and apologize to that man," Harvey demanded. "Now."
Jayna shook her head angrily. Was Harvey serious? It was all she could do to keep from erupting on his ass. "No way, no how."
Fire me if you have to, but I'm not going to apologize to some inbred redneck that doesn't even know how to tie his shoelaces.
Harvey stepped forward, getting in her face. "You're going to apologize, young lady, if you think you're going to keep this job."
"No. I'm not." Jayna stood her ground, glaring up into Harvey's scowl.
After a tense of battle of wills, Harvey looked away and snarled, "Apologize to that man or don't come back to work tomorrow."
With that, he spun on his heel and stalked off. When he was gone, Jayna slumped against the wall, feeling defeated. Though she had wanted very badly to tell Harvey to go fuck himself, the fact remained that she had rent to pay.
She could, of course, use some of the money she had saved to buy new car to sustain her while she looked for a new job, but then that would set her back. And on top of that, with no college education, who knew if she'd be able to find another job in time before her money ran out.
"Shit!" she cursed, slamming her fist against the wall.
She had little choice but to go out there and apologize if she did not want things to get worse.
What made her more angry about the situation though, was that Harvey not only did not believe her about the man grabbing her ass, but he also thought she was not attractive enough for a man to lust after her.
Despite being delectably voluptuous, Jayna thought she was a pretty, if not beautiful, woman. Her honey-brown hair was waist-length long and she had charming green eyes. Her face was chubby, but in a very endearing way. Her dimples that took over her cheeks when she smiled only enhanced this feature.
Jayna's only problem was that she hadn't ever really gone all the way with a guy before, partly because all the guys she had been with had been insecure little assholes.
Screw Harvey , thought Jayna. He's an old, bald-headed bastard. What would he know about a big woman having sex appeal?
Still it bothered her that he did not believe her story just because of her weight, when she knew damn well, had it been one of those skinny bitches claiming that they had been groped, he would be jumping at the chance to kick the offender out.
"I'll go apologize to the bastard just to pacify Harvey for now," Jayna muttered to herself, "but as soon as I can find a new job, I'm outta here."
Gathering her pride, Jayna walked back into the restaurant with a fake smile on her face, looking for the bastard who had molested her.
*
Jayna walked into her small shack that she rented, completely exhausted. Working the stressful shift, having to apologize to the inbred idiot, and Harvey's demands, had worn her out and she was ready to collapse for the night.
She was grateful that she had gotten a ride home from one of her co-workers, a skinny blonde she could actually tolerate named Sarah. Otherwise, she had no idea how she would have made it home had she been forced to walk.
Lights briefly flashed through the living room window as Sarah pulled out of Jayna's raggedy driveway and drove off.
"Thank God that we actually get along and I can bum a ride from her every now and then when I need it," Jayna muttered, shouldering off her coat and purse.
Sighing, Jayna walked into the living room and dumped her belongings onto the worn-out couch that sat low to the floor. Then she went over to check her voice messages on her house phone that sat on a brown night stand next to the couch. She pressed the play button and listened for the beep. Immediately, her ears were assaulted by her mother's high pitched voice, asking why didn't her daughter ever call her or keep in touch.
"Because you and daddy kicked me out of the house with nowhere to go," Jayna growled at the machine. "That's why I never call you. Duh."
She didn't understand it. Her mother, Carol, had jumped
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