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?”

“No, I don’t think

“Any customer complaints?”

I can

so there’s nothing. We haven’t done anything, and yet here we

of business for a

of Olivia, but it does sort of feel like the end

hard to build relationships with my customers. Now I’m going to have

can’t come in for the reservations some

somewhere else to go?

starts, a pinched look

“What?”

and woman who were here the other night didn’t

table.”

a minute to register who she’s talking about, then my hands curl into

him make a reservation, and

easy on the people who’ve offended

view of the packed restaurant

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

sort

has the power to make something

probably right,” I say.

tense. I will not let him get

mess with

reservation number

“Hello?”

touch with your Alpha.

the phone right now. I’ll tell

cross my arms over my chest and sit down in my office

long it takes. I don’t

to

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

to my

voice sounds a

“Karl.”

clears his throat. “Are you ready

I say coldly. “I want to talk to you

moment. “I didn’t expect you to change your mind so

the silence. “I thought

what you want, isn’t

me an address, and I put the phone down a little

the front desk when I walk back out, my purse thrown over

I say. “I’m going to take

She nods.