00:14My name is Lila, a destitute stripper who suffers from bills.
00:21Three months ago I'd been planning to audition for the New York Ballet Company.
00:25Now I was applying glitter to my skin for men who would tuck dollar bills into my G-string.
00:29Three months ago, the wedding day of me and a man I had never met, Ethan Pacheco.
00:34A marriage I wanted no part of.
00:36I had slipped away while the guests were arriving, needing a moment to breathe, to think.
00:40I had wandered aimlessly until I heard sounds coming from one of the guest bedrooms.
00:44Although the man had his back to me, I knew he must be my fiancé who I had never met.
00:49Without twice thought, I drived away from the estate, away from Ethan Pacheco and the future that had been decided
00:54for me.
00:55I ended up at a bar downtown in the late night, drowning my sorrows in tequila shots.
01:00That's when he appeared beside me.
01:10Bad day?
01:13The worst.
01:19I'm Ethan.
01:22Of course you are.
01:24I, uh, I'm running away from one Ethan tonight.
01:28i don't need another i had laughed then a bitter hollow sound the funny thing was with all the
01:35drama going on i still didn't know what my fiance looked like but this guy had been charming
01:40attentive and i'd been vulnerable hurt and increasingly drunk when he suggested we get
01:45a room at the hotel next door i hadn't said no
02:19i'd woken alone with nothing but a lingering hangover and the crushing realization that i
02:24couldn't go home again not to face my father's disappointment not to marry a man who had already
02:29betrayed me so i disappeared cutting off contact with everyone from my old life my savings hadn't
02:34lasted long now i had to dance in a bar to earn money the bar had been booked out by
02:38the owner
02:39tonight he was going to hold an important party in the vip room those eyes almond shaped hazel with
02:48flecks of gold exactly like no oh god no this can't be happening that night at the bar my one
02:54night stand
02:55as my boss and ex-fiance his eyes met mine and the world stopped spinning stop staring at the boss
03:05are
03:05you crazy i immediately dropped my gaze the tiny sequined outfit left little to the imagination
03:13but it was better than being completely naked i needed this job rent wasn't going to pay itself
03:18did he recognize me shouldn't your older brother be running this meeting i can't imagine your father
03:25henry's crazy enough to let a 23 year old handle business this magnitude
03:32everyone turned to gauge ethan's reaction the tension thick enough to cut with a knife
03:38care to guess why i'm the heir while my big brother works under me
03:42you're not in any position to question my capabilities the man's face reddened he wisely
03:47kept his mouth shut the meeting dragged on numbers and threats mixing with the heavy beat of the music
03:53i felt increasingly lightheaded the room started to spin or was i the one spinning
04:01i landed hard on the floor right in front of the gathered crime family bosses is this how you dance
04:06you worthless slit ruining our evening with your amateur i looked up to see an ugly older man in the
04:13corner
04:14he pulled out a thick wad of cash throwing it on the ground bills scattered across the floor like fallen
04:19me if you don't want to lose those pretty legs of yours crawl over here and give me a proper
04:25lap dance
04:27and don't stop until every piece of that costume is on the floor the other men watched with varying
04:33degrees of interest some looking uncomfortable others openly leering my eyes darted instinctively to ethan
04:40but his expression remained carefully neutral as if he didn't know me i couldn't afford to lose
04:47this job and i couldn't afford to make enemies of people like him that won't be necessary lucas ethan's
04:54childhood friend i knew like ethan his family's business standing did not allow anyone to challenge him
05:00too the lady can make it up to us by joining me for a drink instead what do you say
05:08beautiful
05:24she's mine who dares to touch her just seconds ago he seemed to be uninterested in this matter
05:32but now he's so possessive he didn't offer much explanation after the kiss in the mafia world
05:39powerful mafia bosses can have any woman they want you want to keep living nobody threatens my strippers
05:45get out and consider any future business arrangements with the pacheco family permanently terminated the
05:51older man's face flushed a deep shade of crimson he scurried from the private room like a whipped dog
05:55why would the ethan defend an insignificant stripper you come here you'll be sitting on my legs serving
06:03my drinks for the rest of the evening lucas wisely held his tongue my head was still spinning don't
06:08mess this up i repeated to myself like a mantra my legs felt like they were made of jelly i
06:13stumbled my
06:14balance completely gone god that made me so wet i wanted him pour me some champagne my stomach lurched
06:20violently a wave of nausea washing over me don't throw up don't throw up don't throw up i had just
06:27ruined what was probably a ten thousand dollar suit good he would kill me to everyone's utter shock he
06:34threw his head back and laughed i'm taking you home little troublemaker oh no he knew exactly who i am
06:44why was i feeling strangely sick today no i was not pregnant was i
06:53this was the worst i didn't want to get involved with this terrible man anymore
07:02instead of heading toward the exit as i'd expected ethan carried me into what appeared to be in office
07:08without ceremony he threw me on a leather sofa his phone rang hey his voice suddenly warm and gentle
07:16a woman no i can handle it you know i always do
07:23a woman who is he talking to is it her the woman from the engagement party
07:29so
07:51he frowned he is disgusted by me of course he is what man like ethan pacheco would want a cheap
07:58stripper like me for a brief moment i thought maybe there was something beyond our one night stand
08:05but now here he was talking intimately with another woman while i lay sick on his couch i couldn't take
08:12it anymore despite my dizziness i pushed myself up from the sofa
08:22where do you think you're going his voice was low and cold again no warmth home
