Chapter 41: The Hottest Thing Since Sliced Bread

Chapter 41: The Hottest Thing Since Sliced Bread

Interior, Earl's Diner, Temperance, South Dakota...

Layla sighed as she ventured back into the diner and proceeded to get herself ready to face the seemingly never-ending crowd of people that had come in for a bite to eat no matter the time of day or the type of weather. Derrick made his way over toward her at the bar with a big grin filed across his face as he had been among the few who had guessed what she'd been doing on her break once Brick saw his way to venturing outside for a few minutes. The old timers Rooster and Gunther had been among the remnant who had guessed what their illustrious leader had been up to when he had gone out telling the group that he needed some air after chugging down the last of his beer and swiping another piece of pie before his exit. Layla rolled her eyes as she took note of Derrick and his smug expression.

She knew she would never get to have any sort of pretend normalcy with him hovering around