Secrets in Sunset Beach 1 by Ivy Riggs

Author:Ivy Riggs [Riggs, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

T ending bar was not like it was in the movies.

For starters, there was a lot more downtime than Derick was expecting. The only true rush came between ten in the evening and last call, which was between one and two in the morning depending on how many people were still in the bar at the time. Heather seemed to have an innate sense of when to call it quits, and Derick had to hand it to her; she took no shit and didn't let anyone argue with her. The few who got uppity, a little too drunk or handsy, were promptly escorted out by Marcos or Derick, and when and if they did return, they were a lot more sober and profusely apologetic.

Derick had never particularly thought about bartending as a career. Growing up with an ex-beauty queen for a mother, who tried to preserve herself inside and out with bars and Botox, had left a sour taste in his mouth to be actively contributing to the culture. But the demographic of the Hummingbird was younger people just looking to have a good time, and he certainly couldn't fault them for that.

He learned how to make drinks, and those he already knew how to make he learned how to make better and faster. Heather was a patient but strict teacher. She didn't like repeating herself so Derick had damn well learn to pay attention to everything she said because she wouldn't say it twice.

He liked tending bar. The late nights suited his schedule more; he didn't see Jake as much since Jake's income lived and died with the sun, but it also meant he didn't have to deal with Jimmy either, and that was a blessing, a silver lining if ever he could find one. Jimmy had this way of making everything awkward and uncomfortable; Derick could just imagine him salivating over the idea of getting close to the Montgomery family, of getting his hands on that damn car. It was all he thought about, Derick knew, and it seemed to be only a matter of time before something gave.

So when Jimmy waltzed into the bar at eleven on a Saturday night, every muscle in Derick’s body went tense.

"Bonjour, my man," Jimmy greeted, a cream-filled cat smile on his face as he shouldered his way between patrons at the bar and shouted to be heard. "Give me something with some kick. On the house, too – we're celebrating!"

"You'll pay just like everyone else," Derick said tightly, finishing up his pouring of a daiquiri and handing it over to a pair of giggling girls. He wasn't sure they were old enough to drink, but their IDs had seemed legitimate enough, and Sunset Beach was the 'safe' kind of place where you couldn't get into too much trouble. In theory. Jimmy always seemed to get into too much trouble.

Jimmy rolled his eyes but slid a twenty across the bar, and Derick took it, pocketed it, and poured him three fingers

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