Page 13 of Small Town Beast

Heads turnedas the pair walked down through the taproom where cliques of blue-collar locals were taking the edge off a long day. The smell of Jameson and Coors hung like a visible fog. A George Jones hit wailed from the juke box.

The bar had filled up noticeably since Tanya and the Green Eyed Giant went to do their business, and the number of people now crowding into the taproom took Tanya by surprise. Folks drinking and gambling and smoking down the dirty hours. She could swear a hush fell over the room as she and the man cleared the stairs. She didn’t recognize anybody, but then again she kept her eyes trained on the floor.Nobody I know, she assured herself. If they see me working at the Appletree tomorrow, I’ll just say it wasn’t me.

Eugene came bowling out from behind the bar. “My money?”

“Excuse me?” said the man at Tanya’s side before Tanya could open her mouth.

Eugene stared up at Tanya’s client and went white as milk. “Ah! Er–Bailey… I didn’t recognize you,” he stuttered.

“Do you mind?” Mister Bailey said in a hard voice.

“I didn’t see she was with you… Take a drink on me, son. I’m sorry about your brother, by the way. And your Pa,” he added hastily.

“Thank you.” The tall man nodded curtly and pushed forward with Tanya.

Wow. Okay.

What happened to your brother? She wanted to ask. But she kept quiet.

Saverin had parkedparallel to the trees. He led the girl carefully around the side of his truck that faced the woods. “See? Only thing that can see us is the possums.”

“It does smell better than the room,” she admitted.

“You bet.” He opened the back seat door and hoisted her up, facing her as her legs dangled off the seat.

Both paused, taking a moment to absorb their new surroundings. Nobody could see them unless they came poking through the brambles.

Tanya swallowed hard. It was about to happen. She was about to cross the point of no return and have sex with someone for the second time in her life. All her life she heard it was a sin– a terrible, dirty sin.After him you have to do it again. With somebody else. You can’t get all that money in time.

“What’s the matter?” he said, laying his big warm hands on her thighs.

“Nothin’.”

“Don’t let that bastard scare you. You’re safe if you’re with me.”

“Is there any way,” she asked nervously, “I can get the whole thousand?”

He stared down at her.

“It’s not for myself,” she hurried on, struggling through her pride and the deep shame of it all, afraid she might be overplaying her hand, but needing to make her case anyway. “Ihave to get this money by Friday. I don’t want to go back inside when we’re done here.”

His fingers closed on her thigh as if the very thought angered him. “You owe somebody or what?”

She hung her head. “Something like that.”

“Well, hell.”

“Nevermind. Let’s just g-get this over with.”

“We can work something out,” he said slowly. “I might…need you again. Maybe tomorrow.”

“Let’s focus on right now,” she whispered, putting her arms around his neck. It was a tentative victory and she didn’t want to do too much.

“Yeah,” he said, raising her chin for another kiss. “Tomorrow.”

As their lips locked, he remained standing, jerking open his belt and freeing his cock.Don’t look at it, don’t look at it.But she did look, and it made her light-headed. It lookedbig. He pulled her dress straps down and hissed in approval before taking a heavy dark titty in his mouth, fixated on the nipple. “Yes.”He sucked harder, dragging her close with one great powerful arm. “Yes, yes…oh, darlin’...”

He loves this.Tanya ran her hands through his silky soft hair, which was very thick. It fell loose in shiny black waves to his shoulders. She leaned back, letting him feast on her breasts as much as she wanted. In a delirium of pleasure she admired his strong, broad shoulders which were hard as rock from deep layers of muscle. Now this was a man.

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