#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. “Did you
pushes off the doorframe and saunters in again, perching on the
delivery
look like you could
pushing myself up to my feet in an attempt to make myself look more
than I really feel right now. “I’m perfectly fine,” I lie,
I’m wavering slightly where I’m standing.
moments, Karl gazes at me without answering. There’s something
very long time.
room in a feeble attempt to
peering out into the dimly lit city street. It’s pouring
it’s getting late and the kitchen will close soon anyway,” Karl
“You
“I’ll be fine. I’ll
and Karl sighs. “It’s supposed to rain all night.
you home, okay?”
stare out the window for another few moments at the rain, listening as it
my coat h ook reveals that my umbrella is nowhere to be found,
desk didn’t really
turning back to face Karl. He’s
it quickly.
…
my office
leather and a hint of pine air freshener. The city lights, made
the windshield as we drive. I’ve always loved the city in the rain,
signs look on a stormy
signs of
of my job—the critics, the health inspectors, the
in
were having one hell of a dream back there.
drink, and a server shortage all at
“More like a health inspection nightmare. I can’t seem to escape
sleep.”
dreams are just unpaid labor then, aren’t they? Surely
could get compensation somehow.”
working overtime,” I reply, my
apartment complex—a red brick building with
the front door. It’s
moved here, I almost
embarrassing.
and turns off the engine, then looks at me, his eyes searching
My offer
pool and the hot
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