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“Er…yes,” Zoey replied skeptically “Yes I was I was supposed to meet him here Is he in the restaurant?”

“Yes, miss Follow me”

Zoey was a little unsure, but didn’t seem to have toohallway at the very rear of the restaurant The farther they walked, the hotter it got and theof pots and pans

At last, they arrived at a pair of padded swing doors

“Just through there,to get going now It was a pleasureyou”

Zoey thanked Ravi as well as she could over the clattering of the pans

As the boy went back toward the front, she turned and plunged through the doors, and there, battling back a cloud of sul Stelios Zakiridis

He wore a pair of black slacks, a white, collared shirt, and an apron covered in splatters of grease His sleeves were rolled up to just over the elbow, revealing two rather muscular forearms A sheen of sweat lay on his forehead as he fussed over a baking pan full of dough and , Zoey could tell it was badly burned

What on earth does he think he’s doing? she wondered Why is he working in the kitchen?

“It’s supposed to be kreatopita, a savory pie that h What I seerease to create a large charcoal briquette”