This Broken Beautiful Thing...

Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6

We manage to clean the entire bar, the bar isn’t very large, its big enough and cozy , it is the typical biker bar but just more modern due to Anna's artistic ability. There’s pictures scattered all over the walls of old bikes. Above the bar on the wall my father has a life size model of a hot pink Harley and on the gas tank is my name and date of birth.

The first time I saw that was when he brought me here on my ninth birthday, I told him one day I’m going to get a real one like that and he gave me this big proud smile. I’ll never forget that...

 The bar offers food too but nothing fancy and daddy doesn’t open it at normal restaurant hours, the bar opens from lunch till late. The bar has its own kitchen at the back and he has one cook that comes in and rotates with another. Dad doesn’t trust people easily so he doesn’t like employing people he doesn’t know. He usually gets the young guys from the club to help out at the bar when he needs a break but he prefers if it’s just him and Anna, they work hard long hours .I don’t know how they do it especially because they both have the other shops to run during the day so I know they could use my help.

I was busy wiping down the bottles behind the bar when my dad walked in and sat on one of the bar stools , his face and hands were covered in grease.

“How’s about a whiskey on the rocks?” he winks at me and I giggle, I pour him his drink and hand it over to him as I continue to wipe all the dusty bottles.

“So you wana come and work here hun?” my dad says as he takes a sip of his drink. I wet a new cloth and hand it to him to wipe his face and hands.

“Yeah daddy I just wana do something productive and it’ll be a good way for me to meet new people around here.” I say as I lean on my elbows on the bar looking at him.

“Okay Harley... anything you want my girl.” He says as he pats my hand.

” Thank you for what you said to Ann today, she loves you very much and you must know that she is very happy and touched that you decided to call her mom..It’s all she ever wanted.I Love you lots Harley and I’m so happy you are here with us now, you even impressed the guys with the breakfast you made this morning , they were telling all the boys in the shop. I think they're going to expect that every Sunday and we might have more people joining us with the way they were ranting.” My father snickers .

“That’s a good idea actually, we should have a big Sunday meal like that every Sunday! I’ve always wanted to have a family Sunday meal like all my friends did. We could even make it an afternoon lunch instead of breakfast? I could make a big roast with all the vegetables and side dishes? What do you say daddy?” I say full of excitement , my friends always had them on Sundays so I couldn’t come over so I was left alone at home because mom was at the club while all my friends were spending time with their families. I use to make roasts for my mother and I, hoping one day she would be around long enough to sit down and have a meal with me but she never did.

I look at my father smiling at me. “That’s a great idea baby girl! Maybe you can show Ann a thing or two about cooking.” He teases and I laugh. “I know she hates cooking and I don’t mind cooking now that I’m here, I enjoy it.”

I finish cleaning around the bar area as my dad just watches me with a proud grin on his face. We walked back up to the apartment, it was dark now and dad said he had a meeting with some of the guys in his office. I went to the balcony near the lounge area and sat on the chairs outside. I brought my legs up to my chest with my head resting on them. I look at the street and my surroundings , then look at the sky as i rest my head on the back of the chair staring up into the beautiful sky that was lit up with stars.