Our Husband by Stephanie Bond

Author:Stephanie Bond
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: NeedtoRead Books
Published: 2011-11-07T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Ruby wasn't much of a churchgoer (although she knew the books of the New Testament thanks to a song she'd learned in vacation Bible school), but stripping on Sunday just didn't seem proper. Mac got around the blue laws that prevented him from selling liquor on the Lord's day by hosting "private parties" on Sunday for about a hundred select customers instead of opening to the public.

As much as pulling the Sunday shift bothered her, she had to admit that the clientele was a bit more upscale than during the rest of the week. Some of the customers came directly from church, still wearing their fancy suits and smelling nice. One nutjob had slipped in a few weeks ago, though, and interrupted her friend Plenty's number with a screeching sermon, so now Mac patted everyone down for Bibles as they came in.

Taking advantage of the smaller, quieter crowd, she'd worn the most decent costume in her wardrobe—a long white shimmery vest over black leather panties and bra, and thigh-high black boots she'd shined up with Vaseline. If she were lucky, she'd be able to leave on the vest to help cover her tiny tummy bulge. Depending on the crowd though, sometimes, Mac would give a hand signal from the back that meant "take it down to the jewelry," and then you had no choice but to get buck naked. But since he knew about the baby—who could've guessed he watched Channel Two news?—maybe he'd go easy on her.

The music started, her cue to hit the stage. "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate—her favorite. She snapped her fingers to get the beat, made a false start, then got her footing right the second time. When she'd first started stripping, the taking off her clothes part had been easy—it was the dancing that gave her problems. Mac said she was completely tone deaf, but Plenty had pulled her aside and told her instead of trying all those tricky moves, just skip around the stage until she got the hang of it.

Skipping, now there was something she could do. And after a few months she'd worked her way up to some fancy steps—it was sort of like cheerleading, she finally figured out, and she'd always wanted to be a cheerleader. The music would be blaring all around her, and inside she'd be chanting, "We got the spirit, yes we do, we got the spirit, how about you?"

The men shouted and applauded when Mac announced her name. Her stage name was Ruby Red—or Red Ruby, she could never keep it straight. She grinned and stuck out her chest as she skipped by the guys. It seemed really packed today. The music was loud, but it wasn't too smoky yet, which was good. Even though Plenty said it wouldn't hurt the baby, she still worried. She remembered the concern on Natalie's face when she told her she hadn't seen a doctor yet, and tripped, almost falling into the lap of a big blond-haired guy up front.

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