Total pages in book: 66
Estimated words: 64640 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 323(@200wpm)___ 259(@250wpm)___ 215(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 64640 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 323(@200wpm)___ 259(@250wpm)___ 215(@300wpm)
“Oh, you can be sure I will.” Sarah sneers, and her contemptuous appearance clearly shows she has no respect for Alaska or me.
Alaska pulls away from me, fixing her shorts into place, and she swings around. “If I get fired…” Alaska gives me an angry glare.
I put my finger to my lips and taste in reply.
She stomps off.
FOURTEEN
Alaska
I’m helpless to do anything as Jeff marches straight up to the private booth after he shoots me a dark glare on his way.
Louise comes to stand beside me and glances at where I’m looking. Zuko is sitting down, his arm is back on the top of the seat, his legs crossed as they were before, as he listens to whatever it is Jeff has to say.
“What’s going on?” Louise asks.
“Sarah caught me getting finger-banged by the customer,” I tell her.
She coughs, covering her mouth with her hand. “Are you joking?” I raise a brow at her. “Okay, you aren’t. Well, shit.”
“He has great fingers and knows how to use them.” I shrug and glance back at them, exchanging words.
“Shit! She’s going to try to get you fired, isn’t she?”
“Yup.”
“I don’t want to work here if you aren’t here.”
“You’ll be fine,” I reply, patting her on the arm.
“Incoming,” Louise hisses as Sarah approaches us.
Sarah stops directly in front of me, crosses her arms over her chest, and pops one of her hips out. “You are so going to get fired, and this place will be so much better without you.”
“Fuck off, Sarah.” I growl out the words, turning around and grabbing a tray before I storm off. I feel like I should have a shirt that says Fuck off, Sarah because whenever she is in the vicinity of me, that’s all I perpetually say to her.
As I make my way to one of my other tables, Zuko spots me. His eyes track my movements as Jeff stands in front of him and talks. I try to assess their body language, but Zuko exhibits his I-own-the-fucking-world attitude, and Jeff is, well, Jeff—boring and bland with a slight hunch in his back.
After serving one of my other booths, I go back to the bar to drop off the empty tray before I step out back. Jeff isn’t far behind me. His black shoes stop when they reach me, and up behind him comes Sarah with a smile so wide on her lips they stretch so much she looks like Julia Roberts as she stands there waiting for… what? I don’t know.
A pat on the back.
Praise for doing a good job.
Probably for me to get fired, so she can gloat.
“Your customer…” Jeff says through gritted teeth.
“She’s a whore. I told you that. And a terrible employee,” Sarah rattles off.
“What about him?” I ask Jeff, totally ignoring her stupid comments.
Jeff turns to Sarah and shakes his head.
“Shut up, Sarah,” he snaps.
Her mouth opens in shock. “How can you talk to me like that?” she argues back.
Jeff lifts his hand and slides it through his hair. “Because you are causing me more trouble than you realize,” he barks back.
Fake tears start to well in her eyes. “I was doing the right thing. You can’t have a whore ruin this bar’s reputation. It’s been happening since you hired her.”
“Technically, that was the first customer I let stick his fingers in my pussy, and that’s probably because he tips like a king.” I smile, and both of them whip around to face me.
“See? Do you see what I mean?” Sarah shrieks.
“What?” I say, shrugging my shoulders.
Jeff swears under his breath, and for some reason, her fake tears are gone. That is until Jeff looks back at her.
“You’re fired,” he whispers, but there is an apology lacing his tone.
We all stand there shocked.
Did he? No. He couldn’t have.
Sarah’s fake tears are back once again in full force. She swipes at her cheeks hard, and then she slaps Jeff across the face. He winces, and as she goes to do it again, he manages to catch her hand in mid-flight.
“You are fired because that customer you just pissed off has worked for the boss. He knows him, and it was either you or me. And I am not losing my job over you.”
Oh, wow! I did not see that coming.
How can Zuko rein that much power?
Enough to get someone fired? That’s, well, I don’t even know.
Sarah turns to me and raises her hand, ready to slap me. But I step back, lift my foot, and kick her in the cunt. She screams as she flies backward and lands on the floor. Jeff swears and goes to see if she is okay, but she loses it and starts kicking and hitting him as much as she can.
“Fuck, Sarah! Take your shit and get out.” Jeff leaves her on the floor and storms off.
Louise comes up at that moment. “Um… What’s going on?” She directs the question at me.