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 don’t

“Any customer complaints?”

I can

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

for a

in front of Olivia, but it does sort

so hard to build relationships with my customers.

come in for the reservations some of them made months in advance.

if they find somewhere else to go? Somewhere

pinched look on her

“What?”

here the other night didn’t look too pleased when they couldn’t get

table.”

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

a reservation, and now

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

that I turned him away, in full view of the packed restaurant and

get his revenge

was just the sort

as Alpha, he certainly has the power

right,” I

muscles tense. I will not

come in here and mess with

the reservation number his

“Hello?”

to put me in touch with your Alpha.

was silent for a moment. “He’s on the phone right now. I’ll tell him to give you a call when

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

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

going to

I force myself to take a calming breath. I pick it up

it to my

sounds

“Karl.”

his throat. “Are you ready to

want to talk to you

didn’t expect you

the silence. “I thought it would take a

what you want,

phone down a little harder than necessary. Olivia’s

front desk when I walk back

home,” I say.

She nods.