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?”

I

“Great, so there’s nothing.

business for a

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

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

they can’t come in for the reservations some of them made

somewhere else to go? Somewhere they like

starts, a pinched look on her

“What?”

other night didn’t look too pleased when

table.”

register who she’s talking about, then my hands curl into fists.

reservation, and now he’s taking it

gone easy on the people

full view

made him furious. I’ve seen him get his revenge on people before.

was just the sort

Alpha, he certainly has the power to make

I say.

my office in the back, my muscles tense. I will

mess with my business. I yank

the reservation number his

“Hello?”

put me in touch with your

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

hangs up before I can respond. I cross my arms over my

don’t care how long it

going to fix

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

it to my

voice sounds a

“Karl.”

throat. “Are

“I want to talk

expect you to change your mind so quickly,”

“I thought it would take a

you

and I put the phone down a little harder

the front desk when I walk back out,

go home,” I say. “I’m going to

She nods.