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Evelyn is invited to join a very exclusive club, but she must first be interviewed by the admissions committee and explain why she deserves to be a part of SaM's very exclusive club. The series begins with her first night at the club and then progresses through the stories she tells the committee to prove she is worthy to become a permanent part of SaM's Club.
The stories are better understood if you have read the previous chapters, but each chapter stands more or less on its own.
Chapter two begins the description of the club and is a little more explicit.
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Evelyn stepped into the short hallway behind the security door and found herself in a small lobby with an elevator on the far wall. Sam was waiting at the elevator door.
"Ah, Evelyn, right on time," he said as he punched the up button. The elevator doors opened almost immediately and Evelyn began to step into the car. "Not yet, my dear," said Sam as he held her back from entering the car. "This elevator is for a rather exclusive private restaurant located on the top floor. I own that also, but that is not where we are heading tonight."
Then holding the door open with one hand, Sam stepped slightly into the car and swiped his key on the elevator pass reader. He pressed a button labeled "Street Level" and stepped back out of the car. The doors closed and the panel above the doors indicated that the car was indeed moving upward, but then the doors opened again and a totally different elevator car was revealed. This one was much more elegant and ornate and had padded leather panels rather than the stainless steel of the original car. It also had padded bench seats very much like a booth in a fine restaurant.
"Now," indicated Sam and gestured for Evelyn to enter. He motioned for her to sit down, and again swiped his card in a reader. There were no buttons in this elevator car. The doors closed and Evelyn was slightly startled - and more than a little disoriented - as the car started to move sideways.
"Only a level five member can activate this transport system," explained Sam. "It can be picked up at several different points around town." He seated himself next to Evelyn and continued, "If things work out, you will be given a level one member's pass and directions to the regular member's entrance."
The "elevator car" rumbled along like a subway for several minutes. Evelyn swayed back and forth as they rounded corners or changed elevation. She had no idea how far they had traveled or where they were in the city when the car finally stopped and the doors opened into a luxuriously appointed lobby such as you would find in the best hotels.
"That is the main member's entrance," Sam said, pointing to a set of doorways to his left. "The ride in that elevator is much less entertaining. It only goes up and down." Then pointing to his right he added, "and this is the entrance to my club. Why don't you buzz us in?"
There was a large white button embedded in the granite wall next to the door. Evelyn pressed it and immediately two previously hidden windows on either side of the doorway lit up revealing what looked like two store mannequins completely wrapped with white Christmas lights. Each was blindfolded and appeared to be held in place with a large steel support pole. Their hands were supported by chains which hung from the ceiling of the enclosure.
