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. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAWCuwdzleW5
I got up and took a long shower. 490Please respect copyright.PENANACNcGJApcIJ
Suddenly I remember the half-naked man and I felt weird. 490Please respect copyright.PENANALOi8Zf4QiL
I shook my head.490Please respect copyright.PENANATjHTGrizIR
“ Gonna be late for work.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAUB7zzRjls6
After I put my medium hair in a braid I put my uniform on and put my things in the bag. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAf6wM8sfn0z
Milo was still sleepy but I put some food in his bowl and kissed his head before going on.490Please respect copyright.PENANAfnwkpQPMyf
Dogs, far better than humans. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAK4vvD8Hffm
When I opened the door I almost shouted in surprise.490Please respect copyright.PENANAqtCjIPMd7N
The little girl from yesterday was staring up at me smiling. 490Please respect copyright.PENANA6oT78Rb5gN
I sighed.490Please respect copyright.PENANAnWiwXTtliT
“ I am honoured that you like my porch so much but I have to go to work.”490Please respect copyright.PENANAgSF7yTpyXx
She seemed bummed.490Please respect copyright.PENANA2JiX3Aw0cd
“ My name is Rosa, what is yours?”490Please respect copyright.PENANAIUjOAnSWUH
She beamed and smiled.490Please respect copyright.PENANAFCKmZZpa2I
“ My name is Rachel.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANA5LSBpCeOIl
She was such a joyful little thing.490Please respect copyright.PENANA8QPAaonwkN
I’m tired already. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAjYx1jdrxJK
“ See ya around Rachel.”490Please respect copyright.PENANAYKrbhwYVxz
I opened my garage and stuck the keys in the engine. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAsiUsVq6nyC
“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. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAXRSZIHL7Jq
“Um,” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAjOuqJwbiHl
Shit forgot his name.490Please respect copyright.PENANA1bEUGoZgWE
“ Trevor.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANADACk7dOYKQ
“Trevor, I have to go to work would you mind ?” 490Please respect copyright.PENANABG5uyoUrnw
He snapped from his trance and nodded.490Please respect copyright.PENANAN9YsjTvgrd
“ Sorry.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANADk8TUKSeir
I shook my head.490Please respect copyright.PENANALhO0r26Y5b
Somehow I know that this family is gonna cause me problems.490Please respect copyright.PENANAF2AnlUlU2K
“ Oh yeah, Rachel wants to hang out.”490Please respect copyright.PENANAMJHXBEdZeP
I climbed my bike and looked at him.490Please respect copyright.PENANAxH7q65sER8
“ No offence but I don’t hang out with little kids.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAWrou9jqW0w
He chuckled.490Please respect copyright.PENANAyFKEM11pO2
“ How about dinner ?” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAIn3ugxWMPM
“ I have work, but thanks.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANArsoiL3yK71
I started the engine and the Ducati roared.490Please respect copyright.PENANAzgjh1HneWE
“ Where do you work ?” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAK6cMKebcTR
“ Is this an interrogation officer ?” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAXZBYFEUmE4
I said getting a bit pissed.490Please respect copyright.PENANAcPW1Gobtjx
“ No.”490Please respect copyright.PENANA2x3Reux5rO
“ Then if you please let me go, I did nothing wrong.”490Please respect copyright.PENANA2a63NND3y9
I put the helmet on and stormed out of the garage not looking back.
