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“You aren’t going to receive another complaint, at least not from my kitchen.”
“Yeah, we’ll see.” He grunted and hung up.
“We are open. I gotta run. I’ll see you Monday morning, Holly.”
“Good luck,” she told me as I hustled out the door, sending a text to my kitchen crew group message on my phone.
Kitchen open. Report to work ASAP to prepare.
Within a few moments, I started receiving thumbs-ups and okays, and I hailed the first cab I saw and felt better than I had in a long time as I sat in the back. For a moment, I dwelled over the two men I had chosen to have second dates with, but as the cab grew closer to the restaurant, my mindset changed, and I began to plan the menu and how things would have to go tonight to make sure we didn’t have any further problems.
Chapter Thirteen
Harvey
“You really got picked?” Greg asked when I called him later that day.
“Yeah, I did.”
“Okay, that’s pretty cool, I guess. Maggie said she was a nice lady.”
“What else did she say?”
I heard Maggie yelling in the background for him to keep his mouth shut. “Sorry, man, I’ve been sworn to secrecy.”
“It’s a good thing that I don’t have a problem with suspense,” I joked back.
“Yeah, that is good. So what do you need me to take over this week for you?”
“I’m supposed to be at the dance studio from eleven to two each day.”
“Do you want me to cover the entire class for you? That way, you don’t have to sweat it if you are running late or get a run in your stockings?”
“Ha ha! Yeah, that might work better. What do you have going on at the office? I can cover what you got going on there.”
We talked for a few minutes about trading caseloads, and then I spent the rest of the day cleaning my house, doing laundry, and working out. All afternoon, I found myself smiling and hoping that the next dance went as well as the first one did.
* * *
Monday morning,I was back at the dance studio and went directly to the room where they did the makeup. I was almost done when my sister popped her head inside.
“Hey, sorry we didn’t get a chance to have dinner this weekend. It got a little hectic with trying to get all the footage edited.”
“That’s okay. I hope you made me look good in the edits.”
She grinned. “Harv, you don’t need any help looking good.”
The lady doing my hair chuckled. “No, he does not. I barely have anything to do with this one.”
“I’ll see you in the other room in a few minutes.”
After I was finished with makeup and wardrobe, which consisted of getting fitted with my microphone, we started recording immediately. I joined Tarin, Cal, and Clara in the main room where hugs went all around as they welcomed me back.
“Are you as nervous this time as you were last time?” Tarin asked.
“Not yet, but I’m sure I’ll get there as we get closer. I’m just glad that I wasn’t the only one to feel something when we were dancing.”
“The sparks between you too were off the charts,” Cal said. “Are you ready to hear the song for your next dance?”
