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“Don’t know” I shrug and close my menu “I didn’t look”

Layla’s jaw falls open, like she’s going to say soes her mind and snaps it shut She takes another minute to read over the dinner options, then closes her menu

“You knohat you want?” I ask

“Yeah, I think I’hs, then frowns “I wish I had sweet tea”

“Be right back” I grab her menu and mine then walk to the back of the restaurant, towards the kitchen I push the swinging door open and, as expected, Kim is at the stove

“Josh,” he says with a grin, tossing so?”

“I’ood” I’ve co a relationship with Trong and Kim Back then, they were a new restaurant and had time to chat Now, they’re slammed six days a week I don’t want to take up too ave me her number in front of my date”

“A date?” Ki door open to peer into the dinning rooirl in the black?”

“Yeah” I rub the back ofby herself at a two person table It isn’t hard to figure out who I’m here with, but that doesn’t make me any less anxious “That’s her”

“She’s hot” Ki someone’s order “I’ll have a ith Tamra Do you knohat you want to eat?”

“Yeah Yellow curry and tofu sweet and sour” I grab a pen from the table by the door and write our order on a scrap piece of paper “Thanks, Kim”

“Anything for our best custoins working on his next order

“Hey, do you irl a sweet tea?”

“Sure Go for it”

I leave the kitchen and walk behind the bar My waitress, who I’ Layla’s cup “What are you doing?”