Chapter 9
Over the next few weeks we all started to finally get into a groove of normalcy. I started working again, Abel was spending more time at the garage than the bar, and Rave was becoming an afternoon regular for me. I even started picking Raine up from school so she could do her homework while I finished out the day shift so Able could worklate.
“Hey, Crickett right?” a surly voice came from the bar top while I was cleaning someglasses.
I looked up to see, Rich, Abel’s uncle. I had seen him from time to time, mostly when he was going in and out of the back room or coming in to talk to guys in the back by the pooltables.
“Yes, sir. What can I getyou?”
He sat down at the empty seat in front of him. “I’ll take Old Crow and SevenUp.”
I made his drink and awkwardly stood in front of him, not knowing the first thing to say to strike up a conversation with the president of the club. I always thought of Abel as being my boss, but this was his boss and that made me nervous asshit.
He took a sip. “Ah. That hits the spot. I just wanted to properly welcome you to our little family here. I’ve been pretty busy since you arrived and I didn’t want to seemrude.”
I wiped the bar next to him, just to seem like I was staying busy in front of the big boss. “Thanks. I understand. You have a business torun.”
Holt walked through the front door and Rich turned to him. They nodded at each other and Holt came behind thebar.
“Well, I better get to the table. Crickett, mind staying a little late today? We might need Holt to go on an errandlater.”
I shrugged. “Sure, I just have to grab Raine from school. But it shouldn’t be aproblem.”
The front door swung open and Abel strode in with Raine on hisback.
“Never mind.” I pointed to my two new favorite people in the world. “I don’t have to goanywhere.”
Raine’s eyes got wide when she saw Rich and she raced into his arms for a big bearhug.
Abel leaned on the bar. “Can I see you for a second?” His face wasstoic.
“Sure?” I glanced over at Holt. “I’ll be rightback.”
Abel led me over to the small room that we used as a liquor closet and locked the door behindus.
“Is everythingok?”
He didn’t waste any time. He threw me against the wall and crushed his lips ontomine.
“I have been thinking about this allday.”
I could feel how ready he was pressing hard into my lower stomach. He pulled at the button of my shorts, letting them fall to thefloor.
“Abel is this really a goodidea?”
He gently bit my neck, running his hand up my shirt to unclasp mybra.
“I think it’s one of the best fucking ideasever.”
I fumbled with his zipper. I had to admit that the forbidden-sex-in-the-workplace thing was prettythrilling.
He went to grab for his wallet and his head fell as he sighed. “I forgot a fucking condom athome.”
“That’s ok, Abel. I want to feelyou.”
“Do you really want to feel all ofme?”
I knew what he was getting at and I was still nervous, but he said he was clean and in that moment the need to please him outweighed mynerves.
