Chapter 2 An arrogant customer

*CHAPTER TWO*

AUDREY'S POV

I've dealt with arrogant customers lots of times. The usual "I'll shut down this place", "I'll deal with you", "you'll hear from my lawyer" and so on and so on. But something about this particular one scared me. He seemed serious and scary like a man not to be messed with. Plus, I noticed since he walked in,it's like everybody else froze and it was just two of us talking here, that's strange.

"With all due respect sir, I don't know you but in here, we don't tolerate rude customers, so it's either you wait patiently or you desist from creating a scene in here, this is a business place" I said with every boldness in me.

"Have you completely lost your mind, Audrey? What the hell do you think you're doing?". Janelle said, dragging me away from the handsome rude man. That was strange, she seemed panicky and scared.

"I'm so sorry Mr. Davis, she hasn't been feeling okay today, how may I serve you sir?". She said, with that sultry smile she gives every time she's around men she wants.

I looked at the man, to see if his face rings a bell but no, it's all blank. I don't know him but he seems important for Janelle to react that way.

"Coffee, black" he said in that deep voice without looking up from his phone as he sat cross legged like he owned the whole world.

"Audrey, enough of this stupidity!"Janelle screeched. I hadn't realized I said that last part out loud. Now I was ashamed.

The customer was now looking up at me, amused. I'm really getting fired today, Joseph can't save me now.

"Yes, you can say I own the whole world, I can as well own YOU, if I wanted you, I can buy this place and run it to the ground by tomorrow morning as well, do you know why Audrey?, because I, Rome Vincent Davis, own the world. Now what do you own?". He said in a scary voice. I was really scared now, what will I do about my mom's bill if I get fired from here today. Oh God, please no

"I'm sorry Mr. Rome, I shouldn't have said that, that was rude and unprofessional and I'm ashamed of myself". I said with my head down.

"Get out of here Audrey, I'll handle things over here, you're making a mess of everything". Janelle said to me

"I'm sorry" I said as I left.

I decided to deliver Joseph's order after that drama. I walked to his office and knocked at the door.

"No, I'll see you tomorrow night, I promise. Yeah sure, I will. You too". I could hear Joseph talking on the phone, I knocked again guessing he'd dropped the call.

"Hey Audrey baby, what's up?" He was acting weird.

"Here's your coffee, sir" I said, handing him his order.

"Come in for awhile, stay with me"

I sat on the couch in his office, he dropped the coffee and cake and came and sat beside me.

"I've missed you"

"You literally just saw me few minutes ago Joseph"

"Shhh, I want you around me, all the time". He placed his hand on mine and placed a kiss on my cheek. Here we go again.

He kissed me on my neck and turned my face to place a kiss on my lips, it lasted for a while until I felt he was taking this to a point I didn't want it to get to.

"Stop, Joseph, we've talked about this right?" I stood up from the couch and faced him

"Yeah but you're my girlfriend, and that's your job"

"My job here is to wait on your customers and give them exceptional service not to be my boss's whore in my workplace"

"So the problem is the place?, 8 pm, my place"

"Joseph, I work till 3 am at Neon, I thought I told you this"

"Oh yeah, the nightclub and bar job thingy, yeah yeah yeah, kinda rings a bell"

"I'm sorry I have to go"

"Hey wait up" I heard him say as I closed the door to his office. I was on my way home as I noticed my two top buttons were undone by Joseph. That pervert. I was fixing them and not looking where I was going, till I crashed into someone.

"Is this how you work?, I fear for this establishment then". It was Mr. Davis

"I'm sorry sir, I wasn't looking," I said.

He looked at me curiously and intensely, and I started wondering what was wrong.

"Is there something wrong Mr. Davis?"

Before he could reply, his phone rang

"Yes, Suzy, now?. Is he drunk? What's the saying? Shit, i'll be there soon" He hung up and began to leave

"Sir, is everything okay?" He turned to me

"Yeah, nothing to concern yourself with and fix your face, people might get the wrong idea about this establishment" he turned and left immediately, without a second glance. I took out my mirror from my purse, I was red with embarrassment. I looked like a cheap hoover, my hair was disheveled, my red lipstick smeared. I looked horrible. This was all Joseph's fault.

I walked back home to get ready for my shift at Neon bar and nightclub.

"Mom, I'm home now" I said I walked into our home

"Baby, is that you?" I could hear my mom's soft voice from the kitchen

"Hi mom, how are you doing"

"I'm alright, just wanted to make something for you to take to your work tonight so you won't starve till morning. Don't want you developing an ulcer". My mother was the sweetest person ever, too bad that bad stuff happens to good people. She has stage three colon cancer. Chemotherapy hurts her alot and the illness turned a once ravishing beauty into a shadow of herself. I would do anything for my mom to be fine again.

"Hurry and freshen up, don't want to be late to work now, do you?"

"Be down in a bit!". I said I hurried up the stairs

"Someone called the house today, just before you came in" Mom said