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“No worries,” he said. “Oh, and here’s twenty dollars.” He handed her a bill.
“Who gave me twenty dollars?” she said in surprise, “I know they didn’t pay me.”
“No,” he laughed, “it was from one of the gentlemen that was sitting in the front.”
“Why did he give me twenty dollars?”
“He said he hadn’t seen a fight like that in a while, and you made his evening.”
“Then I guess I should give the money to Chet.”
“Oh no, you don’t,” I said, “You keep that twenty and let it be a reminder to you that you will never take another job in a bar or at a strip club.”
“Really, Chet? You’re going to—” I interrupted her with a big kiss. She kissed back for a moment, then playfully pushed me away. “You can’t just shut me up by kissing me every single time you don’t like what I’m about to say.”
“Want to bet?” I said with a grin, and she just laughed.
“Okay, guys. I’ll see you back in the ranch,” Wyatt said, “Try not to be too late.”
“We’re following right behind you, dude.” I rolled my eyes.
“If you say so.” And with that, Wyatt got into the truck and drove off.
As Arya and I walked towards her car, she looked over at me, a thoughtful expression on her face. “I don’t know whether to be mad at you or to be really thankful to you,” she said in a soft voice.
“Um… Obviously, you’re going to be very thankful. Right?” I gave her my most beguiling look.
“I mean, I’m thankful that you were there… but I’m also mad because I told you not to interfere.”
“I know, but I know this area better than you, Arya. And when you told me it was at Rose’s Exclusive Club, well, I’ve never heard great things about that place. And I was right to come.”
“I guess,” she said, “But are you going to do that every single time I start a job?”
“If you tell me it’s at a club or a bar, yeah, probably. Can’t you get a different sort of job?”
“I don’t have that many skills and I don’t have much education.” She looked down at the ground. “I don’t really qualify for that much.”
“Well, you said you wanted to go back to school, right?”
“Yeah. But I don’t have the money.” She sighed. “I don’t want to get into this again.”
“I know.” I squeezed her hand. “We don’t have to talk about it tonight, but we do need to come up with some viable options for you becauseI want you to be happy in what you’re doing. You shouldn’t have to take just any old job to pay money.”
“To pay money?” She raised an eyebrow.
“I mean to make money. Sorry, I was so dazzled by your smile that…”
“Chet, shut up.” She hit me in the shoulder as we reached her car.
I pulled her into my arms. “You looked mighty sexy up on that stage.”
“Oh, really?” She smiled slyly. “How sexy?”
“Very sexy. So sexy that I wouldn’t mind you giving me a private lap dance.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah. Really.” I grinned at her.
