Cross Stitch by Amanda James

Author:Amanda James [James, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, contemporary, Romance, Time Travel, Fantasy
Publisher: Choc Lit
Published: 2014-12-04T05:00:00+00:00

A few minutes later Sarah stood in front of the mirror and an extra from Happy Days looked back at her. A white scalloped pinned hat sat atop heavily lacquered hair. This bouffant style at the front was drawn into a ponytail of bouncy swinging blonde curls at the back. Bright red lipstick and darkly drawn arched eyebrows made her look like a drawing of a child’s idea of glamour. This picture was completed with the green uniform-dress, white scalloped edged apron and bobby socks. The shoes at least were sensible, black flats – good for doing a runner.

Walking back into the diner was like walking into a crowded railway station. Big Josh must be raking it in. Though a few grumpy faces indicated the shortage of staff and Sarah’s mess-ups were causing long delays in service. The door handle to the outside was almost in reach as she threaded her way through the counter queue and dashing waitresses. Tucking her chin to her chest she hurried the last few feet … and then felt a rough hand on her wrist.

‘Where’s my goddamn burger? You think I’ve got all day?’

Sarah looked into the shark-eyes of another man-mountain, but younger and much angrier than Big Josh. ‘Please let go my wrist.’ She made her face deadpan, but inside, a thousand butterflies wearing spike heels had just alighted. This guy wasn’t playing with her.

After a painful squeeze he released her. ‘If you don’t git my burger now, I’ll do more than squeeze yo’ wrist. We don’t like yo’ pinko kind round here,’ he growled.

Sarah shuddered and made for the door again, only to find a wall of aproned belly blocking her way. ‘Where you goin’ now, Sarah?’ Big Josh hissed in her ear. ‘If you don’t get JB’s burger he’ll be late for his shift on the bus and then he will make your life hell.’

Sarah realised by the fevered look in Big Josh’s eyes that he was scared of this bus driver. Perhaps he dressed up of an evening in a white sheet and pointy hat.

Damn it! She’d have to go to the kitchen now and get this piece of slime’s food before she could make her escape. On the way she passed another waitress. ‘Please, er,’ Sarah read her name badge, ‘Jolene. Would you get JB’s burger, I need to go to the restroom and he’s awful mad at being kept waiting.’

Jolene narrowed her cat-green eyes and smacked her gum at Sarah. ‘Nope. Since you stopped waitressing and became an uppity short order cook with grand ideas, you ain’t had no time fo’ us. Git it yo’self.’

Shit, shit, shit! Sarah cursed silently as she pushed past Jolene and hurried to the kitchen. All she wanted to do was escape and now she had to get food for a racist bus driver … Sarah halted in her tracks and a light bulb snapped on in the history section of her brain. JB? Wasn’t the name of the bus driver who asked

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