1. The Plain Girl: Chapter 3 - Lost in the Woods


    Date: 10/19/2014, Categories: Love Stories, Author: xreynolds, Rating: 2, Source: LushStories

    there is something in us that does not like to be told the truth.” She snapped herself back to her kitchen work with the almost unconscious whittling away at a fresh basket of mushrooms that had arrived early this morning. So, there she had it plain in her face. Her life was spinning. Claire was really made of different stuff and was never really chaotic. ‘But we each have to walk our own walk.’ She brought her jaw so firmly up that her usually full lips disappeared. Karla was more determined now than ever, to find her way clear. She knew that she didn’t have a handle on herself, and while she was very passionate about everything going on around her, she was even more fiercely loyal to her sense of self-honesty. Sometimes her emotions created such a cloud of confusion she couldn’t think straight, but her sense for hindsight was 20-20. She wouldn’t suffer to pretend that things were okay when it was obvious to her that they weren’t, even if it was only in retrospect, Somehow at the moment she felt like she was hanging on a precipice between two worlds. One, where she knew herself to be inadequate, and the other, where she had a determined confidence that, in the end, she would suffer it through to victory. Karla looked up from her cutting board to the clock on the wall. The morning had gone pretty smooth. She had gotten an early start, and had the day’s batch of mussels already prepared before anybody else even showed up. She even had a little time to hone her skills by ...
    carving mushrooms into parasols. Now her eyes started to roam around. She noticed earlier that the Restaurant Manager’s car was parked in the garage but she hadn’t seen him. He basically let her call the shots in the kitchen but usually kept tabs on what was going on. It was unusual that he hadn’t dropped in already. “Have you seen Maurice?” she called across the kitchen to Larry, the sous-chef. “Yeah,” he answered without raising his eyes away from what he was doing. “He’s been in his office all morning with the new Maitre d’, Alice.” An enormous knot developed in the pit of her stomach. ‘No doubt he’s getting a blow job.’ Her face contorted with the thought. She only met Alice briefly and took an immediate dislike to her. In a flash she was sure that it was raw sexuality that got her the job and not her work history. Karla was very territorial and had extended the range of her influence beyond the kitchen, into the dining area. Her fresh ideas rippled as far as the Marquee at the front door. Alice had been on trial for only a couple of days and already started to express her differing opinion. Up until now, no one even really cared except Karla. The last thing Karla wanted was to become engaged in a power struggle with her. All sorts of things started to pop up in her mind. ‘Alice is going to be trouble!’ She felt her temperature rise. ‘And - she is going to try to ruin - every - minute - of - every - day!’ With a grimace, Karla snapped her head sharply to the side. ‘What on ...
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