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?”

I don’t think

“Any customer complaints?”

I can

“Great, so there’s nothing. We haven’t done anything, and

of business for a

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

I worked so hard to build relationships with my customers. Now

in for the reservations some

meantime, what if they find somewhere else to go? Somewhere they

starts, a pinched

“What?”

man and woman who were here the other night didn’t look

table.”

minute to register who she’s talking

a reservation,

He’s never gone easy on

him away, in full view of the packed

get his revenge on people before. Shutting down

was just the sort

Alpha, he certainly has the power to

I

I will not

mess with my

number his subordinates

“Hello?”

you to put me in touch with your Alpha. Tell

the phone right now. I’ll tell him to give you

I can respond. I cross my arms over my chest and sit

I don’t care how long it takes. I

to fix

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

it to my

voice sounds

“Karl.”

“Are you ready

want to talk to you

moment. “I didn’t expect you to change your mind so quickly,” he says,

thought

what you want, isn’t

me an address, and I put the phone down a

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

say. “I’m going to take care

She nods.