When Hearts Collide

Jackie looked around her busy bar and let out a sigh as she kept the cell phone against her ear, her daughter’s anger coming through loudly, even without her voice being raised, yet.                 “Look, Sam, please…”                 “Mom!”  Jackie frowned as her daughter screamed at her.                 “Samantha!  I know you did not just raise your voice to me.”  Jackie let out a breath.  “I know you think you are old enough to take care of you and your brother, but you aren’t.  You are only 13 and Dylan is 10, I’m sorry, but, please stop giving Mrs. Smith a hard time.”                 “This is not fair!”   &nb

Bobby kept his stuff in the car as he got out and followed Buzz into the bar, his eyes taking in the cleanliness and the layout.  It wasn’t huge but if any establishment needed two bars, he knew it was popular; at least that’s what he always thought when he worked bars.  He saw the bar that ran along one whole side of one wall and saw another that was outside, and that’s when he noticed that the bar had stairs that went down to the beach.                “Shit, you guys have beach front property here?”                “Jackie was adamant when she bought land for a bar; she had to have a beach that went with it.  The land is hers, but the law only allows you to go so far with liquor, so that’s why the patio is so big, and there is always a bouncer at the bottom of th

Jackie took a step back to watch Bobby; he was a really good bartender.  He mixed drinks effortlessly, offered out smiles and had even pulled a few tricks.  The bar opened an hour ago and the crowd was slowly trickling in, a lot of the regulars sliding up to the bar and other than lending a hand on a few of the specials, Bobby had it under control.  She was even willing to step up and help when he got an order for a round of six shots, three beer bottles, two specials, two small bottles of wine, and two rums and cokes, but he waved her off. She watched as he lined up the shot glasses on the left side, the bottles on the right and unscrewed the lids on the bottles with his right hand while his left poured the shots with his left hand and then he made the mixed drinks.  She rang up the order and then handed the guy the receipt and card back before she turned and looked at Bobby.           &nb

Jackie watched Bobby for a moment while she had a slow stream of customers and really had to give him props; he knew his stuff.  And yes, knew how to wow the crowd, in other words, how to flirt and be amazing eye candy.  And damn, how she wished she was younger and had a body like those younger girls, for she could admit she wouldn’t mind catching his eye.  She sighed to herself, though, knowing this was all a useless train of thought.                 “Hey hot stuff.”  Her head snapped up and she smiled at the young man before her on the other side of the bar.  Now, she knew she didn’t look her age, but never thought she’d see men in their 20’s hitting on her.                 “Hey, what can I get you?”               &n

Well, shit, she walked out to talk to him, not to admire the new bike.  But how could she not when the black and blue body paint was calling out to her?  And the moment that her leg went over the side and she sat down, she had quite a few images come to mind, and none of them was about talking.  That wasn’t good!  So, she took what little will power she had, climbed off the bike and faced him.  They needed to have this talk; okay, she needed to have this talk.                 “Can we talk?”  His gaze narrowed slightly at her but he nodded.  “About last night...”                 “That hot ass kiss?”  She couldn’t help but blush, which made her only curse at herself.  She wasn’t a fucking virgin or someone who didn’t know her way around.      &n