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“No need to thank me. This is what we do.”
“Still, appreciate it.”
With our plans set, Boone leaves so he can go to Dorothy’s to take care of her dog and I call Mom from my office.
“Cash! Hi!”
“Hi, Mom.”
“What’s wrong?”
How does she do that? Mom has always had this ability to sense when something was wrong just by hearing the sound of our voice or looking at our face. Even when we’d lie and tell her we were fine, she wouldn’t let up until we confessed what was wrong.
“Dorothy had a heart attack.”
“Oh, dear,” Mom whispers.
“She’s in a hospital in Nashville right now. Her niece is with her and Franky will need help. He’s going to open the diner at ten and his fiancée is going to help serve customers but she’ll need help.”
I hear rustling in the background and know exactly what she’s about to tell me. “I need ten minutes to change clothes and I’ll be there.”
“Thanks, Mom. I have no idea what I’m doing there and –”
“Say no more. I’m on it. I’ll text a couple friends and get them over there, too.”
“All right. I’m heading there soon, too.”
She lets out a little giggle. “I can’t wait to see this. You. Waiting on customers? Do you even know what do to?”
“I’ve been there enough. Can’t be that hard.”
That gets me a full-blown laugh. “Oh, yeah, this is going to be fun.”
I roll my eyes. She has no faith in me.
ChapterEleven
Cash
Mom was right.
She was also wrong.
It’s definitely fun for her, hustling around the diner, taking orders and filling them. Helping in the kitchen because she can’t stop herself from doing so.
Fun for me? Not so much.
It’s definitely,definitely, way harder than I thought it would be.
I’m sweating, dropping trays, giving people the wrong food.
An hour into me working at the diner, Mom stationed me at the cash register and told me I wasn’t allowed to move until told otherwise.
I didn’t argue.
ChapterTwelve
Hadley
