Chrysalis Club (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781088163207)

I was always going to be a made man. I knew that at a young age, and was groomed to become what I am today. I earn my keep in the family and pay my dues. My favorite way to scrub the money while enjoying the view is in my joint, The Chrysalis Club.

When she came to the stage as a new dancer, I could see the butterfly emerge from her cocoon, and knew that she would be mine.

I always get what I want. Always.

I took this job because a friend of mine from school said she was paying her way through college with the tips, and urged me to at least try it. I thought I would be too shy to dance for money, but most of the men are real gentlemen here. Not like those run down stripper bars you see on t.v. and movies, I would never work in those. The first day I stood on stage my nerves were almost too much, I wanted to turn tail and run. Then I locked eyes with him, and couldn't look away. He always seems to be there, watching... and I like it.