The club was dimly illuminated. Loud music boomed around the walls as people laughed, talked, drank, and danced the night away. The tables were arranged in a pattern of five tables around the one circular stage. Semi-naked women flaunted their assets using a pole, moving their body seductively. Every time one of them bent, the tables would echo with loud uproars of ‘Oohs!’ and ‘Aah!’.
Once in a while, one or two random drunkards would pass nasty comments or jump on the platform to dance and touch the dancers. Initially, they’d be allowed to swing their hips with the lady. However, the moment they would stop throwing money in the air or went overboard with their ‘actions’—a bulky looking bouncer would mysteriously appear from the side and drag them out to ‘somewhere’.
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