Club Paradise
The first chapter of Club Paradise sees Frank, a touring event technician in his forties, arrive in Las Vegas on a Sunday, for a week of work. He goes out in the evening of his travel day to Club Paradise, a new strip club located in an old high school. He meets four dancers there, who make an impression on him: Harmony & Kyler, a pair of nymph spinners who sit on his lap and weave a fantasy about teasing their fathers' friend; Audrey, a nubile strawberry blonde with a red-hot roleplay about submissive cocksucking; and a stacked, pale, gorgeous goth with sapphire eyes and a sneer on her lips, as she turns him down for a dance. Frank doesn't even get her name, but he wants her most of all. During the evening, he discovers that the double doors on the other side of the room lead to the Paradise Brothel, where the club's "Champagne Rooms" are. He sees the goth girl go through the doors with a pair of other men, but doesn't have enough money with him to try it out. As he leaves, Frank makes a plan to return at the end of the week, to find the goth girl and go through those doors.
Chapter 2: The second visit
Frank woke up later than he wanted to on Monday.
He had stopped for a drink in the SLS bar when he got back from Club Paradise before heading up to his room. Once inside, he smoked his other joint out the cracked window and then beat off two times in a row, reliving his memories of the club. The shining eyes and sweeping curves of the pale angel had gotten him over the edge the first time, and a vivid imagining of the forceful facefucking of Audrey's innocent throat resulted in splash number two.
So he was out like a light until after 10:00am. Not a problem -- plenty of time to get a good breakfast before the push.
Frank showered and suited up for work: black polo, black slacks, tool pouch, knife, & sharpie. The vape pens slipped into a corner of the tool pouch, right behind the flashlight.
Forty-five minutes later, he tipped the remnants of his buffet tray into the garbage and poured a last round of hotel coffee into the to-go cup. Despite this late start, he got to the event space before anyone else.
The event room was medium sized, 120 person capacity, with a stage on one end and a bar on a flanking wall. The wall opposite the bar had floor to ceiling windows looking out over Las Vegas Boulevard. A rollicking Art Tatum piano rollercoaster was playing over the speakers.
The house contact was Donovan, a lanky man with curly hair and a laid-back west coast attitude. Frank bonded with him immediately over the music -- they both had a passion for the genre.
"You know," Donovan said, "right after you guys load-out, we're bringing in a 19-piece Jazz Orchestra."
That was a new term to Frank. "What's a Jazz Orchestra?"
"It's like a modern day big band. And this is one of the best: Barton Wayne Hargrove and the Clandestine Conspirators."
"Damn -- nineteen people? That sounds intense."
"They're fucking amazing. If you want to stick around, I'd be glad to get you tickets."
"I've got no gigs coming up this week. Do you think the hotel would extend my room another night at the corporate rate?"
"I got you, man." He tapped his black framed glasses with his index finger and then pointed at Frank.
Awesome, thought Frank. It was always good to have the venue guy on your side, for times like this.
"Thanks, dude!"
Just then, the rest of the crew arrived, and after quick introductions with Donovan, Frank was busy measuring and taping out the space.
The locals got there on time, too, thank goodness, and seemed relatively sober and competent. The crew head was older than usual, and seemed to have his team well under control. Vegas crews were a little hit or miss -- some days you got proper stagehands, other days it was nothing but neck tattoos and attitude.
Everything went according to plan from then on out: the boxes came off the truck, the truss went up, the lights and speakers followed.
They knocked off work at 8:00pm and Frank took it easy -- a burger and beer from the spot inside the SLS, followed by a joint, and then a relaxing bath up in his room.
He closed his eyes in the bathtub, remembering the events of the previous evening -- the salacious scenarios on the posters in the hallway; Harmony kissing Kyler in his lap; his fingers down inside Audrey's throat, as she forced her mouth up against them. And then it was the beautiful, bratty goth girl who sauntered past him with her perfect smooth pale skin and her perfect big round tits.
In his bathtub fantasy, Frank imagined grabbing her by the arm, spinning her around and then kissing her. His hands would grope on her big natural chest, and she would press her body up against him, writhing and wriggling. Then she would take his hard dick in her hot little hands and...
Tuesday started at 10:00am with notes and fixes. The presenters came at noon, rehearsals began at 2:00pm and actual event sessions opened to the public at 6:00pm. Everything was ready -- Frank and the team were a well-oiled machine after a dozen cities.
Four full seatings cycled through without a hitch, and they wrapped at 10:00pm. A toast of scotch when the last consumer was out of the space, and they concluded everything was in good shape for the rest of the week. The call for Wednesday was set at 4:00pm.
Frank had a second shot with Donovan before leaving the venue, and Donovan confirmed that the hotel had extended his corporate rate through Sunday night. He'd have to pay back Flo, the tour manager, when the hotel sent invoices to her, but it was fine -- a semi-common practice amongst the crew.
Frank left the space and wandered lazily through the casino again, burning off the gig energy.
He found himself at a bar down on the gaming floor, and ordered a Boulevardier. He sat and sipped it at a small round table in a roped off area raised three feet, or so, above the casino; and people-watched. It was evening, and the night crowd was coming out. He saw an excellent sampling of high heels, slinky tops, and stretchy dresses.