Once Trish left, Dave set about seeing what cocktails he could make. First, sorting through the liquor Bob had supplied, he set aside the Vodka, Peach Schnapps and Bacardi bottles, as he had brought all the condiments to make Sex on the Beach and Pina Colada cocktails. Then set aside the bottles of Tequila and Cointreau so he could make Margaritas.
He set the glasses and ingredients out on the sideboard, ready for when they walked in the door. He was trying to keep busy, so he wouldn't worry about how Trish was getting on sorting out a stripper. The group of guys didn't arrive until 9:15. Eight of them. They had all consumed a bit of alcohol during the day but seemed steady on their feet and definitely in a happy mood.
Most of them had name badges stuck on their chests. The first guy through the door had George on his tag. Dave quickly assessed that he was the number one alfa in the group as he was organising the other guys into seats and sorting out what they were to drink. He was a big rugby-playing dude, probably six-four, good-looking and well-built.
Dave knew from what Bob had told him they were all about twenty-two, as they had all been in the same class at one of Auckland's top private schools. The other guys ranged from one that could have only been five-four to a strikingly handsome guy called James, who being eye to eye with Dave, was probably around six-one.
George introduced Dave to Bob's son, Peter, and then to the other six guys. Dave again tried to remember their names, matching them off mentally with the room cards. They wanted to know when their stripper was arriving. Dave explained she would be coming soon and proceeded to offer them drinks. They all grabbed a beer out of the ice bin. Then George insisted they all had a cocktail as well. So for the next little while, Dave was busy making Margaritas and Sex on the Beach cocktails.
Whilst making the drinks, he listened to them bragging about the golf, which of them was shit at ten-pin bowling, etc. In the meantime, George managed to get a blue movie on the big screen TV. After that, they all settled down and made comments about the assets of the ladies and men on screen.
At 9:40, the phone on the sideboard rang; he snatched it up. "What's happening?" He snapped into the mouthpiece.
"It's all sorted; tell them their lady will be there in about 15 minutes. Also, tell them to be easy on her, that she is a friend's wife and has never done this before." Trish quietly replied.
"Who have you got? did Silvia jack this up?" Dave yelled back, but Trish had already hung up.
George watched Dave on the phone and could see the worry and hear the tone in Dave's voice. He walked over to Dave and asked if something was wrong.
Dave explained what had happened and that they had managed to rope in a friend's very inexperienced wife.
"Christ!" said George. "I hope she's not some old scrubber. Bob told me you had some young bird lined up, And that she would probably give Pete a blow job if I offered her enough money."
Dave acknowledged George with a shrug of his shoulders and said that his wife had organised it through the stripper we usually used. "So I'm just as much in the dark as you."
George had to raise his voice over all the rude comments the guys were throwing at the TV screen and informed them they had some older married woman coming to strip. His statement was met with derisive, crude remarks about what they would do to the old scrubber.
Dave sat down and contemplated what this meant for their business if this all went pear-shaped. He remembered the video camera up on the shelf and wondered if it was worth his turning it on. After ten minutes, he took the remote from his pocket and aimed it at the small hole he had cut over the infrared sensor. What the hell, he thought and pressed record.
The 15 minutes had gone like an eternity; George moved alongside Dave, "Don't worry mate, as long as she has tits and we get to fondle them, the boys are all a bit too drunk to really care."
Five minutes later, there was a knock at the door. Dave jumped up and pulled the door open to find Trish standing outside. She looked elegant and alluring, dressed in an evening gown he had never seen before and black, very high-heeled shoes. The gown was a long Turquoise number with black lace on it, and had a split so high at the side that he wondered if she was wearing panties. Also, it was very low-cut in the front showing her ample cleavage. She had her hair pinned up and looked hot and very available.
Dave half whispered, half yelled. "What the fuck are you doing here? We agreed you can't be here."
She reached forward with a 'keep calm' gesture and spoke quietly so the guys could not hear. "I can't get anyone, and I can handle this. We can't afford this night to go wrong. So please don't get mad. I'm OK and can handle it."
Then she stepped past Dave into the room and swayed her hips at the guys, saying. "Right, who's the lucky groom then?"
The room erupted. There were 'WooHoo's,' 'get your gear off', etc.
The guys were all pointing at Pete as he took Trish by the arm and marched her into the second bedroom, shutting the door behind them.
"You can't do this. They are expecting the stripper to give the groom a blow job and will probably be thinking they can get a lot more. You can't handle this at all. You have no idea about stripping. I won't let you do it." He tried to speak quietly, so they would not hear him out in the lounge.
"Frankly, we have no choice. My wages alone will not cover our mortgage for the next month, so we really do need the money from tonight. And how hard can it be to strip? I can easily handle those young guys."
The door opened, and George stepped into the room. "What's going on?" He asked.
Trish stepped forward. "My husband is a friend of Dave's and doesn't know I'm here. So Dave is packing a sad and saying he won't let me do it."
Dave interjected, "She's never done anything like this before. If my mate finds out, he'll kill me."
George walked over, put his arm around Trish and told her he would sort out the guys and make sure they treated her with respect. Then turning to Dave and said, "Shit man, she has to be a thousand times better looking than the young floozy you had jacked up. She'll be fine. Get her a drink. I'll go sort out the guys." And he walked back out the door.
Dave saw he was beaten and asked. "Where did you get the dress?"
Trish quickly explained; She had gone down to the bar and taken the call from Silvia, saying she couldn't find her flatmate. Silvia said she had also called the club, but they had two other girls call in sick that night, so that must have been where Ann got the bug. So she had ducked into the hotel Boutique just before it closed. She had a stroke of luck; in that, they had a stock clearance sale. The lady managing the shop shut the door and fitted her up with the ball gown, shoes, and underwear, all for under $1000. "It was a great deal, I got this gown at 50% off, and the shoes were discounted by 70%.
But Dave didn't appreciate what she considered a bargain. For him, it just meant that more than half their profit for the evening had disappeared and let his disappointment show. "Shit Trish, I'm not happy about this."
"Look, you said Bob will pass on a lot of business to us if we pull this off. So trust me and support me. I'll be OK." And she handed him a little cardboard envelope containing a room key card.
"What's this?" Dave exclaimed.
"Well, I needed somewhere to change and put makeup on. So I asked at the desk if they could let me use a room, the lady got the duty manager, knowing we were working here, but the best they could offer was a room at staff rates. So we are staying the night." And she turned, opened the door and walked out into the lounge.
George was up beside her in a flash and took control. He asked her if she had any music with her.