Bratva-Mikhail

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Janis

I had finally made my way to Denver. What a he*lish bus ride that was. Multiple stops, eating measly morsels of food. I was starving. And tired. I needed money fast and unfortunately, I knew exactly how to do that. And I knew who to call to get back in the game.

I wasn’t proud of it. But it’s what I know. I hoped to get some money together and leave for one of the smaller towns in Colorado. Cheaper. Easy to hide away in.

But he never left my head. Mikhail. Handsome, insanely funny, sweet, caring. Everything I ever wanted in a man. He was also just that, a man. I knew too well they had urges. Desires. And I apparently wasn’t enough to keep him.

And it sucked.

So now I had to put my big girl pants on and move on. Start over. Again. Maybe I wasn’t meant to stay in one place for long. Maybe that’s what my life needed to be. Hectic. Always moving. Alone.

I called my old friend Kelly. She would be able to help. I’d start with some stri*ing gigs and see how much I could make. If that didn’t cut it, I knew what I would have to do. But to be honest the thought made me slightly ill. It was like Mikhail ruined me. Not like I truly enjoyed being with men, but it was tolerable. But now I’m sure I would only see his face. The gorgeous eyes, the smirk he always threw at me just before he devoured me. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to do it.

I’d figure it out. For now I was going to call Kelly. See if she knew of a cheap place and a good pole. Then I’d figure things out.

Mikhail

I knew she was somewhere in Colorado, but that wasn’t much help. The major cities were rather large and it would be difficult to find her, but I wouldn’t give up. Never.

Ivan helped me gather some men to send off. They were to check every red-light district and strip joint in every major city. Old Ivan would have told me to get fu*ked and get over a pair of legs, but not now. Not since he found his forever. He knew how I felt. I didn’t have to say it out loud. He just knew. Knew I loved her. Knew she was more than just an amazing piece of a*s.

I knew my girl. She needed money fast. She left with practically nothing. So she would go back to old ways. And that broke me a bit. I didn’t want anyone’s hands on her. I would hope that she would stick to stri*ping.

I had paid Whiz a hefty amount to look into both my girls whereabouts and the tablet Samantha had that disgusting video on. It was time stamped and a lie. Watching even a second of it made me sick. I don’t even remember it. He*l I don’t remember 99% of my encounters with that dumb bi*ch. I’ll give it to her she was smart. Time stamped it for the night Janis went out with the girls. I didn’t like her going out, but didn’t want to be a di*k. It’s not that I didn’t trust her, I just wanted to spend every second with her. Which was new to me.

Leave it to Janis to change everything I knew.

Whiz didn’t have the tablet for more than an hour before he called me.

“Hey man. Of course you already knew the time stamp was bulls*it, simple editing program. So I was able to get the proof. But honestly man? I hope you took care of that girl. She has dozens of videos of you guys together, and some you aren’t even awake. She also had some videos of you and Janis.”

“What did you go through my entire po*n collection dude? The fu*k?”

“Believe me man I didn’t want to watch them but you did say you wanted all of it out. Don’t worry I didn’t watch you and your girl. I’m more of a needles and knives guy myself.”

I didn’t need to hear that. Yelena was my sister. And apparently a little freak.

“Alright alright. So any luck tracking her down?”

“I was able to track her bus routes pretty well. Last stop that I could find was Denver. I’d bet my left nut that’s where she is.”

Well sh*t. Denver was big but at least I had it narrowed down.

I hung up with Whiz and headed to speak with Ivan. I’d have to take a leave. No way was I sitting around when my girl was found. After all, she needed to be punished. For leaving me without hearing me out.

I should be livid. But I couldn’t be. Samantha had been working on her since the beginning . If anything I’m surprised she stuck around as long as she did.

And fu*k I missed her. Everything about her. Her voice, those beautiful eyes. Her soft hair. The way she whispered my name at night. How she’d trace my tats while we laid in bed. She was it for me.

Ivan had no problem giving me a leave. He promised to keep things under wraps and take care of things at home. So with that I packed some s**t and borded one of our jets with a handful more of my men.

And I wasn’t returning without her.

Janis

My girl Kelly came through. Not only did she hook me up with an amazing gig at a high end club, but she offered me her spare room.

We met in school and eventually ended up walking the streets. She wasn’t under Charlie. She was a lone wolf. Smart. No sharing money, and no as*hole pimp calling the shots. We both ended up dancing around the same time, finding out quickly how much better it was. Safer. But now she made her way purely by dancing. And from what she said she made bank on tips from high end corporate men who were passing through town looking for a good whisky and even better dancers.

Naturally I was nervous. I was going to be interviewed tonight. I didn’t have much to wear and Kelly once again pulled through.

“Here girl. This will look rocking on you. Make your eyes pop.”

It was a beautiful teddy. Me and Kelly were about the same body size. My chest was bigger but that didn’t matter. The more skin the better.

“I seriously appreciate you, Kel. I promise I’ll pay you back.”

“No girl, you won’t. You’ll work hard, save up and get back on your feet. I don’t know what you’re running from and you don’t have to tell me, but I just want you to be the happy ferocious woman I once knew.”

I smiled. “Thanks Kel. I’m gonna do whatever I have to do to get on my feet.”

We entered the back entrance of the club and I was shocked. This was fancy. Like really fancy. I almost felt out of place. The manager interviewed me quickly and I gave him a dance. He was impressed and instantly hired me. That was unexpected. I really wasn’t sure I’d start tonight. But man was I glad I did.

I made the most money I ever have on a Saturday night. Almost 5k. I could rent a decent place already. Not to mention the rules in the club were pretty strict. No touching. At all. Not that I minded in the past, working in biker clubs you got used to it. Not that they were pushy, it was just kind of a thing.

I was grateful for the rules though. I wasn’t ready to have any man’s hands on me. Not after Mikhail. I couldn’t get that man out of my head no matter what I did.

I wondered what he was doing but that was a dark hole to go down. Probably with Samantha, living it up and laughing about me. Gullible me. The maid.

And I would never hurt like that again No man would ever occupy my mind. Not again. Not ever.