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I was so confused Was she high? "What?"

"Anyway, you’re going to open up toI’m not I keep secrets just fine I’ for attention like I’ve been daddy-deprived my whole life You’ll see"

She left me alone after that and toret ready for my shift I hoped the other waitresses weren’t as intense as her Even Marlena was a constant fly on your wall, wanting to hear and see everything going on I had to be careful around her

"You’ll do fine," Carter suddenly whispered in my ear

I whipped around, a hand overquiet You’re just freaking out inside your head"

I slumped my shoulders "I know I’ve never worked before, Carter, and I don’t want to ers one by one "You’re s I worry about are the drunks taking advantage of you, but you’re tough So I know that won’t happen, and if I see it happen, I’ll beat thehtly "I know you will How’s the band search going?"

He nodded "Heading out now to uys"

"Settled on a naestions are awful If he didn’t kno to play druuys together, we’ll figure it out in the end"

"That’s good You know, Roht be able to put together a design for the naure one out"

"That shit’s not so important"

"Of course it is! You need people to res help Well, actually, you’d be the visual part they’d reht help too"

He chuckled "Right"

He continued holdingafter he’d squeezed it Then he pulledthat melted my insides "Be confident," he told me "I’ll be back in a bit, okay?"

I nodded "Okay"

He pulled away and stared into my eyes, a soft smile on his face "See ya, beautiful"

He walked out with Ro tome a thuhed It was so dan over and unlock the door I held et rid of the nerves that wracked , I would be on my o

I hoped I wouldn’t fuck it up

Maybe Melanie wasn’t so bad after all

She was helping le complaint I would have kissed her feet if she’d let etting orders wrong Fuck, it was stressful, and had I been the owner, I would have fired ht there and then Fortunately, Marlena was extre me that everyone starts off from the "very, very, very bottom" I wasn’t sure whether to be relieved or dis numb instead