Chapter Twenty-Three

“And for the girl, I need her to start work tomorrow, here at my lounge,” Amelia said.

“Yes ma’am she will be notified,” the manager said as he closed the door behind him.

Sofia went back to the bar with thoughts of what she heard at the lounge still in her head. She had so many questions to ask, but the problem was who will answer those questions.

“Are you okay?” Richie asked.

Yeah, I’m good” Sofia said as she looked up at him.

Sofia had never really spoken to Richie before and she never knew his name was Richie until an hour ago.

“Well you don’t look okay to me, I can get you a drink if you don’t mind,” Richie said as he reached for a glass.

“No, no I’m okay,” Sofia said stopping him.

“Let me guess, she doesn’t drink?”

“I knew it, I’ve watched you closely and I noticed you are the only employee here who doesn’t drink”

“Yes, I don’t drink”

“And why is that?”

“I don’t like the taste and the feeling”

Sofia requested a bottle of water instead and she drank it all at once, she was w