Legacy of the Wolf novel Chapter 3

Mj took a deep breath and explained the morning to Beth so fast she thought she might faint. She explained that she was late and had to go pick up the cutlets that she missed this morning and how she dropped the keys and a greek god made lewd comments about her ass so she confronted him about it. “Good night” Beth began to say as she fanned herself with her hand “that's a hell of a morning and all dear, but what does that have to do with your head? And no, I don't think Lou would fire you for that” she said with a warm smile.

“Well” Mj winced at the thought of telling Beth what she did next, not because she didn't think she was in the right “because that douche definitely deserved it” she thought. But because she grew up with Beth, and she had tried really hard to stay out of the way since Beth had always been the one to bail her out of trouble. “What! Beth said with a soft but serious tone Mj knew was her being both worried and preparing for the worst.

“I kinda head butted him” Mj said sheepishly as she looked up at Beth's face to gauge what the woman might say next. Beth’s mouth fell open for what seemed like a long time before she threw her head back in a laugh that could be heard across the country.

“No way sweetie, I bet you Lou is having it out with that creep right now” she said with a matter of fact tone. “Come on, let's get you an ice pack for that forehead before it swells anymore and I will have the guys in the back get the pallet in the truck for you.”

“Fuck man I knew it was gonna be a bunch of shit” Mj said as the two of them walked toward the small kitchen to get some ice.

When Mj was done letting Beth fuss over her she went back out to the truck and there sat a large styrofoam barrier now stuffed in the bed of Lou’s old truck. There were two guys standing at the back of the truck smoking and joking with each other. “Thanks guys” Mj hollered as she waved at them. “Sure thing” one of them hollard back “oh, by the way it's packed in ice so don't worry about time” the other one mumbled through his lit cigarette.

Mj nodded and climbed behind the driver side of the beat up old truck and drove back to Lou’s shop.

When she pulled into the joint parking lot sandwiched between Lous shop and a tailor who worked in the next building Mj’s heart skipped a little. She knew Beth was probably right that Lou wouldn't really be upset enough to fire her, she had punched out rude ass customers before. She even once slapped a woman with a nice T bone when she told Mj she smelled like unwanted gutter trash. And Lou just laughed it off and told her to get back to work.

Mj took a deep breath and climbed out of the truck. She opened the side door and yelled “Hay Lou! I got all the fuckin meat you ordered but I dont know where the fuck we are supposed to put it all, you could feed an army with all these cutlets”. Mj started to unlatch the bed of the truck when she heard footsteps behind her.