True's Love by Pepper Pace

Author:Pepper Pace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, lonely, contemporary, interracial
Publisher: Pepper Pace

Chapter Five

True looked out the diner’s window as Clay drove the truck past the now unchained posts and disappeared down the road.

She hadn’t left any of her belongings in it. Her backpack was in the office where she stored it while working. Biting her lip she wondered if he would return it tonight. If not…well she would just have to figure something else out.

When Tiffany came in and Sue left, work became much easier. True couldn’t say that she disliked the older woman, but she could tell that Sue wasn’t just nosey but a person that liked drama and being the instigator of it. People talked about her more when Sue was around and she knew that it was because Sue kept it going.

True asked if it was okay for her to work a double and Tiffany was happy to tell her yes. The Sunday dinner shift wasn’t as bad as dinner during the week and much better than Saturday night. Plus the tips were better with folks being more Godly today. A few guys even tried to flirt. She smiled and remained friendly but made it clear that she was not interested. She knew what a lot of these men thought--that they would take her for a quick tumble and then run off and brag about it. One older man even had the nerve to wait until his wife went to the bathroom before he asked her if he could get her phone number. She shook her head no but softened it by saying that she didn’t have a phone. She ended up getting a huge tip.

True discreetly kept checking to see if the truck had returned. But by the end of her shift it still had not. Clay probably didn’t know how to tell her that he’d changed his mind. It wouldn’t be the first time that someone had made her a promise and then bailed on her.

She lingered at the counter, working up her will to face the cold night. It looked like she would be dishing out sixty-nine bucks to pay for a room, which would be a waste if she was going to get a better deal by paying by the week. She mentally calculated if she had enough tips, regretting the small purchases she had made earlier.

Tiffany sat down next to her with a glass of ice. She produced a flask and poured herself a hefty splash of liquor. She offered it to True who shrugged and pushed her glass of Coca Cola towards Tiffany who poured her a generous amount.

“This is a dry county but we mountain folk got our ways around that.” Tiffany said while winking at True.

True took a sip and shivered.

Tiffany chuckled. “That’s moon shine, Sugah. Best stuff around.”

“I’ve never had moonshine before.” True took another sip and than another.

“Well you don’t want to over do it your first time. It can hit you hard.” Tiffany glanced down at True’s backpack. “So how’s it going? You getting settled in?”

True nodded while fiddling with her drink.

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