34 Night shift II

Lyla

My smile didn’t waver , but my eyes turned cold .

“ I’m afraid that’s not on the menu .

Coffee and pastries , however , are .

Would you like to order ? Can I get you guys started with water first before you decide on what you want to have or should I ask you to leave ? ”

The guy’s friends snickered but he looked taken aback by my firm response .

After a moment of tension , he straightened up .

“ Fine .

Five large black coffees .

To go .

I moved over to the counter and in a few minutes , I ‘ had their order ready , I package it in the to – go box

and went over to them with c

OS .

“ Hey ! ” I said casually – they stopped talking as soon as I approached them but I paid no attention to them .

I dropped the coffee on the table .

“ Here you go gentlemen ,” I flashed them a smile but my eyes held a warning .

“ Before you pay , are you sure you don’t want me to get anything else for you guys ? Our Lemon cake is quite popular .

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“ No , lady ! ” their leader huffed and brought out his card .

After swiping up and confirming their payments , I thanked them again and went back to the counter marvelling at my composure , In the pack , I would have shrunk away from such confrontation .

But here , in this small coffee shop , I found a strength I didn’t know I possessed .

It was as if a lot of things had changed since I got back .

To say the truth , it hasn’t been all sun and roses .

I remember when I and Nanny – Miriam had first arrived in the human world exactly 3 years and six months ago today .

We had little more than the clothes on our backs and some money my parents had given me .

It had been a hard transition , especially for me who was used to living in ple

Having whatever I

wanted to eat , all the clothes that I liked … and also for Miriam who was used to the structure of the pack life .

But we had managed , surviving on Grace’s little savings and the little money I had left .

For six months , we wandered from one shop that was looking to employ .

We didn’t have referees or CVs as the human called it .

They couldn’t trust us enough to let us work for them .

Despite , our willingness to work

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without being paid until they realized we weren’t fraud , they had all refused .

had been a stroke

got at a place where they gave free food , we stumbled upon the

Nook’s window .

John had taken one look at us and hired us on the spot

I trust my

at us “ And they’re telling me you two are exactly what this place

needs .

told Miriam after she finished recounting

someone who

time since we’d left the pack that I felt seen

for the first time , I started to believe we could

here .

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and soon found out that we enjoyed

was simple , predictable – everything our lives at

of the apartment above the coffee

was always on one cruise or the other and only called

brought a small smile to my face

it to the customer , my

out and glancing at the screen

was a private ID and had no

Sarah , can you cover for me

hesitated for a moment frowning as I stared at my phone before stepping into the back room to answer

? ” I said , but

? ” I repeated , a knot forming

, only the faint

thought I heard something – a

it out , the call

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disconnected .

stared

immediately ,

this time , it was

My heart quickened .

answered with a sense of

Who is this

, only static

at this point as I

pattern repeated several times over the

– a word , a

unnerved , I

as

a

my phone

inst the wall .

What

going on ? The constant calls were grating on my nerves

air , I called out to

step out

went towards the suggestion

of the alley beside the

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what I’d worked so hard to

sober for three months

this moment , my nerves were all over the place

inhaling deeply

it an easy way to deal with all the bullying in

right now , I needed something to calm my

had been too strange – first

that man … Mr Dupree … there was something

he smoke

on me earlier sent a fresh wave of

uneasy ? Why does it seem like I’ve met him before ? I had never

wasn’t just fear …

I didn’t notice the group of men approaching

certain sleekness , their eyes glinting in the

about them was off , putting

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