Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

#Chapter 21: Reprimanding the Alpha
Karl

I cross my arms and take a glance around the kitchen. The tiles sparkle like they’re brand new, and the

entire place smells like lemon cleaning solution; I’ve just finished mopping the floor, and although I

would never admit it to anyone, it’s… the first time I’ve ever used a mop.

“Maybe I’m a bit out of my depth here,” I think to myself as I look around. “But I want to do a good job.

For Abby.”

I might not know a great deal about mopping floors, but I do know a lot about running a business. I just

hope that Abby will let me help more in the future. She said she doesn’t need another leader, but that

doesn’t mean that I can’t give her ideas, right?

“Karl,” Abby shouts from across the kitchen, her voice commanding over the din of kitchen noises. “Put

the mop away. We need you over here cleaning dishes.”

She points to the growing pile of dishes on the far counter, then the dishwasher beside it. Ethan had

given me a long-winded tutorial on how the machine worked earlier, but I was really hoping to avoid

that particular job. The idea of touching soggy food and getting hot water all over myself isn’t the most

appealing of ideas, but I know that it needs to be done.

I nod and return the mop to the place I found it. The current dishwasher meets me at the back sink,

where the dirty plates are overflowing.

“Excess food goes in there,” he says, pointing to a nearby garbage bin. “You scrape that off and I’ll

rinse.” Until now, he’s been doing all three jobs himself. It’s clear he’s struggling to keep up with the

never-ending piles of dirty plates that the busboys keep bringing in.

“Geez,” I think to myself. If Abby was worried about losing business and having to close down, she

needn’t have bothered. Now that the place is up and running again, the dinner rush has been nonstop.

Without a word, the dishwasher hands me one of the plates. There’s a half-eaten steak on top, gravy

everywhere, what looks like mashed potatoes that someone swirled around with their fork before

deciding that they didn’t want them. I can’t help but scrunch up my nose at the mess; who orders a

steak and then only eats half of it? It feels like a waste.

dishwasher, wanting to fill the silence as

it.

nod, taking Jack’s name to memory. I’ve always been good with names, and I’ve already

the kitchen down. “Here, Jack,” I

head at me and points at the garbage again.

the plate. I’ve already

shoots me an annoyed look.

up my dishwasher or something? Scrape stuff

by the dishwasher’s attitude, but I decide

scrape over the trash can. When I’m satisfied, I turn to hand

face, snat ches it out of my hand, and scrapes it

help but let out a small sigh of annoyance at

life, and there’s too much on the line

to that party

it would be faster if you spent less time rinsing off each plate,” I say, noticing the

don’t start moving faster, the dirty plates

over us.

me a look that makes me bristle. “You have to rinse them well, or there will be

crusted to the plates.”

ready for you a lot faster

should rinse them.”

“That wouldn’t make sense.”

next to the sink. “It makes a

here, and I say we do it this way.” Jack shoots me an angry look, his cold

filled with annoyance.

more, but before I can, Abby’s voice cuts

and turns back to his work, and I brace myself

from my brow with

starting arguments with Jack,” she says.

frown. “I was just trying to make

points back at the dishwasher. “It’s your job

you haven’t. Just do what he tells you. Unless

bet.”

teeth, but nod. If that’s what

Even if it’s stupid.

…

Abby

on his work, scraping food scraps into the garbage. I watch

to Jack that I can’t hear, but

look on

business having an opinion on. For some reason, he

one in

He’s used to being in charge, and dominance is not

this up, it’s going to cause problems. The last thing I need is

he could use a little bit of humility in his

dog everywhere he goes. Restaurant

is part of the