He snorted in disgust. "I've got better things to do than chase around little girls."
Cleo had gone out on her usual midnight run of Coney Island and cigarettes. She wouldn't be back for another ten minutes. This would be the only time Cleo would be able to leave the store because Nicole's shift ended when she came back. Coming out the booth had never been dangerous, but she didn't really trust or like the man to begin with.
Grabbing her tool belt she let herself out the booth making sure the door was locked and allowed him to lead her over to where he was drying at. She was able to see the back of him and noted for a white man, he had a generous helping of behind to go along with thick muscular legs. Whatever he did, he worked hard at it. On the back of his leather jacket was "BLACK'S CEMENT -Made in America."
When she bent down to look at the dryer settings underneath the dryer, he asked, "You work well down there?"
Nicole didn't know if he was trying to be funny or make general conversation. She decided either way she would ignore his question. Quickly she found the fuse slightly popped from the dryer box and pushed it back in. Just as she stood up, she felt something brush against her backside and she gasped sharply turning to him.
Before he could explain himself, she hauled off and slapped him in the jaw. "You pervert!" she seethed then ran to the booth doors and locked herself back in.
He came up to the window. "What the fuck was that for?"
"You tried to fondle me, you dirty old man."
"I'm not old and if truth be known just yesterday you weren't trying to get away from me touching you then."
"I only did it to hide from my mother seeing me. I told you that! Get your things and get the hell out of here."
"You're one crazy bitch, you know that. You backed up against me when you stood up."
She gasped as if he'd accused her of lying. "I did not. Don't you dare try to make this look like I'm the one at fault? If you want to throw out some truths, then you weren't dying to stop kissing me either and then reason I had to push you away was because you would have raped me right there in the alley."
He looked honestly angry at her accusation. "I would not. You started it!"