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Are you? I’ a day in your life

“Sure thing, boss”

My flippant tone htest shift of his hands A reflex As if he’s holding hi them It makes me smile, and as I expected, his orders become worse

“Christina uses non-toxic ingredients in her cleaning solutions, but I think I’m sick of lemon lately”

My cheeks hurt fro “I’ll be sure to buy a different scent”

Right after I dig your grave and bury you in it

“No,” he corrects, rinning at each other like all is merry while venom seeps out of our eyes “You’ll have to make a different scent”

“Any preferences?”

Not sure you’ll be able to sreet your nose with my fist

“Lerass”

Is he serious? Lerass both smell like lemons And he knows it He may be a psycho, but he sure can smell

But he’s not done

“You’ll have to walk to the store to buy it Chef doesn’t like anyone touching his herbs” That smile hasn’t slipped from his face “Gail will hand you a few quarters to purchase it I know your financial situation is tight”

It’s official If I don’t get out of here fast, the only thing I’ll be cleaning off these floors is a dead body

Hefor the door “Don’t take too long,” he calls over his shoulder “I still need to go over tomorrow’s schedule”

“Then you better stop talking and let me work” The bite is there, and I know I ood for me

He pauses at the edge of the staircase “Alith the smart mouth”

“Better smart than stupid”

Yep Soto my own advice

“It will get you in trouble someday”

“It already has Nothing I can’t live through again” The words leave my mouth before I can stop them, and I realize my mistake

I gave hilimpse into me

I dropped a damn breadcrumb into my past that I never should have Hopefully, he didn’t realize what I said Maybe he won’t start digging around to understand

Because that was a tiny thread of inforh, it’s sure to unravel

I can’t have that

Trent Aldridge can’t know my past

He can’t know anything I have done or had to put up with before