The Invincible Arthur Gardner novel Chapter 5

Arthur then exited the hot pool and changed into warm clothes. As he sat on the chair, his eyes lit up as the aroma of the food tantalized his taste buds. Edna welcomed him to the meal, and the other waitresses promptly left the room.

"Edna, you can stay here, and eat with me," Arthur said softly.

But Edna only bowed her head once. "I'm sorry, Mr. Gardner, but I feel like I'm not worthy to sit at this dining table with you. I can help you feed if you want, but I don't think it's right for me to eat at the same table as you."

"Well, it's okay. I need a companion to talk to and I don't mind if you do that with me."

Bob, the manager of the restaurant, heard about a guest who had come in and bought access to Platinum Membership, despite his beggar-like appearance. He also knew Edna had treated him disrespectfully before.

"Are you saying he bought access to Platinum Membership? Are you kidding me?" Bob asked. He then checked the identity of the card that the guest, Arthur, had used and found out that the card bore his name exactly. There was no indication of fraud.

"What bullshit, Arthur Gardner? I've never heard of that name before. But he really paid for it? Tsk, quite unexpected. Is he a rich kid who's deliberately hiding his identity?"

Bob, a 40-year-old man, was wealthy; his job as a manager at the restaurant gave him a very high salary. But there was one thing he wanted more than anything, to feel Edna's body, a waitress who had rudely rejected the offer to sleep with him. Bob had a grudge against her and wanted her to suffer for it.

He had heard reports that Edna had treated a man disrespectfully, even going so far as to refuse to rub his back while he took a hot bath, and had impolitely sat at the same dining table with him and eaten with him.

Bob was fuming with anger; he wanted Edna to bear the shame of being put out of her job because she had consistently refused to sleep with him.

Bob knocked on the door of the VIP room where Arthur Gardner was dining and was shocked to see Edna sitting with a smile, chatting casually with the guest. He exclaimed, "What a bitch!"

Bob walked over to Arthur, who was eating with Edna, and suspicion immediately surged in his heart. Bob could see that Arthur didn't look like a wealthy person; he actually looked like a homeless person, even from his outward appearance.

Bob thought to himself that Arthur must be hiding something, or perhaps he had merely saved up the money to purchase access to the Platinum Membership.