The next day I woke up with a huge headache. Thinking about work didn’t help either. Bussing table at a local family dinner wasn’t the best solution for a twenty-two-year-old girl but they took me in even after my background. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAEi8tsWdMib
I got up and took a long shower. 491Please respect copyright.PENANA8mhOr1QpsZ
Suddenly I remember the half-naked man and I felt weird. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAiTHY1GSVWu
I shook my head.491Please respect copyright.PENANAhB0S6PcOUY
“ Gonna be late for work.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAOLwIzOT6MS
After I put my medium hair in a braid I put my uniform on and put my things in the bag. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAlAhJde86nI
Milo was still sleepy but I put some food in his bowl and kissed his head before going on.491Please respect copyright.PENANAIzaa08afVm
Dogs, far better than humans. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAI1iw3LS4Bw
When I opened the door I almost shouted in surprise.491Please respect copyright.PENANARXyeGICaaA
The little girl from yesterday was staring up at me smiling. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAwTQaaHsw6h
I sighed.491Please respect copyright.PENANAK89FRRIfBF
“ I am honoured that you like my porch so much but I have to go to work.”491Please respect copyright.PENANAFUidXQ9CzW
She seemed bummed.491Please respect copyright.PENANAAOXvy4V6Yb
“ My name is Rosa, what is yours?”491Please respect copyright.PENANAMaFkCdXI44
She beamed and smiled.491Please respect copyright.PENANAH7re8h53iE
“ My name is Rachel.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAtjr9kGOvkA
She was such a joyful little thing.491Please respect copyright.PENANAXFAzcKsHbD
I’m tired already. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAVYqSdEUgHz
“ See ya around Rachel.”491Please respect copyright.PENANAeHmgPE1xod
I opened my garage and stuck the keys in the engine. 491Please respect copyright.PENANA7aVzgiwhvF
“Dang, you own a Ducati.”I jumped in surprise.
The man from yesterday was looking at my bike with a huge smile on his face. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAsoJGBesRQt
“Um,” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAccO3iGAkzX
Shit forgot his name.491Please respect copyright.PENANAkH71Aw0Daz
“ Trevor.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANA49k5QF6M7z
“Trevor, I have to go to work would you mind ?” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAKHmCBe8pY9
He snapped from his trance and nodded.491Please respect copyright.PENANA4Mf3F2C2Rh
“ Sorry.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAR9LtfCL1T0
I shook my head.491Please respect copyright.PENANA5dbhw6rsSq
Somehow I know that this family is gonna cause me problems.491Please respect copyright.PENANAubnkWoO10F
“ Oh yeah, Rachel wants to hang out.”491Please respect copyright.PENANAKYErwBgw9J
I climbed my bike and looked at him.491Please respect copyright.PENANAY7F8pmNuyc
“ No offence but I don’t hang out with little kids.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAyrL6W2Brmn
He chuckled.491Please respect copyright.PENANAYq1zhsA8h8
“ How about dinner ?” 491Please respect copyright.PENANA2xkxpIKhAx
“ I have work, but thanks.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAXgxMbLSecv
I started the engine and the Ducati roared.491Please respect copyright.PENANAcgD6THsequ
“ Where do you work ?” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAg2MIiEp3aq
“ Is this an interrogation officer ?” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAsy241BFUuM
I said getting a bit pissed.491Please respect copyright.PENANAzufyLRm7a2
“ No.”491Please respect copyright.PENANA8YcYDDLJjR
“ Then if you please let me go, I did nothing wrong.”491Please respect copyright.PENANA14Fbey3zQ4
I put the helmet on and stormed out of the garage not looking back.
