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“Okay. Thanks so much. You won’t regret…” My voice trailed off as I realized he was no longer listening to me. I left the room excited. I stopped by the bar so that I could look at what the other bartenders were wearing. They all seemed to be pretty casually dressed in jeans and t-shirts. I had plenty of jeans and t-shirts. This was going to be amazing.
“I’ll see you later, tonight,” I called out to my friend at the front.
“Oh, so you took the job?”
“Yeah,” I said. “I’m really excited.”
“Really? I never heard that one before.”
“Oh?” I looked at him in confusion.
“The last girl lasted about two nights.”
“Oh no. Why is that?” I asked, wondering if I underestimated how hard the job was going to be.
“I don’t know. She got like $500.”
“She made $500 in nights?”
“No, she made $500 in one night,” he said grinning.
“Wow. No way!”
“Yeah. She sold her panties, though for $300.”
“Um … okay.” I didn’t know what to make of that. “Well, I better get home now. I’ll see you later.”
“Okay. See ya.”
I headed out of the bar, slightly deflated but still happy. I mean, I wasn’t going to sell my panties, not even for $300. But that meant she still made $200 in one night. That was amazing. I could make a $1000 a week if I worked five nights a week. That would be $4,000 a month. I could definitely get my own apartment and a babysitter for Eloise then. Maybe everything was going to be okay. Maybe, just maybe, I’d be able to make something of myself.
Granted, I didn’t want to work here forever, but maybe in six months or so, I’d be able to save up some money. If I got a loan and a part-time job, I could think about going to school.
And then maybe I’d be able to stop thinking about Chet, the confirmed bachelor, and how badly I wished he wanted a real relationship with me.
Chapter One Hundred Ten
Chet
“You got a job and you’re starting today?” I stared at Arya.
“Yep. I got a job.” She beamed at me.
“What’s the name of the place you got a job at?”
“You don’t know it.”
“Try me.”
“It’s called St. Rose’s Exclusive Club. I’m going to be a bartender.” She smiled triumphantly. I knew she was daring me to say something about the job. I cursed under my breath. This was the last thing that I needed.
“St. Rose’s? That’s ages away. I thought you were going to look for a job in Horseshoe Valley.”
“Yeah, well, the economy in Horseshoe Valley is doing really bad. No one’s hiring because they’re not getting much business.”
“That’s part of the reason why me and my brothers want to bring tourists to town,” I said. “Once we bring tourists, they’ll shop in town and then—”
“Well, I can’t wait on that,” she cut me off. “I mean, I think it’s admirable that you and your brothers are trying to help Horseshoe Valley as well as Horseshoe Ranch, but I need a job now.”
