A twenty-three year old woman entered the Grill. She was wearing a sleeveless mid-dark blue blouse of which she left the three upper and lower buttons open so her belly button was seen, a black leather mini skirt and high heels. Her dark red hair was tied up loosely and she wore heavy makeup. She headed to the bar, very well aware of all the eyes on her back.
“I hear you’re looking for a new bartender” she said to the man behind the bar. He nodded. “You’re signing up?”
“I need a job” the woman said. “And I like to socialize. I like to talk. I’m a good listener”
“Do you have any experience in the hotel and catering industry?”
The woman placed her hands on the bar, pushed herself up and threw her legs over the bar, ending next to the bartender. She took six small glasses and quickly put them on the bar, orderly next to each other. She took a bottle of tequila, opened it and poured all six glasses in a row.
“Okay, can you start tonight?” the man asked.
“Absolutely”
“Good. Go home, change your clothes and get rid of whatever it is you’ve put on your face. I’m looking for a bartender, not a hooker” the man said. “What’s your name?”
“Veronica Chambers” the woman said. “But you can call me Ronnie”
“I hear you’re looking for a new bartender” she said to the man behind the bar. He nodded. “You’re signing up?”
“I need a job” the woman said. “And I like to socialize. I like to talk. I’m a good listener”
“Do you have any experience in the hotel and catering industry?”
The woman placed her hands on the bar, pushed herself up and threw her legs over the bar, ending next to the bartender. She took six small glasses and quickly put them on the bar, orderly next to each other. She took a bottle of tequila, opened it and poured all six glasses in a row.
“Okay, can you start tonight?” the man asked.
“Absolutely”
“Good. Go home, change your clothes and get rid of whatever it is you’ve put on your face. I’m looking for a bartender, not a hooker” the man said. “What’s your name?”
“Veronica Chambers” the woman said. “But you can call me Ronnie”
Rachel stroke her fingers through her hair. “Oh my God. What have I done?” she mumbled agitated. “Think, Rachel, think” She looked around. Then she grabbed Gabe’s feet and dragged him to the farthest corner.
She ran to the stairs and went to the kitchen where she searched the drawers for matches. In her panic she forgot she had been living here for about twenty years and the matches lay in the second drawer next to the cupboard underneath the sink ever since. She pulled it open and grabbed the matches. Then she opened the fridge and took out a bottle of Malt Whisky. She ran back downstairs to the body. She opened the bottle of Malt and poured its content over the body. Then she stroke a match and let it fall down and watch how Gabe went up into flames.
As she watched him burn a sudden agony fulfilled her body and she dropped the bottle. She fell down on her knees and felt her body contracting and convulsing while she screamed.
She ran to the stairs and went to the kitchen where she searched the drawers for matches. In her panic she forgot she had been living here for about twenty years and the matches lay in the second drawer next to the cupboard underneath the sink ever since. She pulled it open and grabbed the matches. Then she opened the fridge and took out a bottle of Malt Whisky. She ran back downstairs to the body. She opened the bottle of Malt and poured its content over the body. Then she stroke a match and let it fall down and watch how Gabe went up into flames.
As she watched him burn a sudden agony fulfilled her body and she dropped the bottle. She fell down on her knees and felt her body contracting and convulsing while she screamed.