Chapter 7 - Mia

• Damn the moment when Sergio disappeared from The House of Love , damn the moment when I felt so vulnerable in the presence of a man. I wanted to kill my brother with all my might, I couldn't believe he had left me alone when our condition was that he accompany me at every possible opportunity.
• Sorry - Sergio said.
• "You were supposed to be taking care of me," I insisted.
• Something happened? - He asked.
• It stirred my soul, left me nervous and breathless without touching practically a hair. But nothing happened, or had it?
• He managed me as a man and that was something that hadn't happened in a long time and in a certain way I was attracted to the character he showed me and I also liked the fact that I couldn't intimidate him. But I had to be sensible and not get carried away with all this: He just wanted to have sex with me and I had to remember that.
• Nothing happened - I lied.
• And then what are you complaining about? - Sergio consulted.
• Does something have to happen to me to tell you to take care of me? - I posed.
• Sergio didn't know what had happened to Eris, nor did he want her to know. It just saddled me with a sort of fear that something similar would happen again and I wouldn't be able to defend myself or anything. It was that fear of the unknown and that I didn't intend to know either. I felt absolutely vulnerable with both Eris and Fabrizio, and I also didn't want to feel that way again.
• Where were you? - I asked for.
• I was taking care of Mía - Sergio asserted and paused - Some heavy guys fell and I thought you wouldn't leave the dressing room yet.
• My brother had fallen in love with one of my coworkers, Mia Olivera, I was not going to judge him because she was a spectacular woman with a beautiful heart, she had always been a great colleague in the place and we had managed to establish a certain level of friendship outside of these dark walls. Many times she had become my salvation when I didn't want to go with a man, she cared less about that than I cared. His eyes mixed between light blue and green, his hair was brown and did not extend beyond his neck, he had a somewhat wide mouth and a truly captivating look.
• All that was needed was for my brother to stop behaving like a child, take charge of what he felt and finally dare to ask her out. Otherwise I would soon have no option to be the one to act as the “cupid”.
• When I went out and didn't find you, I started to get desperate - Sergio added and sighed - If that bastard did something to you, my job is going to cost me shit, but I'll make him pay.
• Calm down - I responded.
• The last thing I needed was to have more problems than I already had, even if something more serious had happened, I had to stay silent at least with him, I couldn't play with the fact of losing him if I still had to continue here. I needed him with me to make my stay in this hell more bearable.
• Nothing happened, just that I was surprised not to find you - I assured.
• Well, do you need anything? - Sergio inquired.
• Do me a favor and find out the name of the man she was with - I asked.
• I knew that he would have no difficulty realizing who the person I was referring to was, it had been two consecutive nights and when they crossed each other on the doorstep Sergio continued looking at him for fifteen seconds before turning his gaze to me. I needed to know more about him, what I was facing in the event of having to accept what I didn't want to accept, and he wasn't talking about raging hormones, but the fact of possible money to help idiot Eris.
• Throughout these years I learned that it is better to be cautious before spending life confident that everything will turn out well. The little certainty that I could have had about my surroundings, little by little, stopped being that way.
• I went out on stage for the first time that night, there were much more people than a moment ago and many familiar faces too: That made the whole previous situation with that man called Fabrizio much more mysterious. Anyway, it was not the time to concentrate on that, I looked for him among the people but I didn't see him anywhere, I couldn't find any of the people that I had thought I saw previously although I could be wrong. I preferred to think that everything was a possible coincidence before thinking about how access to me was much easier than it seemed.
• I began to spin around the pipe like a monkey, as that idiot would say, but at least unlike him, all the people who looked at me admired me and I couldn't help but stop delighting in that, I felt ecstatic before their unbridled screams for me. body, before the hands that couldn't even touch me. He had a small part of attractiveness if you will or at least that's what he tried to convince me of.
• Maybe if I told myself so many times I would end up convincing myself of the positive things that working in this place could bring me, both economic and emotional.
• After getting off the stage I headed to my dressing room but I noticed a couple of strange sounds from Mia's space. I knocked on the door and announced myself with my stage name so he let me through.
• Regardless of whether we knew our names, we always called each other by these in case we ran the risk of someone overhearing us. It wasn't so nice that they knew our life outside the walls of the club, we both had a family and reputation to maintain, although this job didn't make us worth less either.
• I found her crying so I didn't hesitate for a second to hug her, she hid in my chest while I with my free hand made an effort to remove the mask and then lightly caress her hair in an attempt to calm her.
• Honey, what happened? - I asked worried.
• It doesn't matter Nova - Mia responded.
• You know that you can always count on me and that I understand you better than anyone in many things - I insisted.
• She gave a heavy sigh that was mixed with a sob, I wiped away the tears that fell from her face and that carried a little makeup with the tips of my fingers and Mia smiled a small smile, her smile was too pretty and particular. I hated seeing my friend unwell.
• An idiot - She assured.
• What idiot? What did? - I asked for.
• He wanted to go overboard with me when I said no and started insulting me, he even tried to force me - Mia said - But luckily Sergio saved me from all that.
• I smiled slightly when I heard that it had been Sergio who had helped her. Both because of his feelings towards her and because of the fact that his confirmed justification made my anger gradually decrease at his absence.
• You don't know how much I want to make him pay for each of my tears - Mía stated.
• There are two of us - I reaffirmed.
• Mia breathed deeply again as she closed her eyes, after which she composed herself almost completely. Sometimes it became complicated and tedious to have to keep an eye on these things, to fight against animals that only saw us as the meat they needed to satisfy their hunger.
• Which is why I also refused to encourage that.
• "I'm tired of having to deal with people like that," Mia commented.
• Let's go out and party - I proposed.
• What are you taking about? - Mia consulted.
• It's barely two in the morning, let's go and relax for a while, I'll buy you the drinks - I assured.
• Mia thought about it for a few moments as she looked at the mess she had on her makeup table. He really had everything mixed up and disorganized as if he had had trouble finding the items he had occupied.
• What's up, okay, just give me ten minutes - Mía answered.