Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

#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?”

frowns. “No, I

“Any customer complaints?”

that I

so there’s nothing.

of business for a full

to freak out, especially not in front of Olivia, but it does sort

worked so hard to build relationships with my

for the reservations some of them made

they find somewhere else to go? Somewhere they

Olivia starts, a pinched look

“What?”

woman who were here the other night didn’t look too pleased

table.”

to register who she’s talking

make a reservation, and now he’s taking it out

gone easy on the people who’ve offended him.

fact that I turned him away, in full view of

likely made him furious. I’ve seen him get his revenge on people before. Shutting down

the sort

Alpha, he certainly has the

I

walk to my office in the back, my muscles tense. I will not let him

right to come in here and mess with

reservation number his subordinates

“Hello?”

say. “I need you to put me in touch with your Alpha. Tell

“He’s on the phone right now. I’ll tell him to give

my arms

calls. I don’t care how long it takes. I don’t care if I

to

doesn’t take long for the phone to ring, and I force myself to take a calming

it to

sounds a

“Karl.”

clears his throat. “Are you

want to talk to

“I didn’t expect you to change your mind

“I thought

you want,

gives me an address, and I put the phone

when I walk back out,

you can go home,” I say. “I’m going to take care

She nods.