Category: RedGoddess

This story wasn’t posted until today because RedGoddess sent it in late for the previous Weekly Challenge.

Also, she didn’t send in a recording.

So, it sat in the back burner until I got around to do the next Weekly Challenge.

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Relationships in the hotel business are transient. Often guests request the same room number for a special occasion. They expect to see the same faces: a happy doorman, cordial valet, the fat chef and even for Lola to be there no matter what time they are checking in. In spite of its temporary nature, some guests have made lasting connections during the hotel’s cocktail hour and annual gala. Lola has also witnessed many nasty break ups right in the lobby. Some have even picked up their belongings in trash bags from their bitter ex. Lola is empathetic and non-judgmental during these tense times. There are moments in our lives where silence is more consolable than words. Lola simply listens and offers a shoulder to cry on. They still have their grace after wiping the tears away.

Black by RedGoddess

It seems every season there is a new color that’s on every fashion magazine’s cover “must have” list. Lola is perplexed that women fall for these commercial lies. Is there a fashion police who fines offenders who deviate from the color trend? Although, she prides herself in believing she’s immune from these senseless fashion pressures. In the hotel business, look matters as much as the bedding chosen for the penthouse suites. Lola wears classic black pumps, not too high, just enough to exude confidence without looking trashy. In spite of the sore feet and back pain, she will do whatever it takes to feed her family and stay in the black.

Hotels are often portrayed as luxurious hideaways, vacation escapes for the rich and famous.

A safe house for celebrities and an escape from the scandals and unspeakable behaviors that often accompany them.

A code of silence between the guests and skilled laborers provides protection for all.

Laborers, the common populace that is forced to clean up afterwards, while smiling.

Lola knows firsthand the irreparable damages of guests gone badly behind closed doors.

She knows the sweat, and sore feet needed to protect them.

She also knows what doesn’t stay hidden, isolation, anger, addiction, desperation, loneliness, all disguised as high life.