spanked for making the wrong call in
that situation ; the wrong call being to give the dude
her number to get him off her back. The fact that she explained that shit to me
after the fact and before anything could come of it was neither here nor there.
There was a way to do everything and that wasn’t it. Now she knows and I don’t
expect any repeats in the future.
I slept for
five solid and then rolled out of bed around one. It was a little late to be
getting started but it was the best I could do. Lily was nowhere to be found,
there was a note on the fridge saying that she’d gone on some errands. I got
dressed and headed for my first place ‘The Golden Goose to take care of some
paperwork.
The place was
doing okay for the lunch hour. Even with the economy in the toilet I hadn’t
really felt the pinch because cops always needed to eat, and since they seemed
to see my place as a second home or some shit that meant business stayed
flowing.
“Hey Ryan
what’s been going on today?” I caught up with my day manager on the line in the
kitchen helping the guys get the food out in time. That’s the kinda shit I like
to see, I’ve had to get rid of a few assholes who thought management meant
hanging out at the front of the house on their phone or hitting on my wait
staff.
“It’s been
steady all afternoon boss, there’s some kind of convention or something in town
because there’s a lot of out of town business types in house.” The noise back
here was a far cry from the quiet of the dining room that I’d just walked
through.
When I first
opened this place, I was thinking more along the lines of a small bar and
grill, but Lily had had other ideas when she came along. She claimed that we
could do more with the location, so we’d built on an extension and expanded the
place.
My girl for
all that she was a kick ass doctor had a great head for business. She did a lot
of the hiring for my places, maybe that’s why most of my staff was either
single mothers, or down on their luck housewives trying to make ends meet in
this fucked up world. It was fun watching some buxom blonde trying to land a
spot in one of my joints.
Lily was ever professional, but I knew
that no matter how qualified that person might be there was no way she was
getting in. Not that she hired unattractive women, far from it. But she wasn’t
taking any chances and I didn’t blame her. Best to avoid bullshit from the get,
though I did give her a hard time about it in jest.
Now I was glad
I’d gone with her suggestions not only with this place but the others as well.
My last place was more family-oriented though The Goose would do in a pinch.
But my last place was bought with Holly in mind. The second one most
respectable citizens steered clear of. Only a few adventurous souls dared cross
those doors, them or the bunny hoppers that were drawn to men of a certain ilk.
That’s where my boys hung out, as well as some of the MCs from the surrounding
areas.
All in all the
three places kept in the black and my bank was set for a while at least, but
who knows how that shit would go. One of Deanna’s issues was that when we were
together she had to live on a cop’s salary, and though that hadn’t been so bad,
it was nothing compared to what I made now.
It burned her
the fuck up that there was no way for her to get her hands on my money. That
everything I had was in Holly and Lily’s names. That’s one of the first things
I’d done when we split, took her name off of every insurance policy I had.
Where she was getting health insurance from these days I didn’t know and didn’t
really care. But I wasn’t about to leave her ass as the beneficiary on my life
insurance. I don’t trust her ass as far as I can see her.
“I’ll be in
the office if anyone needs me.” I headed down the stairs in the back, which led
to my basement office. I’d had the place fitted out with all the creature
comforts, never mind it was in the midst
that situation ; the wrong call being to give the dude
her number to get him off her back. The fact that she explained that shit to me
after the fact and before anything could come of it was neither here nor there.
There was a way to do everything and that wasn’t it. Now she knows and I don’t
expect any repeats in the future.
I slept for
five solid and then rolled out of bed around one. It was a little late to be
getting started but it was the best I could do. Lily was nowhere to be found,
there was a note on the fridge saying that she’d gone on some errands. I got
dressed and headed for my first place ‘The Golden Goose to take care of some
paperwork.
The place was
doing okay for the lunch hour. Even with the economy in the toilet I hadn’t
really felt the pinch because cops always needed to eat, and since they seemed
to see my place as a second home or some shit that meant business stayed
flowing.
“Hey Ryan
what’s been going on today?” I caught up with my day manager on the line in the
kitchen helping the guys get the food out in time. That’s the kinda shit I like
to see, I’ve had to get rid of a few assholes who thought management meant
hanging out at the front of the house on their phone or hitting on my wait
staff.
“It’s been
steady all afternoon boss, there’s some kind of convention or something in town
because there’s a lot of out of town business types in house.” The noise back
here was a far cry from the quiet of the dining room that I’d just walked
through.
When I first
opened this place, I was thinking more along the lines of a small bar and
grill, but Lily had had other ideas when she came along. She claimed that we
could do more with the location, so we’d built on an extension and expanded the
place.
My girl for
all that she was a kick ass doctor had a great head for business. She did a lot
of the hiring for my places, maybe that’s why most of my staff was either
single mothers, or down on their luck housewives trying to make ends meet in
this fucked up world. It was fun watching some buxom blonde trying to land a
spot in one of my joints.
Lily was ever professional, but I knew
that no matter how qualified that person might be there was no way she was
getting in. Not that she hired unattractive women, far from it. But she wasn’t
taking any chances and I didn’t blame her. Best to avoid bullshit from the get,
though I did give her a hard time about it in jest.
Now I was glad
I’d gone with her suggestions not only with this place but the others as well.
My last place was more family-oriented though The Goose would do in a pinch.
But my last place was bought with Holly in mind. The second one most
respectable citizens steered clear of. Only a few adventurous souls dared cross
those doors, them or the bunny hoppers that were drawn to men of a certain ilk.
That’s where my boys hung out, as well as some of the MCs from the surrounding
areas.
All in all the
three places kept in the black and my bank was set for a while at least, but
who knows how that shit would go. One of Deanna’s issues was that when we were
together she had to live on a cop’s salary, and though that hadn’t been so bad,
it was nothing compared to what I made now.
It burned her
the fuck up that there was no way for her to get her hands on my money. That
everything I had was in Holly and Lily’s names. That’s one of the first things
I’d done when we split, took her name off of every insurance policy I had.
Where she was getting health insurance from these days I didn’t know and didn’t
really care. But I wasn’t about to leave her ass as the beneficiary on my life
insurance. I don’t trust her ass as far as I can see her.
“I’ll be in
the office if anyone needs me.” I headed down the stairs in the back, which led
to my basement office. I’d had the place fitted out with all the creature
comforts, never mind it was in the midst
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