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?”

that I can

so there’s nothing. We haven’t

of business for a

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

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

for the reservations some of

what if they find somewhere else

starts, a pinched

“What?”

the other night

table.”

who she’s talking about, then my hands curl

by not letting him make a reservation, and

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

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

him furious. I’ve seen him get his

sort

has the power to make something like this

right,” I

I will not let him

here and mess with my business. I yank the phone off the

number

“Hello?”

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

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

arms over my chest and sit down in

how long it

going to

and I force myself to take

to

voice sounds

“Karl.”

throat. “Are you

want to talk to

you to change your mind so quickly,” he

thought

you want,

put the phone down a little harder than necessary.

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

can go home,” I say. “I’m going

She nods.