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She hated doing the closing shift but she didn’t have any choice. If you were a college dropout, someone who barely finished the freshman year like Bette Porter and the nicest job that you could find was a waitress in a restaurant in downtown Houston then you needed to learn how to appreciate the job because it’s still your source of income.

Good thing she wasn’t alone, aside from the kitchen crew Bette had Adrienne Fortin to help her finished all the closing shift works like cleaning the tables and floor, restrooms, stocks inventory, taking the garbage out and finally locking up.

“Hey you two want a ride?”

Bette just locked up and was so looking forward into going home when she saw Henry Young, the restaurant resident chef, standing while his back leaning against his car and smiling at Bette and Adrienne.

Henry had been crushing on the caramel skinned beauty since the first day she started in the restaurant four months ago and had been trying all different ways to have the beautiful woman agreed on going out with him on a date but Bette wasn’t interested. She had told him several times that she didn’t want to have any romantic relationship with anyone right now but the chef was persistent. Bette didn’t want to give Henry or show him even the slightest hope that but before she could answer that she would rather take the bus her friend Adrienne took the liberty of answering for the both of them.

“Sure Henry we surely love a ride…OW!” Adrienne said earning her a poke in the ribs 

“No thanks Henry we’ll just take the bus”

“Oh come on Bette it’s already late and besides there’s no bus anymore why don’t you hope in and I’ll take you girls home”

“Please Bette I really want to go home, I’m so fucking tired and Henry’s right there’s no more bus at this time and I surely don’t want to walk a thousand miles especially its scary to walk alone nowadays, remember that girl that was raped?”

Bette rolled her eyes “Adrienne you are not going to walk alone, you have me remember?”

“I know but what if they are a gang?”