#Chapter 9 – Shut Down
Abby
I stand with my hands on my hips, watching a group of law enforcement officers pour into my
restaurant.
One of them approaches me, a stern expression on her face. “Mam, you need to shut down this
restaurant immediately and straighten out your practice.”
“Pardon?” I say, looking around with wide eyes. I can’t believe my ears.
“The restaurant needs to be closed for the month.”
I lower my hands. “Please, I can’t do that,” I say. “I have customers with reservations, and regulars that
are expecting to be seated. I can’t just close for a month.”
Just the thought of doing so makes me feel a little sick. The last thing I want is to let my customers
down, and who knows what negative effects it could have on my business long term.
“Please, officer–” I start, but she waves me off. She looks completely unmoved by my pleas.
“You have a food safety problem here.”
“No.” I shake my head. “That can’t be right. We’ve gotten an S+ in sanitation every time.”
The officer rises to her full height, that stern expression unwavering. “If you disobey the order again,
the police department will detain you.”
I stare down at the cease-and-desist notice, desperately trying to wrap my head around what it means,
but even holding it in my hand doesn’t make it seem real. How can this be happening? I’ve never failed
a health inspection. Now my restaurant is closed for a month and there’s nothing I can do about it.
“I can’t think of anything that would warrant this,” Olivia says. She’s the only one I didn’t send home
after the police raided the place.
“Can you think of any recent hygiene problems?”
She thinks for a moment, then shakes her head.
“Did we offend any regulators?”
“No, I don’t
“Any customer complaints?”
that I can
my forehead. “Great, so there’s nothing. We haven’t done anything, and
of business for a
hard not to freak out, especially not in front of Olivia, but it does sort
hard to build relationships with my customers. Now I’m going
why they can’t come in for the reservations
find somewhere else to
pinched look
“What?”
were here the other night didn’t look too pleased
table.”
talking about, then my hands curl into fists.
a reservation, and now
He’s never gone easy on the people who’ve offended him. His pride won’t
fact that I turned him away, in full view of the packed restaurant and in
seen him get his revenge on people before.
sort of
certainly has the power to make something
probably right,” I
in the back, my muscles tense. I
to come in here and mess with my business.
the reservation number
“Hello?”
“I need you to put me in touch with your Alpha. Tell him Abby’s trying
“He’s on the phone right now. I’ll tell him to give you a
my arms over my chest and
I don’t care how long it takes. I don’t
going to
long for the phone to ring, and I force myself to take a calming breath.
to my
sounds
“Karl.”
“Are you ready to
want
doesn’t speak for a moment. “I didn’t expect you to change your mind
thought it would take a
you
put the phone down a little harder than necessary.
walk back out, my purse thrown over
you can go home,” I say. “I’m going to take
She nods.
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