#Chapter 78: A Little Vacation
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My eyes snap open to discover that someone, in the span of what feels like five minutes, my office has
grown dark. There’s a hand on my shoulder, and an all-too-familiar face—with a smirk on it, of course—
staring down at me.
“Sleepy?” Karl asks, his lips twitching into a grin.
I shake my head and sit up, trying to regain a sense of reality. The glare of the desk lamp sca tters
across stacks of invoices and order forms, casting a dim amber glow over everything.
“No,” I lie, looking away as Karl crosses the room back to the doorway. “I was just putting my head
down for a few minutes.”
A quick glance at the clock reveals that it’s almost eight o’clock, and considering the fact that it’s a
Wednesday, the restaurant is already mostly quiet. Through my half-open office door, I can just barely
make out the faint sound of sc at tered voices and silverware on plates from the few customers who are
still hanging around, post-dinner rush.
Karl laughs and leans against the doorframe. “Sure. And what looks like drool on your cheek must just
be condensation or something, right?”
Drool? I swipe my cheek with the back of my hand and sure enough, it comes away wet. Great.
“Okay, you go me,” I mutter, smoothing down my messy hair. “This morning was hectic, and I didn’t
sleep too well last night…”
Karl shrugs. “Don’t sweat it,” he assures me. “In fact, you’ll be happy to know that after the health
inspector left, everything else went smoothly. No more food critics, no sick servers, no arguing
employees.”
I force a half-smile. So word really does travel fast; or rather, Karl is more attuned to the drama than I
thought. I never mentioned the sick servers and arguing employees to anyone, but someone must have
noticed.
rubbing my eyes.
in again, perching on the
tomorrow’s delivery schedule, but it’s really not that
you could
myself up to my feet in an attempt to make myself look
feel right now. “I’m perfectly fine,” I lie, hoping
wavering slightly where I’m
me
very long time.
in a feeble attempt to hide the
by the window, peering out into the
kitchen will close
reality. “You should go home,
“I’ll be fine. I’ll at least
raining?” he asks. I nod, and Karl sighs. “It’s supposed to rain
you home, okay?”
stare out the window for another few moments at the rain,
at my coat h ook reveals that my umbrella is nowhere to be found,
nap on my desk didn’t really do much to
back to face Karl. He’s
it quickly. “Let’s
…
the dim, cramped space of my office to Karl’s sleek, black sedan
hint of pine air freshener. The city lights, made blurry
of the windshield as we drive. I’ve always
the neon signs look on a stormy night; it’s like something out of
signs of late-night diners and convenience
a blur. For a moment, the weight of my job—the
lost in the rhythmic
silence. “You looked like you were
and
nightmare. I can’t seem to escape the restaurant, even in
sleep.”
with a smirk. “Well, dreams are just unpaid labor then, aren’t
could get compensation somehow.”
reply, my words tinged with
red brick building with ivy crawling
to the front door. It’s surrounded by other buildings that look just
I first moved here, I almost
embarrassing.
up to the curb and turns off the engine, then looks at
you don’t need a vacation? My offer still stands.
remember the pool and the hot tub, and all of the luxuries
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