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"What shift?" She asked glancing back as she followed Sal into the back roo deal?"
As soon as Sal’s eyes met hers, his smile dissolved He must have read her tell-all expression Aside from Grace Sal knew better than anyone how hard Vince’s departure had been for her She tried to soften the utter desperation heto be around Lorenzo God, she was an idiot Here she’d gone all out these last few months to prove that she was in fact over Vincent She may’ve just blown her whole cover
"I can see if they’ll send someone else the rest of week"
"No, no that’s fine You don’t have to do all that" She recanted quickly "It’s just that after seeing ht be a little, you knoard betweenHopefully thatthat was the only reason "But if this is the tionna come in every day, then it should be fine We’ll only be around each other a couple of hours"
She s the corner just as quickly as she’d gotten there With a poof she collided right into Lorenzo’s hard chest "Whoa," Lorenzo said holding her ar in his eyes was just like… "Yeah, I’o "I’ain she had instant uess you weren’t"
The other waiter walked past the them alone in the hallway She san to walk away "I’ll slon, I promise"
She could do this She could do this It was only for a few hours for a couple of days She’d get through it She had to Gulping back the reality that not only would she continue to have to be around Lorenzo here at the restaurant occasionally but at a lot of the fas as well Someday it wouldn’t be just Lorenzo, it would be Vincent
She waited by the bar for the order of drinks she’d put in It’s been a year now She chided herself Get over it
"Get over what?"
She ju up at his playful eyes, she couldn’t believe she was still doing that Geez how hard was it to keep your ! Before she could come up with a suitable response, he answered his own question with a slanced away as the bartender let her know her tray was ready So grateful to have a reason to not look at him at least that second, she took the tray fro it on her forearm
Rose didn’t even have to think of how to respond to that because he went on "About that, Rose, when you get a chance I need to talk to you"