper class of society.

 She stepped with difficulty on the stage. Her feet ached due to high heels.  It was going to be her first performance that decided the fate of Patricia. Her mind had become blank. Her body was tight due to fear. 

She was unable to move her body freely. Her eyes became moist as she saw many people staring hard at her. “ Hey girl, we don’t have whole day to watch you cry.”, one of the audience yelled at her.

She felt a hand pull her out from the stage. She had no courage to notice at the person who had grabbed her and pull out from the stage. They stopped at the dressing room. She looked up to see Shady staring with soft grey eyes. “ I am sorry..Don’t kill Patricia. It has got nothing to do with her. I.. failed. Kill me!” she cried. He hugged her tight, giving her shoulder to cry.

“ I won’t kill anyone. I knew you weren’t ready. It’s not your mistake. Don’t blame yourself.” , he said softly. She felt relaxed until she felt someone shaking her. She opened her eyes to see Patricia waking her up. “ Wake up!  You will be next. Nina finished her performance. I had instructed you to be take position near the stage.”, Patricia scolded her. Inna was disoriented for a moment. So whatever happened was a dream. Inna was heartbroken. She wished from bottom of her heart that her dream never ended.

( To be continued)

Russian roulette-part 7

Torture, Insanity, Evil and abuses were only words Shady knew. Compassion was long gone when he lost his family to the crime lord- Boris. He had become dismal about all the warm feelings after avenging the death of his loved one. He never showed any mercy to people who stabbed him on his back. Even if it was his closest friend Paul and that’s what he was going to do on this summer afternoon.

He checked his (loaded) gun once again. He wanted everything to be perfect. He had made sure that no one except his men was there at the club. Paul had arrived on time like always. Paul’s punctuality had always impressed him. But it didn’t matter now. “ Hey Shady, I am your friend. You have to believe me.”, Paul begged.

“ Believe! The word doesn’t sound right from your mouth. Don’t say it! Friends don’t backstab. They don’t leave a friend in need. You showed me that I cannot trust anyone.”, he sneered at him. “I didn’t do it on purpose. I was influenced by Lev. He had kidnapped Marina.”, Paul defended himself. “ I have always told you to never fall for these sweet traps. See what this has done to you!  You had forgotten to open your eyes. You failed to see that Marina and Lev were undercover cops. They used your heart to bring me down. Well! They are going to lose again. They will never get me.”, Shady said without any emotion. He shot his beloved friend on his head.

 Inna was at the wrong place at wrong time. She had come to meet Shady Zhane. She hid herself behind the wall when she saw the commotion. It was horrifying for her to see the monstrous side of Shady. She wanted to get away. But it was too late.

“ What are you doing here?”, he shouted.  Her body shook due to fear. “ I was… I came here because you had asked me to start work today. I didn’t..see..anything.” she stammered. “ I TOLD YOU THAT I DON’T WANT ANYONE HERE.” , he shot back at his men . Before he could do any more damage, she said, “Your men didn’t see me get inside. I swear I didn’t know anything about the lock down.”

He dropped his weapon down. This was the first time he had shown mercy on someone and he did listen to someone. He left the room without saying one word. One of his men approached her and thanked her for saving his life.

The day had been normal for Inna. She was shown around by one of girls working at the club. There was not much work for her. She was given the work of greeting the guest. It was simple for her. She had been doing this when she was Boris’s mistress.

At her room, she was sharing her first day experience with Nina. “ I am sorry, sweetie. I forgot to inform you about the lock down. But I am really amazed that Shady listened to someone. Shady has never done that. He only does what he thinks. He doesn’t consider anyone’s opinion. I guess he has a soft spot for you.” 

Nina said. “Stop it, Nina. He isn’t that bad.”, she said with her cheeks turning red. “The way he kissed you says it all. He has a crush on you.”, Nina said. Inna playfully hit on Nina’s shoulder and laughed. Was it true that Shady was falling for her? He was her boss. But he was known to be heartless. Did he have a heart? She lied on her bed wondering about Shady.

(To be continued)      

Russian roulette-part 6

Shady Zhane had met many beautiful women and even bed them too. But Boris’s young mistress had left him speechless. How could he overlook her at the party? But if he had got distracted, he wouldn’t have executed Boris.

He had heard angels come down to earth. But now he witnessed it too.  She was barely sixteen. She looked naïve to be Boris’s girl. However he never trusted any girl who entered flesh trade. These girls would use love as means to trap poor men like him to get away from the business. But he was clever enough to not fall for any such sweet feelings.

