Deleted scene only dialogue

“Dan, I used to have this job... it was weird...”

“Weirder than you already are?”

“Shut it! This is serious.”

“I bet, Arturo.”

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“Oh, dang, I’m sorry. Just tell me. Please.”

“When we moved from Bogota, I was very young—maybe about six, and it was in Florida, and we lived there up until I was twenty-two. After I turned eighteen, I used to go to these clubs, and wear my pumps. Sometimes I’d wear my friend’s clothes. Blouses, or cute button ups. This one time, I was wearing my red heels… only that but I had my regular clothes on. And this man approached me with an offer. It was for a very affluent and professional brothel… one that gave in to different types of tastes and proclivities. Not usually sex.”

“What kind of things? If... if you don’t wanna say… it’s okay...”

“I don’t mind… Just weird rich people that liked men dressed up in really pretty clothes and silks and… they liked oddities, like bearded women with soft hair, to touch their beards… and just… interesting things. I’d dance… I’d get people who just wanted to hold me. Just things like that.”

“Hmm. That doesn’t sound too bad.”

“Yeah. But... I had to run out one day. That’s why I came to New York.”

“Hmm? Why?”

“The man who convinced me into the whole business was a… cartel. He wanted me to get into that whole thing… and he wasn’t taking no for an answer.” 

“So you got the hell outta dodge.”

“Yeah. My parents are still in Florida. But my two older brothers, Jorge and Carlo, live in other states doing their own thing.”

“Seems better now to be in boring customer service, huh?”

“Much better. But I’d like to get into design. I’d like to make a general brand of clothing. Inclusive, comfortable.”

“That would be so dope.”

“And you?” 

“Hmm. Haven’t thought about it, maybe I will decide after my retirement. But, I do love being with you. Maybe I’ll be a cook, or something.”

“You got the talent, after-all. From your mama.”

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This is a deleted scene, not a part of the book with only dialogue … Hope you enjoyed it.