Saturday was spent in the great outdoors biking on local trails. My mind raced all day about the prospects of seeing Jill and Emma doing a strip tease on stage. Twice, I almost got into an accident because I could not keep my mind on the trail.
The day progressed quickly; after biking, we went back to the motel and took showers. We ate a lovely dinner at a place about five miles away. We returned to the motel and relaxed; all but Carl took a short nap. Just before 9pm, the women gathered up their costumes (which they still would not reveal), and headed off to the Spice Warehouse.
For the next 45 minutes, Carl talked about sports, politics, and the weather—anything but our wives' impeding strip show. Finally, we could hold back no longer, and we walked down to the Spice Warehouse. We paid our $40 cover charge and went in. The crowd was huge. Although the majority of the crowd was younger men, there were a number of middle-aged couples, and even a good number of women in small groups. Neither the seats at the tables nor the seats by the three stages were open, so we sat at the bar.
I scoped the place out. There was one main stage, two small stages off to the left, and off to the right was a wall with an entrance blocked by a large curtain. The stages were occupied by women in various stages of nudity. Scantily clothed women roamed the floor offering drinks, and lap dances. The odd thing was that the women (on the stages or floor) were not your typical young, skinny, big-boobed woman; most of the women looked ordinary. They were in their 30's and 40's and little on the heavier side. Some had big tits, but others didn't. Every now and then, one of the women would take a man by the hand and lead him past the curtain to the right. Every now and then a guy would come out from behind the curtain, and woman would exit a little later. It was a curious situation.
Carl and I ordered drinks and stared at some of the women. The fellow next to me, a husky Hispanic guy, struck up a conversation with me. "You fellows from out of town?"
"We're from Colorado."
"Welcome to our little slice of heaven. I can tell just by looking at you that you guys came down here for hiking or biking." He paused, and nodded toward the main stage, "You guys come for the show tonight?"
"Actually, our wives are entering the amateur contest?" I said.
"Really?" he replied with interest. Turning to the bartender, he said, "Jimmy, new talent tonight." Turning back to us, he said, "By the way, my name is Rico Martinez."
"Nice to meet you. I have a curiosity question for you; it's been bugging me all day. In such a small community, why do the town elders allow the Spice Warehouse to exist? I mean in most small towns, places like this are frowned up."
The bartender piped up with a smile, "You best answer that, Sheriff."
"Sheriff?" Carl asked.
"Yup, I've been the sheriff for a little over six years. How do I explain this? You know this is a rough town filled with a bunch of young guys." We said yes. "Well," he continued, "they need a place like the Spice Warehouse otherwise they get in all sorts of trouble."
"There she is," said Rico. We glanced over and saw a short, heavy-set, big-hipped Hispanic woman wearing nothing but a baby doll top, underwear, and high heels appeared from behind the curtain.
As the woman came to us, I could see that parts of her face had cum on it. Immediately I knew that the guys were going in the back for blow jobs, or maybe more. She marched up the Sheriff and planted a big kiss on him. I could tell they were Frenching. After a few moments, they disengaged.
"Colin is a jerk," she complained. "I told him to cum in my mouth, but no, he pulled out halfway through and shot is spunk on my face. I think some of it is in my hair."
She turned to the bartender, "Jimmy, hand me a towel." He did and she wiped off her face.
"Fellows," Rico said, "meet my wife, Lucinda."
I was stunned but shook hands none the less.
Rico continued, "These boys are down from Colorado, and their wives are performing tonight."
Lucinda laughed, "That's awesome. Big crowd, probably big tips for newbies."
Carl asked Lucinda, "You dance here a lot?"
"Usually just on Saturdays, but sometimes I like to come midweek when school gets off early."
I gave Rico an odd look.
"Tell me your names." We told him. "Look, Carl and Ken, I can tell you're still a little confused by this whole set up. Maybe the Mayor can explain things better."
"He's here too?" I asked.
"She. She is on stage right now." I looked over and saw a thin woman who had to at least 50 on stage. She was doing a good strip show, gyrating about. The crowd was going nuts.
After only another minute, the music stopped. She picked up her money, grabbed her clothes, put on her shirt, and walked over to us. She gave Lucinda and Rico each a peck on the cheek and asked Jimmy for a Diet Coke.
"Myrtle, these boys are from out of town. Their wives are going to dance in the contest. They were curious as to why we allow the Spice Warehouse to exist."
"Well, boys, we used to have a lot of problems in town-lots of young guys working in the mines and mills without too many ways to blow off steam. Lots of fights. Lots of drugs. The place was a real shithole. There were several tittie bars in town and couple of porno shops, but we were doing a lot of busts there. Thus, people stayed away. Something clicked in me one day when I was talking to Rico. Guys that visited the tittie bars tended not to cause trouble. They were getting their rocks off with lap dances and didn't have so much pent up anger. I got together with the city elders and we decided to see what would happen if we encouraged the guys to visit these places. We stopped hassling people and just let them do whatever. We had an unofficial slogan: A man getting a blowjob isn't getting into a fight."
I thought it was an interesting concept but I could not believe it worked.
The mayor noticed my skepticism. "Oh, it wasn't easy. Tough to get the churches to go along, but we convinced them. You know what, church membership has spiked. Everyone is a lot calmer. We've convinced a lot of ordinary town woman to help out with this project. There's no embarrassment here. We all know each other. We just don't get bent out of shape about sex. To us it is like playing in a sports league—fun and harmless. It increases community and competition. You'd be surprised how competitive some the wives get. Also, we've started a few fun programs like the Winter Bang. You should come back for that."