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 can

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

for a full

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

to build relationships with my customers. Now

for the reservations some of them made

find somewhere else to go? Somewhere

a pinched look on her

“What?”

here the other night

table.”

register who she’s talking about, then my hands

him make a reservation, and now he’s taking

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

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

likely made him furious. I’ve seen him get his

the sort of thing

has the

probably right,” I

tense. I will not let him get away with this. It’s

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

reservation number his

“Hello?”

put me in touch with your Alpha.

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

cross my arms

it takes. I don’t care if I have to sit here

to

take long for the phone to ring, and I force myself to take

it to

His voice sounds

“Karl.”

clears his throat. “Are you ready

I say coldly. “I want to talk to

you to change your mind

“I thought

you want,

an address, and I put the phone

when I walk back out,

say. “I’m going to take care of

She nods.