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

“Any customer complaints?”

that I can

sigh and rub my forehead. “Great, so there’s nothing. We haven’t done

of business for a

of Olivia, but it does sort of feel like

relationships with my customers. Now I’m

in for the reservations some

they find somewhere else to go?

a pinched look on

“What?”

the other night didn’t

table.”

who she’s talking about,

make a reservation,

known. He’s never gone easy on the people who’ve offended him. His

him away, in full view of the

get his revenge on people before. Shutting

the sort of

the power to make something like this

I say. “Excuse

muscles tense. I will not let him get away with this.

in here and mess with my

the reservation number his subordinates

“Hello?”

say. “I need you to put me in touch with your Alpha. Tell him Abby’s trying to reach

silent for a moment. “He’s on the phone right now. I’ll tell him

respond. I cross my arms over

here until he calls. I don’t care how long it takes. I don’t care if I have to

going to

ring, and I force myself to take a calming breath. I pick

to my

sounds a little

“Karl.”

throat. “Are you ready

coldly. “I want

expect you

silence. “I thought

what you want, isn’t

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

walk back out, my purse

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

She nods.