Ch06: Registration
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I clip-clopped my way back to peg number 94, not wanting to look at anyone or anything.
I had to get out of there as soon as possible. I had to get away from âThe Scravaâ. Never come back.
I carefully unclipped the clamps from around my nipples and undid the chain around my neck, freeing myself of Mr. Khaniâs special necklace.
Pervert. Bastard.
Where was my dress? Not hanging on the peg where I had left it. Not on any of the neighbouring pegs. No sign of it. And where were my panties?
No sign of any other whores. Where was everyone? Where were my clothes?
I washed my face at a basin; the sticky remnants of Mr. Khaniâs semen clung to my fingers as I scrubbed my cheeks.
Bastard. Bastard. How dare he treat me like that? Like a cheap slut. Like a whore. Hadnât he known I wasnât a whore? Bastard.
Where was my dress then? Where was it?
âYou did well out there,â the CEOâs voice rang out of nowhere suddenly.
I spun around and there he was: leaning up against the door-frame, his face beaming with pride.
âYoung Mr. Khani was very happy with you,â he said.
I blinked at him incredulously. I just wanted my clothes. I didnât care what Mr. Khani thought of me. I just wanted my dress and then to get out of there as soon as possible.
âYou were truly wonderful,â he affirmed.
Had he been watching me? Had he seen what Mr. Khani junior had made me do?
His eyes bore into me, making me feel uneasy, watched, observed. Naked. He made me feel naked.
âCan I have my dress?â I asked nervously, crossing my wrists over my breasts in order to hide them from him.
âNot yet,â he responded firmly.
What did he mean âNot yetâ? It was my dress! Why couldnât I have my dress back? Who was he to tell me I couldnât have my dress back?
âMr. Khani would like you to dance for him again,â he said flatly. âA few times a week. Here in the club.â
No way. I mean, no way! Who did they think I was? I wasnât going through that again. Absolutely not. I wouldnât do it again. No. No more. It wasnât going to happen. No chance. Sorry.
âMr. Khani is a major investor in our company, Elizabeth. Weâre not going to turn him down.â
Oh yes we were. We were definitely going to turn him down.
âIn fact,â he went on, clearing his throat, âbecause I was sure you would be flattered by the request, and because I knew you would understand the need to accept it, I have already gone ahead and told him that you would be delighted to perform for him again.â
What!? Who did he think he was?
âSo you see, it would be a bit embarrassingâŚâ he went on, âI mean - I can hardly go and tell him you have changed your mind.â
In what way had I changed my mind? I had agreed to just one dance, hadnât I?
I shook my head defiantly and scowled at him. I wasnât going to perform like that again for anyone. Not now, not ever. It didnât matter who they were.
âObviously we will discuss how best to compensate you for the additional responsibilitiesâŚâ
They wanted to pay me! What did they think I was? A common whore?
âPlease let me have my dress,â I insisted. âPlease. I want to go.â
âElizabeth,â he said in a more serious voice. âWeâll double your salary.â
Double my salary? God. One hundred thousand pounds. That was a lot of money.
âYouâll also be assigned your own maid â to take care of you at home,â he said, eyes glinting mischievously. âComplements of Mr. KhaniâŚâ
My own maid?
ââŚAnd youâll be allocated a chauffeur,â he went on. âAgain, Mr. Khaniâs gift to you. Be driven anywhere, anytime.â
A maid? A chauffeur? That was surreal. But imagine it! Only the rich and famous had maids and chauffeurs, didnât they?
âAnd there will of course be other benefits,â his said, raising a suggestive eyebrow. âThings I already know you will enjoy enormouslyâŚâ
I felt giddy. My mind pulled in all directions at once, going nowhere.
They wanted me to whore for them! I couldnât do that, could I? I was above their money and their benefits, wasnât I? I couldnât be bought⌠I had some self-respect, some dignity, some pride. Didnât I?
âThis is a sophisticated establishment, Elizabeth,â the CEO said. âItâs not a street corner brothel. Performing here is safe and discreet. How you regard the work itself is just a question of attitude - many of the girls actually enjoy working here. They enjoy the sex; they enjoy flirting with the clientele. They enjoy the money. They enjoy the kind of lifestyle they could only have dreamed of previously.â
While he spoke, the manager of the club had scurried up behind him.
âMr. Khani just left,â he puffed as he slid through the doorway, brushing past the CEO. âHe was satisfied, Iâm glad to say. Remember how upset he got with the last girl?â
What last girl? What happened?
I looked at the floor, desperately wanting it to swallow me. Why couldnât they just leave me alone? Let me be? They were trying to make me their whore!
âI donât want to be a whore,â I protested.
âItâs too late, Elizabeth,â the CEO said. âLook at yourself. Youâre already a whore.â
No. No! I wasnât a whore, was I?
Maybe I was: Didnât I display my breasts to him on demand? Didnât I dress as he required me to dress? Didnât I also undress when he required me to undress? Didnât I dance for him at his bidding? Hadnât I danced for him in the club with the other whores? Wasnât I standing topless before him now, wearing nothing but whore-knickers and my most expensive heels? Didnât I have Whore94 scrawled across my bum?
Oh God. I choked. He was right. I was already a whore.
No. Never. I was more than that. Had to be.
âYou are a whore,â the CEO asserted, âand you enjoy it.â
I sniffed, determined not to break into tears. I wanted my dress. I didnât want this. I went to a good school. I had been taught that if I worked hard in a respectable job then I would be successful. Had I been misled?
âPlease donât make me a whore,â I whimpered.
âListen, Elizabeth,â he said gently. âItâs not what you think. What is a whore? Iâll tell you: A whore is a poor slut standing out in the cold on a street corner in her thigh-high boots begging for a cheap fuck in order to pay her pimp to beat her up and give her the next hit. Thatâs what a whore is. There are no whores here - only performers, entertainers, fantasy girls, dream girls, GoddessesâŚâ
I shivered, shook, trembled.
âYou want to be successful donât you?â he asked.
I nodded feebly.
âThen agree to perform here,â he urged. âYou will be well paid. You will even enjoy it. You are lucky in that respect - lucky, I mean, in that you are able to enjoy playing whore.â
How did he know that? He couldnât know that, could he? It wasnât even true, was it? Why didnât I deny it? Why didnât I tell him he was mistaken â that he must have me confused with someone else?
Oh God. Why was this happening? I was just an ordinary girl. I didnât want this. Not me. Why me?
âMoney buys freedom in this world, Elizabeth,â he said darkly. âWithout money you are nothing more than a slave. You know what a slave is, Elizabeth? A slave is forced to work against their will. A slave starts with nothing, is put to work, and then ends up with nothing. How is that different from what most people do, day in, day out? They work all day for their masters and then they go to the bars and the clubs and the supermarkets and the high-street stores and they give their money straight back to their masters. They pay their rent to their masters. They make their mortgage repayments to their masters. All so they can enjoy the luxury of turning up at work the next day to start slaving all over again.â
He spoke with such conviction. It sounded grotesque. Grotesquely real. Was it real? Were we all slaves?