Ch9

It was Saturday night, which meant it was Carmen’s night to DJ at Ray’s nightclub, Shine.  When they arrived at the club, people were already partying away, leaving their stressful life behind.   Everyone, from the bouncers to the bartenders, was greeting Carmen whenever they went.  That’s the sort of VIP treatment that Shane was not used to. 

This place was too noise for Shane’s liking, she liked to spend her nights cruising with her bike, sometimes she would participate in a race or two. 

When Carmen took over the turntable, the beat of the music changed and the mood started to heightened.  Even Shane began to sway with the beat.  She sat at the bar when the bartender offered her a beer.

“Hey, you are Carmen’s new bodyguard?”  The bartender asked her.

“Yeah, I’m Shane.”  She held her hand out and shook Tom’s hand.

“Hi, I am Tom.  Good luck!”  He told her.

“Why did you say that?”  She looked confused.

“I don’t know her personally, but I heard that she is a feisty one.  Rumour has it that she pushed one of her bodyguards out of a car and actually shot her own bodyguard once.  You don’t want to know about the others.”  Tom said, patting Shane’s shoulder.

“I don’t think she is that bad.  I think people believe what they want to believe.”  Shane tried to defend her.

“You like her, don’t you?”  Tom was looking at her strangely.

“Hell, no!  I just think that people should not judge other people based on what they heard.”  Shane was getting annoyed at this Tom guy.

“She has a pretty face though, too bad she is a lesbo.  She doesn’t know what she is missing.”  Tom continued to trash his employer’s reputation.

“Hey, that’s enough.  If I were you I would stop saying things like that now.”  Shane pointed her finger at Tom, her temper was rising to the surface but she kept her voice calm. 

“Chill man.  Why don’t you fuck her if you like her so much!  Or did she fuck you too?”  Tom continued to make his derogatory comments.