"What can I get you?"
"Just a beer would be OK," he responded.
"Bottle or draft?"
"Bottle will be fine."
Kim opened a Budweiser and slid it across the bar. She smiled at the thin black man and asked, "Can I get you anything else, sir?"
"No thanks," he said as he watched the short skirt stretched across the big ass on the attractive older white woman as she walked away.
Kim wondered what brought the black man in to her bar. On the rare occasion that blacks drank in her bar, there were usually at least two or more of them. She really didn't care who drank at her bar as long as they didn't cause trouble.
During the next few hours, the young man continued drinking and sending messages on his phone. As Kim sat a beer on the bar in front of him, she said, "On the house. Is everything OK?"
He hesitated and then put his phone down and looked at Kim. "Not too bad," he thought. "Maybe a little heavy, but not much. Nice smile and not too many wrinkles on her face. Maybe late thirties or early forties."
He said, "Yeah, I'm OK." He paused and looked at her. "What's your name?"
"I'm Kim and I run this place."
"Hi Kim. I'm Darnell."
"What's your story, Darnell? You look like you're trying to drown your troubles. Is it something you can share with your friendly neighborhood bartender?" She took a quick look at the clock and added, "In the next 15 minutes? It's coming up on closing time."
Darnell smiled at the bartender and shook his head. "Can't do it in 15 minutes, but thanks for the offer. It would take a lot longer than that."
"Well," she said, "I don't have anywhere to be, so if you order at last call, I'll stick around and listen if you want." Kim turned and announced last call and then hustled drinks for the next few minutes. When she came back to Darnell, he nodded and pointed at his almost empty bottle. Almost thirty minutes later, Kim locked the door behind the last customer and walked back behind the bar. She quickly cleaned the top of the bar while Darnell nursed his drink. She sat another beer in front of him and then left to clean off the tables. When she returned, she grabbed a beer for herself and then said, "Let's sit at a table so I can get off my feet." Once they were seated, she said, "OK, honey, what's your story?"
Darnell told her about his marriage to Shanice almost eight years ago. They were just out of high school and both had just gotten jobs. Shanice worked at a fast-food restaurant and Darnell was a custodian in a middle school. Two years later, Shanice got pregnant, and their daughter Nia was born nine months later. After that, their marriage went downhill until they were divorced two years ago. After that, Shanice began hanging out with a tough crowd drinking, partying and using drugs, and eventually she just disappeared. He hadn't seen her a couple years and had no idea where she was now. Her parents wear deceased, so his parents watched the baby while he worked and even gave him an occasional evening to go out and unwind.
Kim reached across the table and patted Darnell's arm. She felt bad for this attractive black man sitting across from her and worrying about his daughter. Neither of them said anything for a long time and then he looked at her and said, "You look so sad, Kim. What's wrong?"
"N-nothing," she said.
"No. I told you what was on my mind and now it's your turn. So, let's have it."
Kim sat for a long time and was thinking what she should say to him. Finally, she said, "Darnell, when I was 20 years old, I got married. After a few years, we discovered that I couldn't have children so my husband dumped me because he wanted to be a dad. With the divorce settlement, I put a down payment on a doublewide and started to work here. And here I've stayed for the last 20 years. But my double wide is paid off, so at least I'm making progress. So, that's why I was down. Your ex-wife doesn't spend much time with her daughter while I would give anything to have a daughter to spend time with." She paused for a minute and then said, "Another beer?"
Darnell nodded and Kim got up and walked back to the bar. Darnell couldn't keep his eyes from her big ass as it moved inside her tiny skirt. His eyes moved down and he thought she even had decent legs for a slightly overweight 40-year-old white woman. As she came back across the room, he stared at her big breasts as they bounced inside of her tight peasant-style blouse. She grinned at him as she sat down and said, "My eyes are up here, Darnell." When he lifted his eyes, she said, "I'm a fat old woman, Darnell, but it makes me feel good when men stare at me. That's why I dress like this. It's the only way I can get men to stare at me. Besides, I get bigger tips when show my tits and ass."
Darnell smiled at her and said, "I don't think you're fat. How much do you weigh?"
Kim looked at him with surprise and said, "You're not supposed to ask a woman how much she weighs, Darnell." She paused and then said, "But since it's just the two of us; I weigh 146 pounds and I'm 5'6" tall. And as you can see, a lot of that is in my tits and my ass."