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“I’m sorry,” Michele said. “I’ll do better.”

“I appreciate that, Michele. I believe you’re doing a great job and keep it up.” She turned to Beth. “But you need to lighten up. One of the tables out there waiting for over forty minutes is Duke’s parents and sister.”

“I didn’t know that,” Beth said. “We should be told information like that. When I worked at other restaurants, we were told if there was a special table out front. This falls on you and your ability to do your job.”

She felt her face flush. “No. It’s on you. You’re to treat every customer that comes in here as if it’s Duke’s family. That’s why you don’t need to know. Now get moving on the food and get it out there now. Or do you have any other questions or comments for me?”

Beth’s face matched the heat in hers. “Heard.”

She walked back to Zeke. “Table sixteen. Please tell me that is done.”

“Right here,” Zeke said. “It was one that had to come back.”

“Why?” she asked.

“Beth said the French fries were overdone. They were fine.”

She rolled her eyes and grabbed the three plates and brought them to Beth and Michele. “Finish this now please so that I can bring them to Duke’s family with our apologies.”

She stood there while Beth and Michele completed the plates in record time. “Thank you,” Michele said.

She nodded her head and walked out, saw Heather and nodded her over. “I’m going to bring these, but you can see if they need another drink.”

“I just got it for them. It’s being filled now,” Heather said.

“Thank you.” She moved to the table. “Who has what?”

She passed out the meals. “Thank you, Hadley,” Kelsey said. “Wish I knew what you said back there.”

“More than I’ve ever said before,” she said, laughing. It was the truth and damn, did it feel so good.

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What You Think

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Hadley asked him on Sunday.

He was getting dressed to go into Southside today. Hadley was off. She got Sunday and Wednesdays off so that they could have one day a week for each other and then Sunday mornings and afternoons before he went into Duke’s. One day off himself was the most he’d do.

Today he was going into Southside for the afternoon shift before Zeke came in to relieve him at four. No one knew he made the change last night and Zeke would still get paid for his time even if he wasn’t there yet.

“It’s my business and I know what is a good idea or not,” he said. He looked at her face and saw her eyes drop down. “I’m sorry. I don’t mean to be harsh. I’m not happy with what happened on Friday and glad you told me yesterday.”

His parents had called him shortly after Hadley had. He would have found out either way but was glad that he could rely on Hadley to not only handle the situation well but to also inform him of what happened and how it was resolved.

She did everything right, but he was showing up because he had to make sure that Beth was aware that he had no interest in her.

She flirted whenever he was around, but it wasn’t anything other than his gut telling him it was flirting. The way she smiled at him. Looked him over. Got closer than she needed to.

It wasn’t often her words. She wasn’t an idiot.

But other people had noticed it and then said something to his girlfriend.

Not that anyone even knew Hadley was his girlfriend because she was still set on not saying a word.

Did he understand why she felt that way?

Yes, he did. She’d gotten some pushback on being put in the management position and he expected that. He thought she would have too and maybe should have talked to her about it more.

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