Self-consciousness sunk into me like an infection or something.
I'm in the stripper club where she worked. It's been four weeks since that convo on the phone with Brandon and the job rejection. I was depressed and left in anxiousness, wondering if Brandon took offence in my outburst and also if there was never going to be a place that would accept me....like before. That was until I made up my mind to just come here and give it a shot. I needed something that she loved, to comfort me more than just a still picture that showed me her in her last ever pose.
It didn't take the bouncer more than five seconds to recognize who I was. He let me in and directed me to the Managers office. Atlas, a place that Brandon can't brag about it being one of his possessions(*eyeroll*) I want to work here as a bartender.
*clears throat* "Well Miss Megan Courtell. It's nice seeing you here again, since what seemed like forever?" He stared at me intensely. I couldn't find the nerve in me to say anything in response. Not after what I did and his unforgettable sin.
*FLASHBACK*
"I cannot wait to tell Maria about the new tattoo Brandon got on his shoulders!" 19 year old Megan muttered to herself and squealed in excitement. That day, Brandon wanted to show Megan how much he cherished their friendship and his relationship with Maria by tattooing a star on his left shoulder with an indication of the first two letters of Megan's name(⭐me)and a large heart with an indication of the first two letters of Maria's name on his right shoulder(❤️ma).
Megan witnessed it and immediately went to the strip club where her sister worked to inform her of the sweet news.
She was directed by a bodyguard to the Managers office to find her sister.
"I wonder why she's in there, prolly asking for a raise." She whispered to herself. She walke-oh sorry...she stomped into the office after knocking thrice without getting a response and what she saw made her blood boil.
Her sister making out with the manager and at the same time he was hitting her on the stomach with a large bat, leaving poor Maria in nothing but pains. Megan screamed her lungs out. Everything happened so fast. Maria being released from the Managers evil grip and Megan beating the shit out of the manager. No one could ever forget her words that day. "MAY GOD PUNISH YOU MERCILESSLY! YOU WILL ROT FOR THE REST OF YOUR MISERABLE LIFE. YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER LOVED YOU BASTARD!!" She yelled all this while she kept throwing painless hits on the manager. After she was stopped from carrying out her tantrum. A lot of bodyguards barged into the office, not caring that their boss and co-worker were naked. They threw Maria and Megan out of the club.
That was the night Maria lost her virginity at the age of 25,just because she wanted to ask for a raise so she could pay for her younger sisters tuition fees. What she had saved wasn't enough.
*FLASHBACK OVER*
"You know....karma can be a bitch twice." He chuckled darkly as he stared at a pic of a house on his desk. "Your little curse did unfortunately hit me. I've lost my everything. Family, kids, wife...SMH you name it. Everything except this job and you wanna know why? So that after all the shit, you would come crawling back to me like a hopeless kitten, begging for a job." He said those words menacingly. His laughter was like that of a maniac. He was mocking me. He wasn't even remorseful, the asshole laughed at me. But all I could do was to keep my mouth shut. I mean, one day the creator would do the perfect and complete vengeance for me. At least, that's what I have been telling myself for the last three years. I haven't seen that one day...not even once.
"You'll be employed....as the bartender that is. We've had males since the building was launched, guess there's always time for change."
"You'll start work on Thursday." I abruptly choked on my saliva. After all his menacing words he's just going to employ me that quickly and with no interview? That's unbelievable! There's gotta be a catch. Nevertheless I remain silent waiting for him to dismiss me. "Oh and your payment will be $500 every 3 days. Depends on how well you work. You're dismissed."
And just like that, I left the building with a job and in silence.
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Mystery / Thriller.CMAG. Short for a quote I made 'Choices Made, Any Gain?' ~ This is a Series. ×××××××××××××××××××××××× "Think of all that she has done to you," "The insults,the humiliation.....the sacrifice." "Do it Megan! She's the reason why your parents hated...
