Sold to the Man Who Took Me, but I Hold His Life novel · Chapter 15 of 24
Chapter 15: Across the Table
Roz's POV
The dancers came to Pearl's on Tuesday, all seven of them, at nine in the morning.
They filed in through the bell, in their street coats, and stood in a half circle between the taffy racks and the pulling machine.
The retired lifeguard looked at them over his peppermint and left without his change.
The oldest one, who had held me in the dressing room, took off her gloves a finger at a time.
"We've got something to tell you, honey," she said. "He didn't want you told."
I put my hands on the counter.
She told me about the stage and the deed left on the edge of the boards.
She told me how he had stood in the house lights with his hands at his sides.
*She'll say what she says, and I won't be in the room.*
She told me about the nine men fired in the lobby.
She told me the youngest dancer had picked up the paper in both hands and was still carrying it in her bag.
"He said we could say he was the worst man on the Boardwalk," the oldest said. "In front of Sal Carbone. He said it twice."
"He didn't know what I'd answer," I said.
"He didn't ask."
"No."
"He said he didn't have the right to." She folded her gloves together.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–6 of Sold to the Man Who Took Me, but I Hold His Life are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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