A Cosmopolitan Career

Posted bywriterravenclawPosted inPoems and short stories

‘A cosmopolitan, please,’ Stacey asked, passing across the last of her wages.

It had been a tiring week at work, and she wanted to spend something on herself for once. When she was eighteen, it was her go to drink. Maybe she could get another job. One where she could afford to buy food as well as paying the rent.

She downed the glass of blue liquid, and looked at the notice behind the bar. Staff wanted, no experience necessary. A new start, and a new job. She wasn’t afraid to ask the manager, the alcohol warmed her insides like a life jacket.

With another chance, she could get back on her feet.

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Published by writerravenclaw

I am a fifty something mother of two grown up children, and one beautiful grandchild. I have been married for nearly thirty-four years. My first book was published ten years ago. I wrote my book Sticks and Stones because of my experience of being bullied at school.

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