This chapter of a celebrity story does not contain any references to actual celebrities. It is part of a complete finished novella but is a stand-alone chapter.
Nicky, the narrator, has anal and oral sex with a dominate in this chapter. Those who have followed the series preferring to see a romantic plot may skip this chapter if so desired.
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Friday the shooting was hectic. I was off set most of the time with the bigger producers, scouting locations and meeting. When I made it to the set Ioan was gone. Fine by me.
But the bastard had his revenge. Every reasonably tall man with a nice body that passed made me wonder; is it him? How horrible. He'd done that to me, made me doubt myself. Or, perhaps, my illusions of myself.
Bastard.
I still didn't know his game. I think he loved dominating. Maybe he was just a top who found his favorite bottom. No matter what I had to prove to myself that it didn't matter. I had to be free to know I didn't love a man who didn't love me.
"Hello, darling!"
I froze at that voice. "Helen?"
A squeal and then a British admonishment. Danny was with her.
"Helen? Danny? What are you two doing here?"
"Looking for you. Listen darling, I filled Danny in but he has sworn on his mother's Prada bag to not tell."
Danny gave me a bear hug. "Nicky, I can't believe you never said one word. Any chance I can score an interview with the very secretive author?"
"Well, maybe. I wish you would have called." I was nonplussed at their appearance; reeling, really.
"Nonsense, any plans tonight?"
"None, but-"
"Then let's take you out. This is Danny's first trip to Los Angeles, let's show him a good time."
"Jesus, Helen, a good time with you will get us arrested here." And I meant it.
She laughed. "Perfect. I adore American cops, so beefy."
"Um, Helen, you do know the age of consent here is 18, not 16 like back home?"
She laughed and waved me off. "What have you been doing for fun, darling?"
Danny was still wearing a suit, a very nice, very expensive English suit that made him look thin as a needle but stylish. Helen wore a man eater outfit with a little too much purple but it suited her. I felt a feeling of foreboding.
Her hair was a little longer and dyed an impossible shade of red, but other than that she was little changed. Danny was looking even more sharp around the edges, handsome in his leanness but could use more muscle on him.
"Well, I'm a homebody so I'm not so sure where to go."
Helen smiled. "I do."
And that was how we found ourselves at the Golden Dragon. It was in a district that had once housed warehouses for god only knows what. LA didn't make anything or ship it.
The building looked like it once packed meat, but I knew it didn't, and the alleys near it were wet. The parking was another warehouse and security was high. I saw a few men with assault rifles.
"Helen, what the fuck is this place?" I asked out of the side of my mouth. We were walking down the ramp of the parking warehouse towards the other warehouse with its awning and security guards.
She just pulled three crisp one hundred dollar bills out of her purse and handed them around. "Give this to the man at the door and for chrissake, keep your mouths shut."
Danny and I just looked at each other and took the money. She led us to a covered entry way where three men stood. One had muscles on muscles on muscles, another had an assault rifle, and the third looked like a Quentin Taratino version of a street pimp.
Helen gave him her money and muscles patted her down.
"Oh Christ," Danny mumbled.
I went next and did the same and Danny followed. Quentin the Pimp opened the door and we stepped into a space between the outer doors and a pair of inner. The outer closed and Helen tried the inner. They didn't open.
"Shit."
"Just wait." She winked at me.
The inner doors opened then and the bass hit us like a wall. Inside were more goons but beyond was like the negative of a Russ Meyer movie.
The band in the corner was comprised of all well built men, playing their instruments wildly and gyrating their hips to the beat. Stages were placed here and there, the main one curtained off, and on the smaller ones men dressed in impossible g-strings ground in cages or around poles.
The waiters were dressed little better and the drinks were flowing. The clientele was ninety percent women and they touched the men in every way. A woman in what appeared to be an actual leather catsuit approached us.
"I need samples."
"Excuse me?"
"Blood."
She had a pouch around her waist and she pulled out alcohol pads and needles. "What the hell?" I asked Helen.
"You'll see."
One by one we were pricked and blood squeezed out. And then she handed us a bill.
"A thousand dollars!"
"Trust me, it's worth it, Nicky. Danny I'll cover you."
Bewildered and knowing I was probably being watched by CIA cameras at that moment I handed Catwoman my platinum card.
"Okay, what was that about?"
"A thousand bucks to run the world's fastest test. Tells them if you're HIV positive. No one who is works here or patronizes here. They check for all they can with blood tests and the dancers are all tested for everything daily. That's why a thousand. Five hundred is being added per person for unlimited drinks and...insurance."
"Why are we being tested?" Danny dared to ask.