After calming herself down and getting passed the guilt Sheila left the rest room and headed back to the bar. She saw Jim and Neal standing at the bar settling up their tab. Jim still looked exhausted and Neal seemed to have a wet spot on the front of his trousers. It appeared he had been jerking off in his slacks and just came in his pants.
As the men saw Sheila, Jim turned to her and said "We told your boss what great service we had and that he needs to give you a raise!"
"Well I thank you, but he's the bartender, not actually my boss. But I'm sure he'll tell the boss how great I am," Sheila said with a wink.
They shared one last laugh and then Jim and Neal walked away. No promises of meeting again, no tries for her phone number, no "see you later". It seemed that Sheila had just had her first no-strings-attached encounter.
The rest of the work day was regular for a Monday. It picked up a bit around dinner time then died down again. Then seemed to start picking up again as Sheila's shift was ending. Still it was a small Hotel bar and they really only needed one bartender and waitress. Emily was a 30 something brunette that took over for Sheila and Sam was another 40 year old bartender that replaced Robert for the closing shift.
Robert started his shift a bit earlier than Sheila, but the ended at the same time.
Sheila didn't live far from work so she usually took the bus. Robert, being the nice guy that he was, usually offered her a ride home since it was dark out when they left. tonight was a nice night though. So Sheila thought she might just walk home. Which would also give her time to think over the events of the day before dealing with her husband Kyle. After saying her goodbyes to Emily and Sam she started heading towards the hotel lobby and there was Robert waiting for her. He had removed the bow tie he had to wear and had unbuttoned the top button on his dress shirt. He looked tired. Perhaps even hung over.
"So you going to let me be a gentleman and give you a lift home tonight? Or are you going to be a brat and deny me like every other night?" Robert asked with a grin.
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