wideeyedone
Baby did a bad, bad thing
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Megan Miller would have never predicted that this would be the life that she was leading. Just a few months ago, she and her boyfriend Carson had moved to LA with big dreams and a few hundred dollars. To get by, her boyfriend had started working with some rough guys. He was pulling cons and stealing. He took more than his cut of a robbery, he was already in deep with some gambling debts, they owed thousands of dollars in rent, the car he was driving, the bills they had paid. They had allowed Carson to get in deep, and Megan had enjoyed the money and the fast car and the pretty apartment. But when Tom came collecting, they had no way to pay their debts.
And that is exactly how fresh faced twenty year old Megan Miller had ended up working for Tom. She didn't know Tom's real name and she didn't know where he was from. She knew he had scary tattoos and when he got angry he cursed in another language. But Megan had learned right away not to make Tom mad. She was lucky. Tom had some girls that worked the street, and some girls that worked in a brothel in a shady part of town. Megan lived in Tom's house and went out on calls. One of his drivers would deliver Megan to ritzy houses or a nice hotel. His driver brought in a stylist to do the girls' hair and nails. From time to time, new dresses and shoes would arrive. Other than calls, Tom's girls didn't leave the house. Megan did her best to be good, the more clients she had, the more she was gone, and the less likely that Tom would come get her and pull her to his room at night.
But Megan knew that there was no point in running. She had seen the black eyes and sprained wrists of girls that disobeyed. She hadn't heard from her boyfriend in months. She had no idea what had happened to Carson, but it couldn't be good. Tom kept a running record of what each girl earned and what she owed, but the dresses, and the hair styles, and the nails came out of their earnings, and so did rent. Rent. As if they weren't prisoners.
But as Megan sat perched on a bar stool at the Beverly Wilshire she tried to look as if none of those things were true. She was wearing a lovely little black dress that fit like a glove. She wore black stilettos with their tell tale red soles. Her dark hair was pinned up, and her face was made up subtly, but expertly. Her big brown eyes took in the lavish bar as she sipped her whiskey sour. She let the drink burn down her throat. Tonight, she was meeting a new client. Tom said he had picked her out from her ad. But she had no idea what to expect. He had asked to meet her in the bar, and he had asked that she be dressed for a high end night out. She hoped that he would be a good client and that he would like her. She could use a few more regulars, and perhaps he would tip her and she could pay off more of her debt.
And that is exactly how fresh faced twenty year old Megan Miller had ended up working for Tom. She didn't know Tom's real name and she didn't know where he was from. She knew he had scary tattoos and when he got angry he cursed in another language. But Megan had learned right away not to make Tom mad. She was lucky. Tom had some girls that worked the street, and some girls that worked in a brothel in a shady part of town. Megan lived in Tom's house and went out on calls. One of his drivers would deliver Megan to ritzy houses or a nice hotel. His driver brought in a stylist to do the girls' hair and nails. From time to time, new dresses and shoes would arrive. Other than calls, Tom's girls didn't leave the house. Megan did her best to be good, the more clients she had, the more she was gone, and the less likely that Tom would come get her and pull her to his room at night.
But Megan knew that there was no point in running. She had seen the black eyes and sprained wrists of girls that disobeyed. She hadn't heard from her boyfriend in months. She had no idea what had happened to Carson, but it couldn't be good. Tom kept a running record of what each girl earned and what she owed, but the dresses, and the hair styles, and the nails came out of their earnings, and so did rent. Rent. As if they weren't prisoners.
But as Megan sat perched on a bar stool at the Beverly Wilshire she tried to look as if none of those things were true. She was wearing a lovely little black dress that fit like a glove. She wore black stilettos with their tell tale red soles. Her dark hair was pinned up, and her face was made up subtly, but expertly. Her big brown eyes took in the lavish bar as she sipped her whiskey sour. She let the drink burn down her throat. Tonight, she was meeting a new client. Tom said he had picked her out from her ad. But she had no idea what to expect. He had asked to meet her in the bar, and he had asked that she be dressed for a high end night out. She hoped that he would be a good client and that he would like her. She could use a few more regulars, and perhaps he would tip her and she could pay off more of her debt.