Ahead of them on the shoulder of the road, they could see the silhouette of a petite, young woman in a long dress walking towards them. She walked uns...eadily on the gravel shoulder in her spike heels."What the fuck?" Nina sighed pulling over to the side of the road. "I hope you don't mind," she said looking over at Allison. "As far as I'm concerned, I'm going stag now too!" "You can be my date." The redhead joked. Squinting, the girls strained to see who was walking towards them. "Who is it?". Only a few hours away, and such a night it would be. It would be special, it would be memorable, it would be perfection.With a happy smile and a light heart, Melissa headed out the door to spend another day bored out of her skull in a dead end job, but today even that seemed like a wonderful idea.She was busy for most of the day, but any time there was a break in the work, Melissa found herself dreaming of the coming evening. Her excitement built as the work day wound down — she had forgotten. . and waitress at the Waffle House. Why is she doing both roles, I have no idea, but she is,” Hector informed his brother.“Because everyone else called out today for some odd reason, leaving me with all of the work until ten. That’s when Lorraine shows up and I’ll be so fucking glad to see her! I’ve been lucky that it was slow enough to serve you two alone, though we want to see business pick up soon.“Maybe when this long-ass recession ends, and sooner rather than later. Though I don’t know if. Right after lunch, I’d decided to stay in the hotel room because it was too hot outside. I’d read for a while and then accidentally fallen asleep. I’d left Val alone on her own for almost three hours. When I went out to find her, she was lying under a sun umbrella, and she wasn’t very talkative, to say the least. I figured she was angry at me for having left her on her own for so long.“She’s pretty good at it.” Said Ollie cheerfully.I looked at Val, wondering why she hadn’t said anything to me.