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“You’re breaking up with me because I’m too fat?” she asked.
“Look, some guy is going to want … that. It’s not me. I’m sorry. I’ve found out what I really want. No guy wants a fat chick, ever.”
Maddie held on to the box tighter. “I get it.”
“You’re not going to make a fucking scene, are you?”
She shook her head.
“Look, does anyone want to take this cunt?” Bull asked. “I can vouch that she’s no longer a virgin.”
Mortification ran through her. “Bull, stop it. I get it. I’m not your type. Please, stop.”
“She is tight though, if you can get close enough.”
Maddie couldn’t take it anymore. She went to leave.
“That’s enough,” Beatrice said. “You and your disgusting filth can get the fuck out of my diner.”
“I can leave,” Maddie said.
“No, you’re staying,” Beatrice said. “You, take your piece of trash and get the fuck out.”
The entire diner went quiet, and Maddie thought she was going to be sick.
There were so many people here. Several of them were laughing at her. This was worse than anything else she’d ever experienced in all her life. She had no idea Bull could be that cruel.
He’d pursued her. Not the other way around.
“I’ve got no problem what that. Keep the fatty. No one is going to want her.” Bull grabbed the hand of the woman who’d been sitting on his lap, and left. She held herself perfectly still, not wanting to gain any attention as they all left the diner.
There were too many gazes, and tears filled her eyes, then spilled right on down her cheeks.
Beatrice wouldn’t let her go though. She was pulled into the back of the diner. The box was taken out of her hands, and with them now free, she covered her face, needing a minute. Needing so much more than that.
“Look, some guy is going to want … that. It’s not me. I’m sorry. I’ve found out what I really want. No guy wants a fat chick, ever.”
Embarrassment rushed through her. The ground was not doing a good job at opening up. She was losing herself so much.
“Hey, hey, don’t do that. Okay? No guy is worth that.” Beatrice rubbed her back, and Maddie shook her head.
“I need to go and start looking for a place to stay,” Maddie said. “I was staying with Bull, but that isn’t … oh, God.” She felt like she was going to be sick.
Her head was pushed between her thighs, and Beatrice rubbed her back. “I’ve got you, darling. You don’t need to worry about finding a place to stay. You are more than welcome here.”
“I don’t want to impose on you.”
“It’s no imposition, okay? What that monster just did is unforgivable. Bull is a fucking asshole. I actually thought he was the nicest of the lot of them, but clearly, he’s not.”
“I didn’t chase after him,” she said. “He was the one who offered me a job.”
“I know. I know, sweetheart. Well, we are looking for a waitress and we have an apartment above the shop. It’s all yours,” Beatrice said.
Maddie lifted her gaze and was surprised to see Carl in the room as well. She offered him a smile. “Hey, Carl.”
“Hey … Maddie.”
“I’m so sorry about causing this drama. I went to the garage and it was shut. I had no idea…” She couldn’t finish. Her lip quivered, and she glanced down at the floor. “I don’t get it. Everything was going good a few days ago.”
“Some men are only after one thing,” Beatrice said.
She didn’t want to think about what Bull had been after. He’d gotten it. She closed her eyes and her head felt like it was on fire.
“Er, about this apartment, can I … would it be okay if I used it?” she asked. “And I’d like to take the job.”
“You can start tomorrow. There’s no reason for you to start today.”
From the staff room, they heard a call for someone to come and serve them.
“Carl, honey, get back out there. I’ll help Maddie up to the apartment, okay?”
“We can close for the day.”
“No, please, don’t do that for me,” Maddie said. “I wouldn’t want to impose.”
“You’re not imposing on anyone,” Beatrice said.
“Oh, okay.” Maddie nodded.
“But I think after we get Maddie settled, she’s going to want to rest. Aren’t you, sweetheart?”
“If that’s okay? I’ll start tomorrow, sooner rather than later. I promise.” She forced a smile to her lips, but it didn’t reach her eyes. Inside, she was heartbroken. There were no other nice words for it. Her life felt completely shattered.
Bull had come into her life like some angel, saving her, helping her, and he made her fall in love with him. That was the worst part about all of it. She had fallen for him so hard. The only saving grace she had was that she hadn’t told him.
