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“He’ll hit traffic,” I say “The aet here first”

Zee chuckles “You don’t know Reid Wolfe”

She’s right I don’t But I know a lot of people like Reid Wolfe They , but no one controls Manhattan traffic

“Can I get you anything?” Lois asks “Water?”

“No, thank you,” Zee says “Unless you have a change of clothes for me”

“We ”

“Goodness, I was kidding I hate that I’ I sit on”

“It’s just amniotic fluid,” Katelyn says

Which is h Not the time They’d just wonder how I know

“I need to get back to , Lois”

Lois nods with a weak s help

I’m not sure I’ve done much, but I walk backward, toward the door, unable to take my eyes off Katelyn I don’t want to leave her, and I sure as hell don’t want to have this feeling

Feelings like this hat got me into trouble, and I can’t relive that

Finally I make it to the door and take a quick trip to the restrooot any pee—er…amniotic fluid—on them

Then back to work

Two ofcare of them for me I owe hilasses for the busboy, and then look back toward the door to the staff lounge

Should I warn anyone that an aoing to rush in wielding a stretcher for Reid Wolfe’s wife?

The soft h the room stops

“Ladies and gentlemen,” comes Lois’s voice “I’m sorry to disturb your dinner, but I want to let you know that one of our diners has gone into labor An a soon, and we’ll do our best not to disrupt yourten percent off your dinner checks tonight”

Collective oohs and ahs drift through the restaurant

Lois is a good er She just made all her customers happy with a mere mention of a small discount

She also just cost et that they’re supposed to tip on the full price of the meal

Oh, well

Not like I need the money, but Travis and the others will feel it

Not my problem

Funny, I don’t say that nearly as much as I used to Now I feel like it is iven the table to Travis when he asked for it Normally, I would have I don’t care about tips

But I didn’t want to lose out onKatelyn

And now?

Katelyn’s leaving, and neither Travis nor I will get the tip from the table

Fuck it all