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Ramon nodded “It was very odd”

“If you see hiain can you let me know?”

“Sure thing Maybe you need to wait and have someone walk out with you”

I shivered again and nuroaned when I saw Dovie’s e

He’ll be there at close Wait for him

Could life handelse difficult and covered in thorns to workto doubt it

I texted back that that was fine and went to work the later crowd that filtered in right before we closed the kitchen down every night I was hypervigilant,all across the restaurant I didn’t like the idea of so es still floating around in the back of my mind I tended to think I could take care of myself, I was smart and considered myself savvy, but I had never actually had to put that theory to the test It was a frightening thought

By the ti the side work and ht, I was tired and stressed out I was ready to change back into o homewell, not so much the last part, but still

I twisted ed back into my jeans, and shoved my uniform into ler at the bar and all the guys in the kitchen were busy cleaning or just ignoring rab my computer by myself I really wished the idea didn’t have the hair on the back ofon end, and I was secretly disappointed that Race wasn’t already here to accompany me on the trek

I pushed out into the night and let enerally mellow here, but we had encountered more than one rowdy drunk on occasion The last time it happened, Bax had shown up just in the nick of tis had been quiet Dovie’s boyfriend had a reputation that reached far and wide, but she didn’t work here any back up

I always parked under the single flickering light that sat in parking lot and alht it had decided to give up the ghost and burn out The parking lot was dark and the walk to my car looked like it was a thousand oose bu a deep breath, I shored up the reserves and practically sprinted to where the BMW was parked I put a hand on the door handle with a sigh and shrieked bloody murder when a heavy hand fell on my shoulder from behind

Without stopping to think, I screas, threwhard, and whirled around with e My assailant slapped a heavy hand across my mouth, clamped a rock-hard arm across my chest as I turned, and shovedbehind the hand and lared down at me, some of my panic started to subside I wrappedainst the car