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“Heard your sexy new neighbor lifted the ban on our kind at the diner”

An ih Zach’s mind “She sure did”

“Well, I gotta be out of town the next two days for Copper, but what do you say we get ourselves so?”

Zach smiled He’d be busy as hell hihts Probably ain “Sounds perfect to me”

Watching Toni’s ass flit around the diner would be the perfect way to turn as bound to be a shitty weekend into so to look forward to

Chapter Seven

Toni thought she understood busy, as far as the typical rush of the diner Hungry townsfolk and visitors poured through the doors, keeping the tables full and the staff hopping Everyone wanted to chat with her, and she was bloay by the number of patrons who had stories fro loose in the diner

Their rown older and her relationship with her parents declined, it becaer days Hearing the stories helped her to remember there were times of definite happiness in her childhood It helped heal some of the wounds inflicted by her parents’ rejection

The s were so hectic, by the time they closed at one each afternoon, she was exhausted and dreading the supply ordering and bookkeeping awaiting her

Then Saturday rolled around, and Toni learned a new definition of the word busy The servers were practically sprinting between tables to keep up with the de line out the door allcusto time By the time they’d chased the final diners out the doors, cleaned the restaurant, and the staff headed for ho time

“Holy crap,” Toni said to Michelle as she flexed her feet in her sensible but ugly work shoes The arches ached so fierce “How the hell do you do this every week?” They were lounging in a booth, both too bushed to move