08:34i'll take you home that's not a request it's a decision
08:39i can get home by myself i don't need your help you can barely stand don't be stubborn lila
08:49i'm fine i just need some fresh air
08:56let me take you home
09:01who's the woman you're talking to the question burst from my lips
09:11how much did you hear
09:31knowledge can be dangerous sweetheart
09:38especially information you shouldn't have
09:45i will not let you humiliate me like this
09:51you have another woman yet you're here trying to what get a quick folk from the stripper
10:02he stared at me he looked genuinely confused
10:05i am not the kind of woman you can use whenever you want and discard when you're done
10:12i never was and i never will be
10:34how could i be so stupid
10:36how could i be so stupid i'd known something was wrong for weeks the constant nausea the missed period
10:42the tenderness in my breasts that made even wearing a bra painful
10:49asshole complete and total
10:52he doesn't get to treat me like that just because i dance at eclipse doesn't mean i'm his for the
10:56taking
10:59please be negative please please please please be negative
11:09pregnant
11:11i'm pregnant with ethan pacheco's baby
11:14i could barely afford to feed myself and what would i tell the baby when it asked about its father
11:19sorry kid daddy's a rich asshole who doesn't even know you exist oh and by the way he owns the
11:25strip
11:25club where mommy works neat huh that night i couldn't sleep i found myself hunched over my laptop at 3am
11:32scrolling through websites about abortion procedures i even watched a video that made me bolt to the bathroom
11:38the fourth time that day i found myself hugging the toilet as i rinsed my mouth
11:43i caught my reflection in the mirror my eyes were red rimmed and haunted
11:48the next morning leo ethan's personal bodyguard or assistant did you do it
11:59do what
12:02the abortion did you go through with it
12:07how the hell did you answer the question
12:11how the hell did ethan know i was pregnant and why was his personal watchdog stalking me outside an abortion
12:17clinic
12:19does he know about the baby
12:24how long has he known did he send you to make sure i get rid of it
12:31wait
12:33you're pregnant with ethan's child
12:35shit i just royally fucked up leo hadn't known the baby was ethan's he'd only known i was pregnant
12:43i i didn't
12:47sir we have a situation double shit i was worried he was going to tell ethan so i ran
12:53hey wait
12:55you must come back with me now to see mr pacheco you're gonna fuck
13:00no fucking way i'm not going anywhere with you miss bravo please be reasonable
13:07was it reasonable to stalk me to a clinic was it reasonable to try to drag me to see your
13:11boss
13:12like i'm some kind of runaway pet don't tell your boss about this or i'll kill you for real
13:24don't make this more difficult than it needs to be i jammed my key into the ignition praying my
13:29piece of shit car would actually start the engine sputtered once twice then roared to life
13:34thank god for tell your boss to go himself
13:42i hate this terrible situation should i keep the baby maybe i should keep the child maybe i should
13:48let ethan know i signaled and changed lanes heading toward the eclipse nightclub instead of my apartment
13:55better to confront him directly than wait for him to come to me this is my baby too i practiced
14:02in
14:02the rearview mirror and i'm keeping it whether you like it or not
14:08my heart pounded harder with each step toward the elevator i clutched my purse where i'd tucked
14:14the pregnancy test come on you got this come on you got this my stomach dropped to my feet as
14:23another
14:24moan reached my ears ethan ethan we shouldn't not here
14:37not here
14:43no one's going to interrupt us i've made sure of it
14:49what if someone comes in then they'll get quite a show won't they besides i locked the door you
14:55didn't lock it at all you're so bad that's why i've always loved you even when we were kids
15:01always breaking the rules only for you sophia always for you
15:06so fear the name hit me like a slap his childhood friend the one person his mother approved of
15:13the woman she had always hoped he would marry instead of me
15:26what the fuck are you doing my voice sounded strange to my own ears
15:34sophia nearly falling off in her haste to cover herself ethan's eyes widened as they locked on mine
15:40shock quickly replaced by something unreadable leela i could hear my own breathing ragged and uneven
15:48sophia was frantically smoothing down a skirt the face flushed with embarrassment and anger
15:54who is she one of your dancers
15:58oh i'm so much more than that sweetheart i'm the mother of his child
16:05you're pregnant you unbelievable piece of
16:08shit leela you need to calm down and let me explain explain what is there to explain this is
16:14the second time i've caught you with her the second time i was an idiot to think you changed
16:20wait is this is she the one you were supposed to marry the one who ran away from our engagement
16:26because i caught him with you the first time congratulations you're a father to be
16:31lila that's enough you're upset and we need to discuss this privately we're not discussing anything not now not ever
16:43i knew that look as though i was the inconvenient complication
16:49the baby get rid of it
16:56what get rid of the baby
17:03are you serious right now was this some kind of sick joke to you
17:09what's not lying carry you in a right now
17:13get rid of it or disappear i don't care which i want nothing to do with it
17:19the smoke drifted toward me you're smoking near a pregnant woman are you kidding me
17:24you want to check i'll give you a check just don't bother me with this mistake
17:29the only mistake here is you the only mistake was me trusting you i want nothing to do with you
17:36or this
17:36baby i don't even know if it's mine i never asked for a child from some stripper whore now get
17:41out of my
17:42sight you bastard
17:48a car was slowing at the curb i didn't think i stepped off the sidewalk and yanked the back
17:52door open and threw myself inside and slammed it shut long time no see little sweetness
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