MC MF MD
Stan, the delivery guy, has a new charm, but it's not in his personality, it's a new piece of jewelry he found while delivering a package to an antique shop. And Stan knows just how he will use this new lucky charm...
Malicious Intent -Sharon
Chapter 1
Sunday, 17 August, 22:48
Moggies' Pub
Sharon had been a waitress and worked behind the bar in Moggie's Pub since she was seventeen and still at school. Now, at twenty-three, she knew all the regulars and was an old hand at the job; never getting flustered, no matter how busy it was or how much hassle from come-on's she got, especially from the regulars in the bar. She had just called 'time,' cleaning and polishing the bar counter before closing time at 23:00.
She knew the seven regulars in the bar tonight were watching her five foot, seven inch, slim, long-brown-haired frame rubbing hard at the bar top, breasts jiggling in her dark blue shirt as she rubbed.
Sharon knew all the guys who drank in the pub, and didn't have a high opinion of any of them, but some were creepier than others. By and by, she loved working in the restaurant, instead, and only took on more shifts in the bar so she could put more into her savings. She and her fiancΓ© (Mark, who worked off-shore to earn more money) were both working so they could afford their first house together.
Sharon heard the Pub door open and saw Stan come in. Stan was one of the creepier regulars that drank in the bar, and wasn't well liked by the other regulars. Sharon herself had learned to give him a hard time, so he knew to leave her alone.
(She remembered about the time when she was seventeen and Stan had groped her as she passed with a tray, and told her how beautiful she was.) Sharon still wished she had been stronger then, to tell someone; but had let it go, preferring to toughen up and deal with it by giving him a hard time in front of the other regulars.
Stan walked up to the bar.
"Closed, Stan. You missed last orders," Sharon said without looking at him. She knew Stan would be going red because the other drinkers were watching him get a hard time.
Stan shuffled to the end of the bar where Sharon was. "Can't you just serve me my usual, quickly? I'll finish real quick."
Sharon then took pleasure in looking him in the eyes to tell him, "No," loudly enough so all could hear and further the unwanted attention he was getting.
Stan stood for a few seconds, just leering at her as she worked.
"You're not getting served, Stan," Sharon said again, getting more annoyed as he was still standing there.
Stan then reached into his pocket and pulled out an old crispy note. "Well, can I have some change for the Fruit Machine then, please?"
Sharon looked at him. Then, thinking it would get him away sooner, opened the till and took out the change. As she swapped the tattered note with the coins, she noticed her hand touched some kind of silver disc or coin that hung on a chain around Stan's hand.