Aftershock: A Charity McAdams Novella - Plot & Excerpts
I make it to the café just before ten and see that there’s a line out the door, which is very strange for a weekday at ten. I get inside and look behind the counter and it clicks why we’re so stacked up, the new girl, Jennifer, is manning the espresso machine and taking orders all alone. I look around for the owner, Heidi, but she’s nowhere to be seen. I spring into action and take over making the drinks and have Jennifer on the register to take orders and make change. Within a few minutes we have things handled and the line shuffles through without any further hiccups.“Thanks Charity, I was dyin’ there,” Jennifer says, wiping her brow after the last customer heads out the door.“No problem. Where’s Heidi?”“Her son is sick, so she had to go get him from school.”I nod, knowing I’ll have to stay and close up the shop. I don’t even have to call to find out for sure. It’s just an unsaid rule. I’m basically second in command since I’ve been here the longest so the responsibility falls on me by default.
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