ADRIAN“No. Absolutely not. Over my dead body.”***“Julia’s said very good things about you, and I’m pleased to say we’d love to have you work here. Would you like to begin tomorrow, or right now?”I gritted my teeth, knowing fully well that if the next words that slipped down my tongue were the ones I actually meant, this whole carefully built cover would collapse on the spot.“He actually mentioned how eager he was to begin,” Julia answered for me… for what was probably the hundredth time tonight alone. “So I’m sure he’d love to continue the night shift with me. Right, Adrian?”She turned to glance at me.If only eyes could kill.If they could, she’d have died a little over seven times already.“Of course,” I lied.The manager smiled like that settled everything, handed me a black apron, and pointed toward the floor like I should already know where I belonged.A restaurant. Night shift. Waiting tables.Of all the places I could’ve ended up after Dakota, this somehow felt both t
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