Taming the Beast by Emily Maguire

Author:Emily Maguire [Maguire, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781847655202
Publisher: Serpent’s Tail
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

3

Daniel came into the restaurant at nine-thirty, sat at the bar and ordered a scotch. Sarah smiled, her heart lurching as it always did when she set eyes on him. He nodded but did not smile or wave. Sarah didn’t care. He was here and he was beautiful.

She finished her shift in a cloud of self-consciousness. She had worked at the steakhouse for six years but having him watch her made everything feel new and complex. It was hard to get her voice, or her gait, or her balance right. It was hard not to giggle and toss her hair. Hard not to feel as though she was just playing a part in the movie where the waitress is rescued from her dull, degrading existence by the handsome older man who spies her from across the room and falls in love with the way her hair falls, just so, over her eyes.

When the clock hit ten, Sarah had her bag over her shoulder and was motioning to Daniel to follow. She did not get changed, or chat to the guys in the kitchen or have a beer with the other waitresses as she usually did after a shift. When they were in the car park she stopped and gave him a kiss, which he received impatiently before pushing her into the car with a grunt. He drove at a frightening speed and ignored every traffic light. He drove so recklessly that Sarah, who had little fear of physical injury, begged him to stop.

He pulled off the road and down a steep dirt track, coming to a screeching halt in the middle of bushland. Sarah could hear water running, which indicated a river, but they had driven too long for this to be the Parramatta River, and if it had been Toongabbie Creek she would’ve recognised the track.

‘Where are we?’ She unclasped her seat belt and turned to him.

‘Look at you!’ Daniel said, and then he was kissing her hard on the lips. Sarah almost lost consciousness such was the force with which he kissed her. Her head was smashed back into the seat, her nose mashed against his cheekbone. He kissed her with his whole face, but when she tried to pull his body onto hers he withdrew.

‘I loved watching you at work,’ he said, panting. ‘I’ve been hard for forty minutes.’

‘Seeing me clearing tables got you hard?’

‘Oh, yes. You in that tight little dress and those ugly shoes. And a name badge for God’s sake! I had never pictured you like that before. A name badge girl.’

She stared down at the flat white sandshoes. He was right: they were ugly and made her legs look even skinnier and shorter than usual. She should have taken the time to change.

Daniel tugged at her collar. ‘I’ve always had a thing about these dresses. I lost my virginity to a waitress, you know?’

Sarah cleared her throat. ‘I didn’t know that.’

‘All the boys lost it to her; she was the town tramp. I remember pulling her name badge right off once… Paula.

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