Chapter 9: An Unwelcome Customer

Nina

Enzo didn’t seem to recognize me right away with my uniform and my hair pulled back. He came in and sat down at the counter while I was pouring coffee for another customer, which I nearly spilled all over the table out of shock.

My hands trembled as I approached the counter. Was he following me, or was this just a coincidence? Now, more than ever, I regretted ever sleeping with him. Why must he insist on playing with my feelings like this? Couldn’t he just move on to the next girl?

I walked behind the counter and immediately turned my back to him, pretending to fiddle with the coffee

machine.
“Hi, Nina.”

So he did recognize me.

I took a deep breath and turned around to face him.

“What are you doing here?”

Enzo looked around and gestured a bit with his hands. “What do you mean? It’s a diner. I’m hungry.”

my chest. “You and I both know that you could have gone to any other restaurant in town, and you

“Can I just get a menu,

huff, I grabbed one of the laminated menus from behind the counter and tossed it down in front

boss came out of the back. He was a kind old man named Phil. He walked with

being rude to a customer, Nina,”

cut me off when

said.

suddenly I had a flash of a memory from Friday

shook his head. “No. She’s just surprised

at me then and winked before hobbling off to go count

from the menu. His brown eyes were captivating, but I tried

at his question. He was clearly trying to get me to talk to him more than I needed to, but Phil

like the grilled cheese,”

said, handing

together into a sarcastic smile and snatched the menu away, ignoring Phil’s dissatisfied glare, then retreated to the kitchen to

of hot food back out to the counter. I set it down in front of Enzo, then filled up a glass

Enzo said, his mouth full after. taking a bite of grilled cheese. “This

replied when I looked over to see Phil glaring at me from the register. While Enzo ate, I busied myself with pouring coffee for other customers and clearing tables. I always felt Enzo’s eyes on me as I worked, but whenever I turned around, he only seemed to be looking at his phone and his food. It was unsettling to feel like I was being watched, only to find out that I wasn’t being watched at all. I chalked it up to

Enzo was finished, he

god, I thought to

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