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

my forehead. “Great, so there’s nothing.

business for

front of Olivia, but it does sort of

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

the reservations some of them made months in advance.

they find somewhere else to go? Somewhere they

starts, a pinched look on her

“What?”

who were here the other night

table.”

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

make a reservation, and

gone easy on the people who’ve

view of the packed restaurant and in

seen him get his

sort of

as Alpha, he certainly has the power to make

right,” I say. “Excuse

back, my muscles tense. I will not let him get away with this. It’s been

mess with my business. I yank the phone off the

the reservation number his

“Hello?”

in touch

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

arms

don’t care how long it

going to fix

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

it to

voice sounds

“Karl.”

his throat. “Are

say coldly. “I want to

doesn’t speak for a moment. “I didn’t expect you to change

silence. “I thought

you

address, and I put the phone down a

at the front desk when I walk back out,

say. “I’m going to take care of

She nods.