. I hoped!"Oh, my fuckin' head..." she moaned. "Wha- Where... ?"Her eyes opened a sliver and she saw me looking down at her."You fell off the bed and ...banged your head. I brought you down here to put some ice on it. You okay?" Oh, my fuckin' head..." she said again."You gotta be careful, jumping around in a bed like that." Ow!"Then she suddenly remembered what had happened."Oh my god! You were like, standing there the whole time!" For about five minutes." Why didn't you say anything!?" I did,. “Never mind that. Listen to me. I have got your loan greatly reduced and that loan shark won’t be round again if you do what I tell you…….”“Yes, yes……anything!”I waved her to silence.“I said…..LISTEN!” She flinched but shut up. “Now, there are things to arrange, agreements to be made and it’s going to be a busy day. I want you looking your best so go upstairs, have a shower,brush your hair, put some make-up on. Make sure you wear a dress – something smart. Got it?”“Yes, but why….where are we. We were greeted by a very pretty girl in uniform who showed us to our table and took our order. I sat down and Jacqui joined me on the small, intimate even, sofa. I looked around to find that the audience was made up of couples and small groups, mainly girls with just a few boys. Girls with girls, boys with boys. Arm in arm, shoulder to shoulder.Our drinks and small eats were delivered at our table, the house lights were dimmed and the stage floodlit. Two girls danced on, scantily clad and very. It’s for your own good that you see him for rogue that he is now, rather than later only after he has spent your money.’ Perriolich said firmly yet with a tender tone as to let Jealile see that he cared. ‘Heartless bastard!’ Jealile shouted as she was now in tears and got up and rushed out with Merandia right after her. I stood to go after them as well but Perriolich stopped me before I left the room. ‘It’s best to give them some space boy. It will also give us a chance to talk.’ Perriolich.