Take that, sucker!
Apr 22, 2021
4 minutes
Vickie Desbrow, 35, Laindon, Essex
Heaving a crate of beer up the cellar steps, I knelt by the pub fridge to restock it.
Amid the background buzz of drinkers, I heard a booming voice.
‘Anyone serving?’ the bloke yelled over the bar.
‘Just a minute,’ I sighed, climbing to my feet.
Only, laying eyes on him, I softened.
Long hair in a topknot, gorgeous blue eyes, he definitely wasn’t a regular.
I would’ve remembered serving you! I thought.
‘What can I get you?’
I smiled.
‘Pint please, and whatever you’re having,’ he added with a grin.
It was February 2019.
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