Chapter 22: Twenty Two

Chapter Twenty Two

Jennifer gave an awkward smile as the bar stool was being lowered by the man-lady. The bartender gave a chuckle which annoyed her.

As soon the bar stool was adjusted to what Jennifer felt was the normal way the stool was meant to be, the man-lady gave her a glossy kiss on her left cheek.

Jennifer felt her intestines twist as she, or he, kept the lips on her cheek for a stretched period of time.

"You have got smooth skin baby."

The man-lady sat beside her.

Jennifer nodded, wiping off the wetness with the wipe the bartender stylishly extended to her, trying not to show her disgust.

"My name is Vivian. Vi for short. "

Jennifer looked at her.

"But you look so manly."

Vivian licked her lips, half of the gloss disappearing as she did it. "I know right? But honestly, I love it that way. I get to be partly male, partly female. I have actually thought of undergoing surgery, you know, I could become a total man. What do you have think?" She asked, dragging her voice in a seductive manner at the end of each statement.

"Huh... It will be cool."

'I guess.'

" Weird. But still cool."

Jennifer said, stylishly watching out for Mark and working out, if possible, an exit plan.

She randomly turned her gaze to Vivian who kept using the seductive eyes for her. She watched as Vivian reapplied the red glossy lipstick she had washed away earlier.

"You know babe, I will be honest with you."

Jennifer raised one of her brow.

"I want you in my bed tonight."

Jennifer choked on a non-existent drink, causing her to have a fit of cough for sometime.

The bartender handed her water when the cough wouldn't stop. Jennifer gulped the water, under the conscious eyes of Vivian. And she definitely did not miss the amusement  in the bartender's eyes. He sure was having fun.

As Jennifer dropped the glass cup, she felt a hand rub through her back.

She gave Vivian a warning smile as she was becoming quite uncomfortable.

But Vivian didn't seem  to get the message as she brought her hand to Jennifer's lap and ran her hand up and down.

Jennifer shuddered  at her touch. She took her hand and jerked it off receiving a ugly look from Vivian.

"You bitch. You ugly, ugly fool. All I want to do is have some fun and..."

A lady dressed like those at the entrance came towards them and interrupted Vivian's outburst to tell her something.

"Oh really? I thought I told her to treat him good. Anyways, let us go."

Vivian faced Jennifer.

"I will be back for you."

Jennifer stuck her tongue at Vivian's back and looked around for anything new, ignoring the guy across her who couldn't stop laughing.

"What is a beautiful lady doing in this indecent place?" A deep voice beside drew her attention.

She turned with a smile to face, probably, the most good looking guy in the room or the most she has seen in her lifetime.

"And what is a good looking man doing here, talking to a woman like me?"

Chuckling, he took a seat next to her, his cologne devouring her nose.

"I love your straightforwardness. But it is a shame you think I am prettier than you, because I thought otherwise when I saw you from that far." He extended his hand to the right corner to emphasise his statement.

"It is a gift."

He gave a smile and extended his hand.

"Hey I am Charlie."

Jennifer took his hand and studied him. His eyes were blue like Mark's but deeper. His black colored hair was in disarray, but still looked good on him. A smile kept tugging at his thin pink lips, making him have a mixture of cuteness and hotness.

"You can stop admiring me now." He interrupted her thoughts and gave her a smile.

"I was studying you." Jennifer withdrew her hand and folded her arms over her chest, studying a bottle of alcohol.

"If you say so. So what is the beautiful lady's name?"

"I am tired dude." Jennifer said, surprisingly getting bored .

"That is definitely not a name."

"Believe me , that is what I am right now."

"Did you come with someone?"

Jennifer turned her  gaze to him.

"Yes and no."

He raised his brows.

"I kind of sneaked out."

He narrowed his eyes.

"You sneaked out. You sneaked out? Like you sneaked out."

"Yes I did!" Jennifer almost screamed.

"Anything surprising about that?"

Charlie, with his lips half opened , stared at her, his eyes not blinking. After some seconds, he recovered and said.

"No. Not at all. It is just that at your age..." Jennifer gave him a glare.

"What about my age?" She almost growled.

"Wow. You are a fighter. I want to know you more. " He dipped his hand into the  pocket of his jacket and brought out a card.

"I will love to hear from you. Feel free to call."

Jennifer nonchalantly collected the card and slipped it into her dungaree's pocket.

"See you some other time. Even though I don't know your name."

"Bye."  Jennifer said relieved she was alone.

"Need a drink?" The bartender interrupted her rest mode.

She looked at him with a glare sufficient to kill a lion, causing him to just shut up.

Jennifer thought about her whole life. The part she remembered of course. She suddenly felt guilty for leaving the house and coming to a place such as that. She knew Francis would be angry at her for  this. She trusted him not to do any of what she had done.

She felt her memories tugging at her brain. She was trying hard to remember. But every effort led to a headache. She immediately gave up.

"Nice stuff." She heard a voice say behind her and before she could turn to see who it was, she felt a hand slap her buttocks.

Jennifer gasped and turned to face the    person that had such an audacity.  She  came to face with a short, bald man. He had  like ten gold chains hanging off his neck. His hairy chest screamed attention please! , through his half buttoned shirt. He flashed teeth of different colours.

"Excuse me, what was that?" Jennifer asked .

"I just want to play, silly." The man moved closer, his whole body reeking of God knows what, and touched her buttocks again.

Jennifer raised  her hand and brought it straight unto his face. She saw as two men came out of the crowd, the man held them back with his hand and gave Jennifer a crooked smile.

"Com'n baby, I just want to play" He moved closer, so close his chest was almost on hers.

Jennifer pushed him with all the energy in her. Watching him fall unto the floor, she was marveled by her strength.

"Get her!" The man commanded from the floor  were he sat, rubbing his neck.

The two men lunged at her with fiery breaths and heavily soaked bodies.

Jennifer tried to escape them  by going through their legs, but they were faster.

They carried each arm like it were paper, leaving her to struggle.

Jennifer kicked and kicked but they still wouldn't budge.

At that time, people had turned their attention to them.

The man stood up and walked towards her. He stopped when he was very close to her. He used his finger   to trace  her collar bone.

His hand  went down to her region, cupping her there, Jennifer used her hair to slap his face.

"Don't be naughty now."

"You are the one being naughty, Marco." A deep voice said out of nowhere.