Abigail in Trouble Chapter 21: The Substitute Part 2
Led by the uncle, they dragged her over to the dark doorway. She made one last attempt to break free, twisting her head around to appeal for rescue.
"Jake! JAKE! Help me! I don't want to go in there. They are making me! Jake! JAKE!"
They were through the door now and Abigail paused struggling for a moment to take in her new surroundings.
It looked like a men's smoking room. It wasn't particularly large. There were no windows. A small bar was lit in the corner. Very low, purple lighting surrounded the perimeter. The walls were lined with a continuous line of soft leather seats. There was also a freestanding square leather island near to the rear.
But Abigail's stomach lurched as her eyes fixed on the object in the dead-centre of the room. It was simply a vertical, polished stainless steel pole, fixed from floor to ceiling. It looked like one that a pole dancer would use. It was highlighted by some small spotlights.
Abigail's eyes opened wide in surprise as they tugged her towards the pole. "Surely they are not expecting me to give them a pole-dance in this fake bride gear?" she thought to herself. But she reckoned that's exactly what they wanted her to do: to dance for them. A private dance. A private pole dance in front of a number of strange men with no women present.
This was NOT what she'd signed up for!
"No, NO!" She told them. "I'm NOT pole-dancing for you! No! Jake? JAKE!"
The gathered men formed a circle centered around the pole and the reluctant bride lookalike. The rest of the men, including the one with the duffle bag and Jake, filed in, locking the door behind them and took seats around the perimeter. She couldn't see Asahi among them.
The two men holding her suddenly released her and left her standing alone, near the pole. Abigail stopped shouting when their hold on her was dropped, but she was still surrounded by expectant faces. The uncle kept frowning and nodding towards the pole.
Suddenly some loud music began to beat from hidden speakers around the room. The thumping rhythm and inferred indications towards the pole left Abigail in no doubt that they were all expecting her to dance around and with the pole.
She just stood there like a rabbit in the headlights, unsure of what to do, feeling trapped and silly in her puffed out wedding dress. The dress glowed and shone in sharp contrast to the attire of the gathered men who were all wearing dark clothes, suits and the like.
The men started chanting and clapping in time to the music. After a minute, when it became obvious that Abigail was not going to do what they were asking, the uncle lost patience with her.
He snapped his fingers at the guy with the bag who brought it to his side. He looked down into the bag and fished out a black leather item. He stood in front of Abigail and nodded towards the pole and then reached out his hand and offered her the object.
Abigail took it in her hands and immediately recognised what it was. It was a pair of felt lined, leather cuffs welded together at right angles. It looked like leather, but it was all too stiff and heavy to be leather alone. She reckoned they were reinforced with flat steel bands inside. The cuffs had slots and eye-rings rather than buckles.
She squealed and immediately dropped the cuffs in horror, shaking her head.
The uncle pointed at the pole and then the cuffs. She realised he was giving her a choice: dance or be restrained. What option did she really have?
Finally, amidst increased chanting, she moved up to the pole and stood with her back to it, holding on to it behind her for security. As the beat throbbed, she began to move her hips and feet in time, starting to gyrate and wiggle a bit half-heartedly. Her arms waved a little behind her.
She didn't think it was much of a show; her heart really wasn't into it. But she had to show some willingness didn't she? The men calmed down a little when she first started moving, but soon realised that she wasn't putting on the kind of show they were expecting. They started jeering and chanting again.
The uncle watched her for a while, then shook his head disappointedly and picked up the discarded cuffs.
The other men stopped jeering as the uncle walked up to Abigail and regarded her up and down. She stopped moving and simply stood in front of him with her head bowed, intimidated by the situation.
She still held onto the pole behind her for some kind of security. This small sanctuary was removed from her when she felt strong hands behind her, prise hers off the pole and bend her slender, lace glove clad arms up behind her back.
"No!" she shrieked, struggling against the strong hands that held her. "Not that! I'll dance. I'll dance, I will. I'll dance with the pole. Nice and sexy! I will! Let me go!"
The uncle was unmoved, and so were her arms. He faced her as his two accomplices behind her bent her arms high up behind her back and her dainty wrists were crossed together above the elbows. As she struggled to get free from their grip, the uncle handed them the cuffs.
"Let me go! What are you doing? No! I told you I'll dance for you, just let me go!"