Let Me In (book 2 - follow on from Abandoned)

11

Maura's PoV

"No Lee I don't care! I'm not singing tonight!" Jane angrily husks at him from her seat in the booth as Sam and I watch not knowing how this is going to play out, somethings been off with Lee all night and neither Sam or I can figure out what. You can feel the anger beginning to radiate off Jane the more that Lee pushes her to sing.

"Ahh come on Jay give me a break! Please!" Lee begs

"No way can you not fucking hear how hoarse I am!" She husks at him pulling a cigarette out of her packet

"Maybe if you stopped smoking then you wouldn't be like that!" Lee snipes at her

"Maybe you need to look at your fucking self Lee, I won't nor will I ever play on demand for anyone!" Jane growls back at him

"How about you mind your god damn business" Lee barks stepping closer to the table Jane suddenly stands up and it's as if she's grown an extra foot through rage

"Back off Lee and sort your shit out, you wonder why they aren't here go look in the fucking mirror! I can see it a mile off even if others can't, yet I'm sure one person will spot it instantly if you looked them in the eye, but you're too much of a coward to do that!" Jane yells at him

"Yeah and what are you gonna do about it kid?!" Lee fires back only raising his hand pushing Jane.

If you had blinked you would have missed how fast her hand came up and grabbed him by the back of the neck slamming him face first into the table, both Sam and I jump up at the same time not expecting it I lock eyes with Kyle and he instantly steps up to assist along with Mike but they can't lay a finger on Jane, as I explained to all my staff that no one is to touch her even by accident they need to be extremely cautious even when she walks with me behind the bar.

"DONT EVER FUCKING TOUCH ME!" Jane yells as Lee struggles beneath her vice like grip "YOU NEED TO CLEAN YOURSELF UP LEE BEFORE YOU FUCKING LOOSE IT ALL!"

"Jane.." I calmly shout over the music to get her attention her eyes snap up to mine and I can see a mixture of fear and anger "let him go sweetie" is all I can say to her luckily she lets him go grabbing the bottle of whiskey and her pack of cigarettes she spins to see how busy it is Kyle understanding instantly she needs an out makes a passage for her to the back door.

"Look at me Lee!" I snap turning my attention onto him, he catches my eye then walks away

"Mike get him out of here I don't want him back down here! Please tell Tony as well" I find myself snapping

"Boss" Mike nods before leaving in search of Lee

"Ok Maura enough of the crap why do they call you boss and why the hell did you just tell Mike to get him out of here?" Sam questions annoyance ringing in his voice.

Sighing I sit back down motioning for him to follow pouring us both another glass of wine.

"Its mine"

"What's yours?" He asks puzzled

"Tiger's I own it. Lee got into some struggles and I bought it. He just runs it." I cut it short not wanting to delve into Lees personal problems

"Why'd you buy it M. I mean shit you can buy what you want but why, why save this place?"

I smile remembering the conversation that Jane and I had, one night lay curled up in each other's arms,

"Because Jane told me once that she hoped there would be a bar somewhere in Boston that did open mic every night that was available for anyone to just get up and play, when I bought it from him I did it more on a whim I just hoped that one day she would come home and it would allow her somewhere to express herself and be free" I explain