The New Friend by Alex Kane

Author:Alex Kane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hera
Published: 2021-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Five

As they entered the club, Eddie realised that it wasn’t your every day, run of the mill lap-dancing club. It was underground for a start, in the basement of some seedy hotel in the Parkgrove area of the city. In the day, this place was fine. Families out walking their dogs, kids playing in Kelvingrove Park. But at night, it became a very different place.

The neon sign outside already gave the place a seedy feel. But then, all lap-dancing clubs had those signs. This place felt different, he couldn’t quite pinpoint why.

‘Right lads, who do you fancy?’ Cole said, rubbing his hands together as they stepped into the soundproof club. The sign on the door said ‘members only’ and only members could sign people in.

Eddie looked down to see Cole signing a book at the door. It didn’t surprise him that Cole was a member of this kind of establishment. He came across as the type.

‘You’re a member?’ Eddie asked, patting Cole on the back.

‘One of the first things I did when I got here, mate. Aren’t all you Glasgow lads members? You’ve got some banging birds here, I thought you would have been.’ Cole smiled widely, and Eddie wondered if the rest of the men inside were just like him.

‘I need a drink,’ Jake said as he headed in the direction of the bar.

Eddie stood still, taking in his surroundings. There were girls everywhere, dancing on the bars, dancing on the tables. He wondered if any of them were there against their will. Most were foreign, some British. He watched as a small group of younger lads sat at one table in the corner, leering over the girl on their table. She wasn’t dancing, but lying down on it. One of the lads snorted a line of powder off her stomach and the rest of them howled and cheered, like a pack of preying wolves. Eddie looked away. As he understood it, in most establishments like this one you weren’t allowed to touch the dancers. Maybe this wasn’t like the rest. It had a dangerous feel to it, like perhaps the girls weren’t just dancers. He asked himself the question again, were they here against their will? It was likely, going by what he’d just witnessed. A mix of nerves and excitement stirred in his stomach. This was a side to Glasgow he’d never seen before. Perhaps he was out of his depth and he should get out while he still could. But did he want to get out?

‘Ed, who you thinking? That blonde over there with her arse in that lad’s face seems your type. You like blondes? Arabella’s a blonde, is she not?’

Eddie shot Cole a warning look. ‘I think I’ll join Jake at the bar.’ The words were hissed through gritted teeth as he pushed past Cole.

‘Make mine a double vodka,’ Cole called out after him.

So, Cole was like the rest of the men in here. Eddie didn’t think it would take long before Cole was the one snorting a line off that girl’s torso.

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