When I arrived at work, Felicia was already waiting tables.491Please respect copyright.PENANAiPqYf7JWJ5
“ Good morning, sweet thing.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAOdTcRhd9X1
“ Morning Fel.”491Please respect copyright.PENANAlA73gwz6mZ
Felicia was a middle-aged woman who took me under her wing. She and her family run this place and it’s famous all around town.491Please respect copyright.PENANAuZXZNcQY9m
A man opened the door of the kitchen.491Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ssc2KROML
“Rosabella, how’s this morning doing you good ?” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAvHBeTMa2IF
“ What’s with that language Darren ?” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAPC12e1XmoC
He chuckled.491Please respect copyright.PENANAfIbNrMWY4K
“ Don’t mind him.” A younger guy appeared from behind him. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAREzomBGjd2
“ Hey, Clark.”491Please respect copyright.PENANAAk3WGnbXfg
“ Morning Rosa.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAsnvi5nCF7G
“ Quite the yapping and get to work,” Felicia said.491Please respect copyright.PENANAxtnn0exkbv
I sighed and put my apron on.491Please respect copyright.PENANA15x8kpDxVn
The day was long. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAXF8limG8BM
Customers came in, ate, paid and went away.491Please respect copyright.PENANAItT9cepqVz
Again and again. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAwhCVLMC1PM
When night hit the windows, the people stopped coming. 491Please respect copyright.PENANA9GO8BlgSGz
I crashed on a stool.491Please respect copyright.PENANAj0iutM64FA
“ Good work Rosa,” Clark said handing me a cup of water. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAETKIHpyw9H
Clark was Felicia’s and Darren’s son. He was at University and working shifts at his parents' restaurant. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAIPmRVdzUc9
I admire him. He is a few years younger than me and his life is planned bit by bit. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAkJ42VMrdZH
A chirm announced someone at the door. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAtDpO3KZfcP
A cute petite girl came running to us. Her long black hair bounced as she jumped. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAhtSY4ZzU4L
She was Clark’s girlfriend. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAU4WpP4jXBP
“Lucy, you are early today,” I said smiling at her while she jumped on her boyfriend. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6xLt7o15f
“ Rosa!” She yelled in my ears as she hugged me. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAW0PxnSTJku
“ Someone seems overly happily today,” Darren said wiping his hands with the cloth. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAWVpxQksDOu
She laughed. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAyyXwPfwuOW
“ Just got amazing news.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANATMRj19hsTM
I got up and went to grab my bag while she told everything to her family. 491Please respect copyright.PENANABearwXI0HD
“Rosa, listen to this. Lucy’s going to be a movie star.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAN4n6Af4jt2
“Wow, that’s awesome. I’ll have an autograph right now.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAkzzIJLCBd1
She giggled.491Please respect copyright.PENANA5o5fJkUO86
I was happy for her I know how hard she worked for all of this. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAzGEpoBF1rj
Clark tell’s me everything. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAKQMXtJU1hL
He really loves her. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAAP1ZdIGdaI
“ I’ll be leaving now, see you next week.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAHbCMqCqRFE
“ Why ?” Lucy pouted.491Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ih5qPxa0g
“ Took the weekend off. Need to go somewhere.” I smiled at her.491Please respect copyright.PENANA295zOOWvd7
I waved at them and climbed the bike. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAU7LeOm2cwg
It wasn’t a lie, I really had to go somewhere. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAjk0bLuCJnX
Sort off.491Please respect copyright.PENANAG52IvH61XG
As the wind crashed into my body, I noticed how much I have free time now that I don’t have Jason. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAUFVvmqEdHO
Jason used to make thousands of plans, in fact, I took the weekend off because he was planning a trip but ended up breaking up with me instead.491Please respect copyright.PENANABdj3Cuwfka
And thanks to that I can have time for my other work.491Please respect copyright.PENANA1nPQJkabh1
I lost so much track that I don’t know how the excavations are going. 491Please respect copyright.PENANA1uPv42tXfr
When I arrived at the house, I pulled my phone out of my bag and called Steven.491Please respect copyright.PENANA4nAd7Ll3b8
“ Yeah ?” A tired voice responded.491Please respect copyright.PENANA2ClJkjkKMl
“ You kept awake all night, right ?” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAv1hrPEvkr4
He chuckled.491Please respect copyright.PENANA2N3JLfN43X
“ Well someone has to replace our main archaeologist.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAFykriZ3Upx
I felt guilty.491Please respect copyright.PENANAq2JlUTbDfI
“Sorry, I’m back tomorrow.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAXn2oqFenvx
