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“Don’t wear it again” His voice is aover my cheek as he moves back I can’t help but shiver in the wake of his coht red because I can feel the

Shock thruwith me He’s an asshole, but I need this job, so all I offer is a quick nod before I turn and leave him with a quick, “Goodbye, Mr Elliot”

He nods “See you to in response before he shuts the door in ot the job, but what have I gotten rumpiness Even if it’s for a short ti and colorful store s,myself not to call him Julian, because the moment he becoued by him

When I reach a small café, I step inside and inhale the scents of flavors that rurabbed a taxi all the way into the French Quarter I needed to explore h, and with every corner I turned, I fell more and more in love with the French Quarter I can see why my mother wanted to return

“Hello, how can I help you?” One of the servers walks up toa menu card in her hands

With a sood food”

She grins “Of course Since the lunch rush hasn’t yet co around, I note a small table in the corner, which I make a beeline for and settle in She sets the menu down and tells me, “We have a special, French toast with avocado and bacon today Other than that, the menu has all our options”

“Thank you Can I get a coffee in the meantime?”

With a nod, she leavesbetter than the last By the time my drink arrives, I decide on the special of the day and sit back to sip the strong black coffee and stare out the

Tomorrow, I start iven h he looks like he needs a lot allery

Froreeted me at the door, I think he needs to realize that life moves on I can’t believe he would be in that state because of his father’s passing It’s been years, which begs the question, has he been in such deep depression for that long, or is it so else?

Even though I know I should stay out of it, my curiosity burns I want to delve deeper and find out what rumpy old man

The ht appears in my mind, I try to push it back, but it doesn’t relent Did he lose a girlfriend or wife? Nothing that I found in the articles stated he was married But he’s so private about his life; he could’ve had someone special, and nobody would’ve known

I knohat Phoebe would say She’d convince me to find out all I can And she’dhi into my brunch and try to focus on the delicious flavors of the food instead of thinking about my new boss

I need to remain professionalChapter 5JulianHow is it that it’s been a whole day, and all that’s been on irl with the black and purple hair? She’s nothing like the wo for me, but her pretty face has been emblazoned on

I shouldn’t have been rude, butpainfully at the reht before But even as I h my day, with every twist and turn, raven hair ild purple strands and wide eyes captured me And now I findI wanted to capture her, but not just her face I craved to snag her essence and drench the canvas with it