Susan's First Time Part 4

The shadows of late afternoon crept across the city when Susan paid the cabbie off. Why had 'he' wanted her to come down to this neighborhood? She looked around with apprehension at the garish lights of bars and adult bookstores flashing in the growing darkness. One or two streetlights flickered on and off trying to light up in the darkening shadows. A warm midsummer breeze shuffled bits of garbage and paper in the gutters along the sidewalk. Homeless men and women sat or sprawled in boarded up doorways. This area is ripe for reclamation the business side of her mind noted.

She walked purposefully down the sidewalk holding her shoulder bag close to her side. Susan avoided passers by as much as possible. As she walked most of the men looked at her stripped her naked with lust filled eyes. It was exciting and terrifying at the same time. She could almost feel their hands pawing her slim lush body. As she walked, she placed each foot directly in front of the other causing her hips to move with an ageless rhythm that beckoned men for eons.

She spotted the place she was looking for two doors ahead of her. 'Ramon's' the neon sign blinked at her as she entered the nearly empty bar room. She was pleasantly surprised. The floor was swept and the bar was clean. The bar stools even appeared to have new upholstery. The bartender had a neatly trimmed full grey beard his head was shaved. He at the bar and a lone customer in the corner watched her with interest as Susan took a stool facing the door.

"What's your poison?" he asked. "I'll have a lit draft." She said, smiling.

He poured the glass full with a small head setting the bottle next to it. "I'm Ramon the owner of this place." He said introducing himself. "For you pretty lady the first ones on house. 'He' said you would stop by." He grinned.

Susan grimaced at that. She had given up being surprised buy 'his' reach she realized by now that his tentacles touched most of the city. "Pleased to meet you Ramon, I think."She said. "Why am I here?"