“ Great. See you on the spot.”491Please respect copyright.PENANAi3Ro8nUDbr
“ See ya.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAIyGYeRAeAV
He cut the call. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAEJ7FGdjIqD
The house was quite, Milo welcomed me as usual and I played with him for a while until he settled. 491Please respect copyright.PENANADjE2MlKyCE
I took a long shower and crashed on the sofa.491Please respect copyright.PENANAQR8CCjpOr8
A knock made Milo bark. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAm89WwajMJW
I sighed.491Please respect copyright.PENANArPloAldNoZ
When I opened the door, I almost laughed.491Please respect copyright.PENANAiIGYTMKa3T
“ What ?” Trevor asked.491Please respect copyright.PENANAIQeNeCWds6
Trevor and Rachel were smiling at me with a bowl in hand. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAKhwYJPtZIl
“ We saw you get in and thought to invite ourselves,” Trevor said.491Please respect copyright.PENANAkBGAGBBjAS
I let them in without another option and they made themselves home. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAtXtofZ2QyO
“ It’s exactly like ours.” Rachel said running after Milo.491Please respect copyright.PENANAySjYhuZ7c0
Poor Milo. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAQWNdnw0Ihe
Trevor inched closer.491Please respect copyright.PENANAQwyIUskyNx
“ Sorry to barge in like this but Rachel hasn’t shut up about you and thought better to satisfy her so she would shut up.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAzn7WPDEp02
He shrugged. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAYPrLQSLI5t
I sighed putting my wet hair in a bun.491Please respect copyright.PENANAD7yAYvug1N
Somehow we ended up talking about Rachel’s day at school. 491Please respect copyright.PENANABqCQMVDG6m
I put the dishes in the sink and sighed.491Please respect copyright.PENANAfR5oiCfihZ
“ She slept.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAI7CoL4WKfJ
Trevor came from behind me grabbing a cloth to help me.491Please respect copyright.PENANA3lXKTilfEK
“ Don’t worry about it, take her home.”491Please respect copyright.PENANA9oq4zYQEdw
He shook his head.491Please respect copyright.PENANAFpo1mU63ju
“ You let us in and listened to her all night, it’s the least I can do.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANA84CcFHSvzw
“ I used to listen to a lot more than that before.” I chuckled.491Please respect copyright.PENANAuOZ3Wdr1t9
He seemed interested but didn’t ask for more. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZdRQRHaIcJ
“ This is gonna sound rude. But tomorrow can she hang out with you for an hour ?” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAWGggC54iJR
I blinked at him astonished.491Please respect copyright.PENANAAoHSfRazPs
“ You actually want to leave her with a stranger? I could be a serial killer you know.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAMG9hdHhD1f
He looked at me with such a look that I had to hold myself from falling. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAZlBl2hp3qt
“ You saved her already, plus you own a dog.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANABBlztLPOA5
I laughed once.491Please respect copyright.PENANAtzsgZlGPHw
“ Now that’s an excuse.”491Please respect copyright.PENANAu7FUz18teS
He grinned, showing a row of beautiful white teeth.491Please respect copyright.PENANAaqpBXIoQSg
“ I know that this is sudden but I got called at work and no one can take care of her.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAz8RYOgJals
I sighed, “ What time ?”491Please respect copyright.PENANAwLfNIGExdP
“ Around 10 a.m ?” 491Please respect copyright.PENANA5QBRmcvlej
I put my chin in my hands thinking.491Please respect copyright.PENANAvhdWHNRAm5
“ I guess I could go late for the excavation. Sure I’ll help.”491Please respect copyright.PENANAlOlN2TQ9dv
“ Seriously ?” He said sounding happy. 491Please respect copyright.PENANABZVSCnayMc
I nodded.491Please respect copyright.PENANAzOD6ZFFtCA
He laughed and grabbed me by my shoulder and twirled me around.491Please respect copyright.PENANAf1iYEDwGUf
I couldn’t help but laugh. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAALO49eFsBq
When he realized what he was doing, he apologized and put me down slowly.491Please respect copyright.PENANAzNDGDwIf83
But when he put me down we were close. 491Please respect copyright.PENANAN44JE8QWNX
I couldn’t breathe.491Please respect copyright.PENANA7OHvH3Dq8l
He was over a foot taller than me and he was almost hovering over me and his eyes scanned every inch of my face. 491Please respect copyright.PENANATJMz7JLART
Shit.491Please respect copyright.PENANA9THNV9dVk2
I backed away and rubbed my hand.491Please respect copyright.PENANAfhPZDRfe4t
“ How long do you think it will take at work ?” 491Please respect copyright.PENANApufCkoEwmP
He kept silent for a second and then cleared his throat.491Please respect copyright.PENANAMV9BDRjuh3
“ An hour the most, I usually work at home but they needed my help with a client.”491Please respect copyright.PENANAlObVpWltGQ
I nodded.491Please respect copyright.PENANAbONHJFGA19
He cleared his throat once more and walked to get his sister.491Please respect copyright.PENANA2TrzO1s9Lj
“Well, um … Thanks again.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAeJDcRUFmhK
“ Welcome.” 491Please respect copyright.PENANAwOzz0EpF3U
He nodded and let himself out.491Please respect copyright.PENANAlyLDkyrm2f
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