Page 45 of Lucifer's Revenge
“We don’t know. The question now is, do I fire her now, or wait?”
“Now.” Misty didn’t hesitate in her answer.
“Why do you think that?”
“First, she lied on her application. If the proof says she’s Sally, and posing as Ann, that’s the first lie. The second one is where she lied about taking care of her ailing mother until she passed. She was working for Lilith at the library. The third reason, now that I know she can lie about things like that, what’s to say she won’t lie about any liquor that might come up missing? Or her taking more from the tip jar than she is entitled to.”
“Your tips are your own. Yours are yours and hers are hers. It will be the same with any other bartender we hire. You keep your own tips, you do not share with anyone else. Not even the kitchen staff. I pay enough they don’t need tips.”
“Thank you, but I had to yell at Ann twice since she started when I caught her taking tips from my jar. When I questioned her, she said she put it in the wrong jar. Because I keep a running number in my head with each tip, I knew how much should be in there. It was my exact amount. Again, she only said, ‘my bad’.”
“How long can you continue to run the bar by yourself?”
“If it stays the same and the new place isn’t open, indefinitely. Once that opens, I’m going to be up shit’s creek without a paddle. I have interviews coming in tomorrow for both locations.”
“I’ll sit in on them with you,” Luc said as he scrubbed his face. “Would you be okay at the bar if I had you send Ann or Sally, or whatever the hell her name is up here and I fired her?”
“I’ll be okay.”
“I can’t serve alcohol,” Lilith spoke then. “Only because I don’t know how, but I was a waitress years ago, I can take ordersfor you from the people at the tables and run them into the kitchen.”
“If you’re willing to do that, than I should be fine. I can handle the bar orders.” They discussed the logistics for the next ten minutes and when Misty left, she looked between Luc and Lilith. “I don’t know what that chick has planned, but if she’s in cahoots with Brenda Smith, then you need to watch your back. I know I have nothing to do with the club, other than dating Vampire, but I think if you fire Ann, then you need to call a church meeting.”
“Why?”
“Something doesn’t sit right with me here. My gut is screaming that those two women are up to no good, and the guys need to know what’s happening so they can keep a heads up, and keep an eye out for anything suspicious.”
“I agree,” Bandit said, and pulled his phone with a raised brow. At Luc’s nod, he sent a group text about the church meeting that night, and he made it mandatory. He made sure Luc had his approval before he sent it.
Less than ten minutes later, there was a knock on the door and when Bandit went to open it, Ann stood there. She had a cocky attitude and asked snottily. “You rang?”
“Nope,” Bandit said, and stepped back, inviting her inside the office with a sweep of his hand. As soon as she stepped inside, he closed the door and stood before it. They all watched as Ann entered with her nose so far in the air she could barely see, and when she spotted Lucius sitting behind the desk and Lilith behind him, her steps faltered.
“Have a seat, Ann,” Luc said coldly, and didn’t wait until she sat before he asked his first question. “Or should I call you Sally?”
The three of them watched Sally stumble and sit heavily in the chair before the desk. “Who?” She tried to act dumb, but her expression threw daggers at Lilith.
Luc took the application she’d filled out, and the copies from Lilith and laid them side by side. “According to your application here, you said you didn’t work for five years because you were taking care of your ailing mother until she passed. I dialed the number on this application and had a nice conversation with your dead mother.”
“You can’t use that against me.”
“Yes, you lied on your application with me. I don’t like liars and I will not allow them to be in my presence.”
“What about Lilith, she’s a liar, yet you’re fucking her.”
“Who I take to my bed is none of your business. I was having a professional conversation with you, but you just made it personal. Based on that alone, you’re fired. In case you didn’t understand that, you no longer work here, and after the stunt you pulled when we had our lunch, then I consider your last hour when you took our order and disappeared into the kitchen and left Misty doing everything. You abandoned your duties you were hired for. Bandit will walk you out and get your things, and escort you to your car. Oh, and in case you didn’t grasp the concept of this firing, you are now barred from this establishment. Your photo, along with Brenda Smith’s will be added to the list of barred people.”
“Brenda has nothing to do with this.”
“Tell me, what is this then?” Luc picked up the photos Richard had taken and stared at Sally when she saw her and Brenda together.
“You fucking bitch!” Sally screamed as she jumped to her feet and lunged toward Lilith. Before either Luc or Bandit could react, Lilith throat punched her, and they all watched as Sally grabbed her throat, trying to catch air.
“What the hell did I ever do to you?” Lilith asked with clenched teeth.
“You took my job away from me, you denied me unemployment, you ruined my life.”
“How? I did nothing like you just said.”
