Chapter 5
CHAPTER FIVE
Moira
Tonight is Callum’s second weekend with Magic Nights. Luciana and Isabella weren’t lying when they said they were going to start calling shows ‘Brolesque.’ The guys hate it, but it seems to be drawing in more people. The tickets are selling out faster this week than they did before.
During his first set, he used two women from the crowd. And as much as I hated it, somehow I got through it. I just have to make it through two more routines and then the mixer at the end of the night. I cheer for Callum as he gets on stage for his first routine of the second show of the night.
“Hey gorgeous, have you missed me?” I hear a voice say from behind me.
I whip my head around and stare into the eyes of Zachary.
“No, I haven’t. Why are you here?”
“I’m here to talk to Celestino about getting my job back. He called me and said to come by.”
I know for a fact that Celestino would never give him his job back or tell him to come here. He knows what Zach did to me.
“I doubt that. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll leave,” I say as I turn back to watch Callum.
I feel hands on my sides, and I turn to face him again.
“Don’t touch me. If you touch me again, I’ll have you thrown out.”
Zachary backs me up against the wall.
“Fuck you. You don’t tell me what to do. If I wanted to, I could take you right here and no one would say a fucking word to me.”
“Yeah? I’m pretty sure you’re touching someone I consider my sister. So if you want to walk out of here instead of leaving on a stretcher, take your fucking hands off her and get the fuck out.”
I look behind Zachary and see Francesco standing right behind him. Zach turns to face him.
“Oh hey, Franco. Come on man, you’re misunderstanding the situation. Moira called me over, said she missed me, so who am I to deny her what she wants?” He laughs.
“Don’t make me repeat myself. Get. The. Fuck. Out. And if you come back to Luminescence, I will have you arrested. In fact, if I see you anywhere near Moira again, I’ll make sure you see jail time.”
“What the fuck, Franco? Are you fucking her now? I mean, the only reason you’d be this mad is if you’re fucking her. Does Maeve know?”
I see Francesco nod and the next thing I know, Niccolò, Noah, Grady and Amante are at my side.
“Get Zachary out of here and make sure he’s banned from the property.
All Lake Renegade properties,” Francesco says to them.
They nod at him and start moving Zachary towards the front door.
He’s making a pretty big scene and I can see that it’s affecting Callum.
But he’s doing his best to finish his routine.
“Thank you,” I say as I hug Francesco.
“You know how this works, Moira. Next time, don’t even talk to him or anyone else who treats you like that.
You find one of us, and we’ll take care of it.
No one talks to our family like that. And I think you’re going to need a bodyguard until we know for sure that Zachary’s going to leave you alone. ”
Noah comes back over to us to let Francesco know that they made sure Zachary left the property.
“Thanks. I need you to do me a favor for tonight. Stay with Moira. I don’t want her left alone for any reason. And tomorrow we’ll call the council to appoint someone be a permanent guard until this is over.”
“Got it. Are you staying with Callum?” Noah asks me.
“No. I have an apartment near Wildcat. I only stay here on club nights since it’s the weekend.”
“Okay. I’ll be staying with you at your apartment, then. And don’t worry, the couch is fine.”
I sigh. I know how bodyguards work in the family. I just never thought I’d need to have one.
“Thank you,” I say to both of them.
“And don’t worry, I’ll talk to Callum after the show tonight. Just for now, tell him things are fine. He has one more set, we need him to finish it. Then we’ll fill him in,” Francesco says to me.
“Okay.” I nod. “Thank you again. I don’t even know why Zachary would do this. It’s his fault that we broke up.”
“He was always a dick, I never liked him when he worked with us. And when he cheated on you, I was glad he was such an idiot and we got to get rid of him,” Francesco says as all my girls come over to us.
I explain everything that happened and how Noah will be my bodyguard.
“That fucking asshole. I didn’t even see him. I’m so sorry we weren’t here with you,” Luciana says as she hugs me.
“You have nothing to be sorry for. I never would’ve thought that he would come here and threaten me.”
“Well, he’ll never come near you again,” Quinn says as she hugs me too.
Callum
I finish my first set and rush straight over to where Moira is.
“What’s going on? Who was that?” I frown as I wrap my arms around her.
“We’ll talk about it after the show is over. Just know that we took care of it, and Moira’s okay,” Francesco says to him. “Also, Noah will be with Moira when you can’t.”
“That doesn’t sound like everything’s okay.”
“I promise, we’ll talk after the show.”
I know better than to keep arguing with Francesco.
If he says that things are being taken care of, I have to trust him.
Even though I want to protect my girl myself.
I stay by Moira’s side while we wait for my next set to start.
So far I haven’t had any issues with women at the shows.
The guys said I’ve been lucky. Each of them has had issues before.
There’s always customers that think because they’ve paid to be here, they have the right to do things to us.
I’m not looking forward to dealing with stuff like that.
Some of the guys still do private shows with full nudity.
They have the craziest stories. Then there’s the dancers that don’t offer full nudity, yet the women still expect more.
I haven’t done any private shows and I was told that I can say I only do group private shows and no full nudity.
That way it’s not just me there alone and I don’t have to get naked. That made Moira feel better too.
The rest of the night went by fast and we’re finally back at the property. Francesco said he’s asked for a special meeting for the morning. So we’re supposed to meet everyone at ten a.m.
“What happened tonight?” I ask Moira as we get ready for bed.
“Remember I told you about the dancer I dated, Zachary?”
“Aye. The one that you caught in the dressing room?”
“Yes. Him. He showed up tonight and started to threaten me. But Francesco heard him and had him escorted out.”
“And that’s why Noah’s going to be with you?”
“Yeah. I’m sorry. I know this sucks.”
“Don’t be sorry. I’m pissed because no one talks to you like that. Especially some arsehole who cheated on you.”
I walk over and hold her. Fuck this arsehole whoever he is. If he comes near my woman again, I’ll fucking show him what I think of him.