Chapter 7 Money

• POV(HANNAH),
• I landed a job as a waitress in a nightclub, it was a dirty and menial job that could barely get me the money I wanted, but I at least wished things went well so I could gather enough money to settle half of Liam's payment so the surgery could go on.
• I resumed work the next day after Zoe told me about it and it's been just 2 days, it felt like torture to me, I tried my possible best in getting myself to be patient for Liam, despite all the disrespect.
• I silently cleared the table after the work for the day and when I finished and decided to call it a day, customers trooped in, the agreement was to stay till anytime of night if there were customers until 12:00 in the morning, I felt sleepy but what choice do I have, it was already 10:30pm but there was a lot of customers, I'm not the only worker in here but I worked two jobs, washing the dishes and serving, just to get double payment.
• "Waiter! 4 bottles of beer over here," a middle aged man ordered waving at me, I'm a waitress not a waiter for goodness sake, this night club is the most popular in town, I work in the VIP section and it didn't make things better, other female waiters get tips by exposing their cleavage and letting the customers put money in, to let them touch their boobs.
• I got the beers and served him, "what's your name?" He asked and I frowned, "Tasha," I lied and he counted some cash, "you want this?," he asked waving the money, but no matter how desperate I was, I would not do this.
• "No thanks, I have more work to do," I lied and tried to leave but he grabbed me by wrist and pulled me back, "let go of me!" I yelled but he wouldn't let go, funny enough, no one cared about what was going on, they just stared like some lunatics.
• He tried to touch my butts but I turned to the other side, he had me trapped, "where do you think you're going?" The man said and held both of my wrist in his palm.
• "let her go!" A furious but soothing voice said and it sounded too familiar.
• Ethan? Why on earth is he here again? And in my embarrassing moment, but this time, to save me, "I said let her go right now!," Ethan yelled and the man quickly released me for a reason I don't know, Ethan grabbed me by my wrist and pulled me out of the club, he dragged me outside and led me to his car.
• "Are you crazy?" He yelled releasing my hand and I frowned, "what?" I yelled back, "is this really you? Is this how desperate you are? So you were going to let him touch your butts?" He said and I wasn't going to let him make fun of me.
• "If this is how desperate you are, I might as well pay you for tonight since you are so eager for money!," he said and my heart sank.
• If this is how he saw me? Then I might as well act like it, I'm not going to let him see my weak spots, especially my tears, at this moment I just want to cry my eyes out, but not in front of him, he always found his way to make me feel bad, and I'm not going to make him be the winner, I might as well be the queen.
• "Oh really? Then double the payment since I didn't charge for last time," I said and his face said it all, the kind of expression I wanted on his face, mixed with a shocked and 'i said it!' expression.
• At this point I couldn't figure out if he was being serious or not, "okay deal! I don't use protection though, and If you treat me well I can triple it," he said and my heart skipped a beat, is he being serious.
• "Deal!" I said out of the blue, shocked by my own statement, why did I agree to this, of course I want to be cool, and at the same time he was willing to pay me, if this was my Destiny so be it.
• He's done it before, It wouldn't matter if I tried doing it again, I'm not a virgin anymore anyways, "hop in!" He said and opened his car door, there was no turning back, the moment I go in there, there was no turning back.
• I stepped into the car patiently, my heart beating faster and faster every second, he drove the car to somewhere I don't know.
• I looked into the front mirror and he was staring at me, I looked away and I wasn't ready to regret anything anymore, I still had my waitress uniform on.
• I gently pulled it off , he probably saw me doing this or maybe not, I don't care, this is the path I choose to go, he's right, I'm desperate for money and would do anything for it.
• We arrived at a 5 star hotel and all my confidence drifted away the moment we entered the reception, it felt like everyone was staring at me, he just handed the receptionist a black card and she nodded.
• I looked down at my feet as the receptionist followed us to the assigned room, she opened the door for us and left right after.
• I immediately felt a rush of regret in my head why on earth did I agree to this.
• We entered the room and there was an awkward silence, Ethan had a frown on all through and it was annoying so I also kept a straight face.
• He brought out his phone and handed it to me to type my account details in, I did slowly and I tried so hard not to let my emotions betray me.
• "How much for a night?" He asked like he was buying some biscuit," "$*****, for the night," I said shamelessly purposely making it expensive to make him change his mind, but I was wrong.
• "I'll double it, sent!" He said and I immediately heard the notification sound on my phone, my screen came on and I saw the amount, this was more than enough to settle for Liam's surgery.
• "So..., undress" he ordered and my heart started beating fast and fear gripped me even though I tried so hard not to show it.
• I sighed and switched off my phone, he smirked and I frowned but it soon faded into a sad expression, I felt reluctant but he immediately started to loose my shirt buttons.
• My underwear was visible and I suddenly held his hand, his eyes was peering into mine and I immediately looked away and let go of his hand.
• He pulled off my shirt and I was left with my bra, he still had a smirk on and pushed me to the bed, lying on my back he was staring at me with a devilish grin, he started by unbuckling his wrist watch.