“ So can you dance?” , he asked snobbishly.  “ Shady… She has no experience in dancing. But she is a fast learner.”, her friend said. “ Ah! No experience. But I heard you were Boris’s favorite toy. Astonishing!  Dancing is very important in our trade. If you don’t know how to dance, then what use do you have for me?” he said . “ But…”her friend defended her. “ Nina!! Doesn’t she have a tongue?” he chided her friend. Inna had remained silent for a long time.  She wanted the job badly to recover her financial strains. Boris bought her gifts and also let her stay with him. But he never paid her in monetary kind.

“ I can dance.” , she broke the silence at last. “ Show me then! “ , he asked and ordered his henchmen to put music.  The music played- an English pop song.  She stood numb. He made himself comfortable on his couch. Nina encouraged her to dance. His henchmen smiled secretly at girl’s incapability. Images of Angel teaching her dance for the first time replayed in her mind. She had told her once about the three magic steps – feel the music, embrace it within your heart and drive people mad that they come again and again to see you.  ‘ Make them here come again and again” were Angel’s last piece of advice.

She closed her eyes and felt the music. As the she swayed to the music, she embraced it. In the end she gave a spectacular performance. It was wild yet sensuous. Her body moved to every beat of the song. She didn’t understand the language except the beats.

He got up from his seat and walked towards her. He pulled her closer to him and kissed her passionately. His tongue forced into her mouth as he explored every bit of her. He didn’t care how she felt. He knew that she enjoyed it. He didn’t care about anyone in the room. Everyone was puzzled as it was not usual sight to see Shady to kiss a girl all of a sudden. He was a man of few words- the inexpressive type.

He tasted good and different. His breath was fresh and minty. It had left her with desire for more. When he was done, her lips were swollen red. Her pony tail hair was open loose now.

“ You will start from tomorrow.”, he said and left her with wondering about him. He was different from the guy who kissed her. That guy was warm and affectionate. Was he always snobbish?

(To be continued)    

Russian roulette-part 5

She had one good look at the man who stole her heart. He had strong features-  dangerous cat eyes, pointed nose,  broad shoulders and proud chin. But the scar at top of his right eye gave a notorious edge to him. Who was he? She tried to nudge that question out of her head. But he was very charming man. Thus she found herself drawn towards him and didn’t realize the calm atmosphere before any havoc.

Suddenly he took out his .22 pistol out of nowhere and pointed towards Boris. No one noticed the two shots hit from his pistol. It was only when the mafia lord fell to the ground that got everyone’s attention. His men searched everywhere for the shooter. But they didn’t suspect the man who had stole the heart of their mafia’s mistress.

Inna didn’t feel remorse for the death of her caretaker. She left his body in care of his well wishers. She ran towards the man of his dreams. Where did he go?  She smiled secretly though she was disappointed that she couldn’t meet. She wondered, “ So there are knights in dark horse in this part of world too! Great!”

Now that Boris had gone. His empire was taken over by a newcomer called Shady Zhane-she hadn’t heard of. Thus she was free.. free to do as she pleased.  She decided to visit her hometown. With help from few of her friends, she reached her home to find her dad.

She reached a ghost town that she called her home once upon a time. It was normal place until a nuclear leakage from a nearby factory caused loss of life. The town had few dwellers still making livelihood from lost town. She found her home amongst the empty house. Her house was empty too like the others. She asked one of passerby about the owner of the house. The passerby narrated an emotional story of a father who lost his mind when his child was gone. Later he committed suicide by hanging himself. Inna couldn’t control her emotions and sobbed hysterically when she was alone. She bought out all the emotions that she had within herself.

She returned back with lost hope. She was clueless about what she wanted to do. Since she was no longer Boris’s property, many men tried to buy her. But she refused all of them.

She was with one of her friends who were girls of Boris like her. She shared her problem with them and everyone directed her to Shady Zhane. “ Who is Shady Zhane? Why would he help me ? I was his enemy’s mistress.”, she asked. “ Because you are his enemy’s mistress.” , they replied.

Her friend took her to Shady Zhane’s den ( Boris’s mansion). The familiar place that reminded her of Boris had gone. Every place was owned by Zhane now. In the large room , he was chatting with one of his associates. When her friend introduced her to him, similar chill ran over her spine. She blushed and became numb. She could only feel her heart beat as their eyes met for the first time.

(To be continued)