Billy Austin (A Gathering of Lovers Book 1) by Glover Dan

Author:Glover, Dan [Glover, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lost Doll Publishing
Published: 2011-09-30T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 28—Cooking

She remembered.

Yelena Ivanoff had done the cooking at Twenty Nine Katz for what seemed like centuries but only during lunch hour now. She turned seventy eight years old in the spring and though she didn’t want to quit working altogether—she was waiting for someone—she sensed the time had arrived to slow down.

She’d started to work at the tavern a few years after Roger Barnes renovated and reopened it… over thirty years ago. She came to California looking for an old friend but her friend had moved away. Yelena left an abusive husband behind in Chicago, arriving in Little River out of money, praying fervently, and asking her god for a sign.

She understood She caused her car to break down in front of Twenty Nine Katz. At first Yelena didn't care to go inside when she saw all manner of rough-looking men entering. After sitting in the car trying to start it until the battery went dead she knew she had to hunt for a phone to get help.

She remembered the light being very dim inside the tavern and standing there a few seconds blinking letting her eyes adjust from the bright sunshine out of doors. A man walked by her looking her up and down turning and raising his eyebrows at his friends sitting at a nearby table.

In those days she was still a beautiful woman with big boobs and she didn’t like the way the man looked at her; she averted her eyes, casting them down and to the right, staring at the floor… surprised to see such a beautiful sight… someone had taken great care to sand and refinishing the old wood making it look new again. A few seconds later a nice-looking woman approached her.

“My name is Justine. Can I help you? I couldn’t help but notice you look lost. I’ve never seen you here before.”

“My name is Yelena.”

Yelena spoke the words in her halting English.

“My car no start.”

The woman took Yelena by the arm leading her to the bar where a short round man with a bushy beard came over to speak with them. The man said to call him Roger Barnes. Yelena understood that he owned the tavern. He set a phone down in front of her pointing to the phone book beside it. But she shook her head.

“I have no money.”

She started to cry. She hated feeling so weak and alone.

Justine took Yelena by the arm leading her away from the bar into the back of the building to the kitchen. Something smelled very good and all the appliances looked new and shiny. It made her happy to be in such a place. She motioned for Yelena to sit so she did. She watched as Justine ladled out soup into four bowls after placing them on a tray and then lifting the tray into the window looking out at the bar area.

“Order up!”

Justine shouted out the words and then she took a slip of paper down from a clothesline laying it on the tray before walking over to Yelena.

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