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This seeh so far My nerves had eased and I nodded "Yes, I aood What else?"

"Fast learner I like it Okay, you will look at this chart and decide on what table, section area to seat them If they have paid for VIP reservations, you will have them stand here away fro the VIP We will seat them You don’t handle them--you handle the rest"

The next few hours went on like this I followed Neil around and he never stopped talking He was constantly teaching s and one silk wrap and tagged the rolled around, the place was al into the front seat of my car, I slipped off my heels and stretched I can do this

I touched the hidden pocket on my skirt There was fifty dollars in there from custoiven me a twenty-dollar bill when I returned her wrap to her The other thirty dollars cauys I seated Neil said if they tipped me, to be thankful and take it So, I did

THE THREE AND A HALF hours I slept last night felt like I barely closed my eyes The alarht I was at hole-wide trailer I was still in bed, it was a schoolto hit the snooze button But when I peeled my eyes open to find the blasted noisy alar machine and I re, I stretched and my calves burned My feet ached, and ht But I hadn’t I laid there and stared at the ceiling It was a fancy ceiling for a base Much like the rest of the house

I wondered how s Ms Charlotte had laid here and stared at that ceiling Had she ever wished to quit? Or had she loved working here? I couldn’t i for the Van Allan’s They weren’t a happy bunch

I also wondered if her shoes had fit her as I wiggledto get breakfast cooked nor was it going to give me time to catch Jasper before he left today I had to talk to hiotten in last night and ht that was a positive sign At least I hadn’t been kicked out

With great reluctance, I crawled out of bed and got dressed I left putting on ood neas I didn’t have to chase Jasper down thisHe was already awake and in the kitchen The bad neas he appeared to be waiting onThe coffee in his hand said he hadn’t just arrived It was only six-thirty, and I’d never seen hi," I said, stopping after I walked into the room I didn’t knohat to expect but I was prepared I would be h This was a conversation I’d gone over in ht?" he asked, and then took a sip of his coffee

"Yes I’ Winston told you about my second job"

He frowned "Second job?"

Oh So Stone hadn’t told him Oops That wasn’t the way I wanted to lead into it

"You need a second job? I thought you were paid very well here Surely there isn’t anything that costs so much in your life you needhim about Heidi It would be easier It would make sense But I was scared I had watched people mistreat her over and over in the past They didn’t want the hassle, or they didn’t understand Could I trust Jasper with soe" There That had been the truth once Didn’t h to trust hi I want to go to Nursing school"

He looked inside his coffee , and then set it down on the counter "That’s why you need a second job? You’re still rand a month You made thirty-six thousand over the past sixschool costs that much up front"

"I wanted to be sure I could complete school Pay for it in full"