When I arrived at work, Felicia was already waiting tables.490Please respect copyright.PENANA8OFQv99jkD
“ Good morning, sweet thing.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANATqOrdBbv0G
“ Morning Fel.”490Please respect copyright.PENANAFuXlzcHdXa
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.490Please respect copyright.PENANAxtPgMtTue4
A man opened the door of the kitchen.490Please respect copyright.PENANA28hlsXgAHk
“Rosabella, how’s this morning doing you good ?” 490Please respect copyright.PENANA1ORWuCSSVv
“ What’s with that language Darren ?” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAm5RySnn9xZ
He chuckled.490Please respect copyright.PENANAWq4Rrwy5C0
“ Don’t mind him.” A younger guy appeared from behind him. 490Please respect copyright.PENANA1cNgJwnjTV
“ Hey, Clark.”490Please respect copyright.PENANApEVZprZA8I
“ Morning Rosa.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANATFdeDU4H8k
“ Quite the yapping and get to work,” Felicia said.490Please respect copyright.PENANAPiro6pyy0P
I sighed and put my apron on.490Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6YoEzcrH8
The day was long. 490Please respect copyright.PENANALbqbwbdCoA
Customers came in, ate, paid and went away.490Please respect copyright.PENANAa4NGBDkdzd
Again and again. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAundZHUJw4G
When night hit the windows, the people stopped coming. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAbmAKtdzKhm
I crashed on a stool.490Please respect copyright.PENANAEjq8VD6pOO
“ Good work Rosa,” Clark said handing me a cup of water. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAyMPa712kDx
Clark was Felicia’s and Darren’s son. He was at University and working shifts at his parents' restaurant. 490Please respect copyright.PENANA3j705LhWbj
I admire him. He is a few years younger than me and his life is planned bit by bit. 490Please respect copyright.PENANASzGuoRZ4qH
A chirm announced someone at the door. 490Please respect copyright.PENANA1LfeoCItTk
A cute petite girl came running to us. Her long black hair bounced as she jumped. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAL0lqlwJWO6
She was Clark’s girlfriend. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAeP6rjxbs4S
“Lucy, you are early today,” I said smiling at her while she jumped on her boyfriend. 490Please respect copyright.PENANA0zkgKlkxNq
“ Rosa!” She yelled in my ears as she hugged me. 490Please respect copyright.PENANALtBLoi1ltY
“ Someone seems overly happily today,” Darren said wiping his hands with the cloth. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAnJxZ5xvThS
She laughed. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAQUcRVgWVj4
“ Just got amazing news.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANA0pcW0z5Or2
I got up and went to grab my bag while she told everything to her family. 490Please respect copyright.PENANANodtFFvDlI
“Rosa, listen to this. Lucy’s going to be a movie star.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAXdjo7oZOKY
“Wow, that’s awesome. I’ll have an autograph right now.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAClzm6ROhOU
She giggled.490Please respect copyright.PENANA5DzfpL2Dbw
I was happy for her I know how hard she worked for all of this. 490Please respect copyright.PENANANkpyD2LUcQ
Clark tell’s me everything. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAKtm6JAEsBU
He really loves her. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAvPM9VGSeG7
“ I’ll be leaving now, see you next week.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANA9Iivj0WKRY
“ Why ?” Lucy pouted.490Please respect copyright.PENANACrbf0v3eEi
“ Took the weekend off. Need to go somewhere.” I smiled at her.490Please respect copyright.PENANAeDSfrbg0DJ
I waved at them and climbed the bike. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAUisJceRG0h
It wasn’t a lie, I really had to go somewhere. 490Please respect copyright.PENANA1Hy49foKp5
Sort off.490Please respect copyright.PENANANM5yXrz8hI
As the wind crashed into my body, I noticed how much I have free time now that I don’t have Jason. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAkmSHOZIZJE
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.490Please respect copyright.PENANAWS1bPhcn0e
And thanks to that I can have time for my other work.490Please respect copyright.PENANAvCMpYiIolo
I lost so much track that I don’t know how the excavations are going. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAmIQOSsRvfd
When I arrived at the house, I pulled my phone out of my bag and called Steven.490Please respect copyright.PENANAKSVRlQJWHI
“ Yeah ?” A tired voice responded.490Please respect copyright.PENANACbOejS0Uaa
“ You kept awake all night, right ?” 490Please respect copyright.PENANApxlZCyYRGN
He chuckled.490Please respect copyright.PENANAvHiYoy76Gg
“ Well someone has to replace our main archaeologist.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAktkGItDilW
I felt guilty.490Please respect copyright.PENANA8A8TMlSmu1
“Sorry, I’m back tomorrow.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAtGfHGCx1yP
“ Great. See you on the spot.”490Please respect copyright.PENANAEhF0oulXZH
“ See ya.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAv4EobVlGP7
He cut the call. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAr0i9XzLCKn
The house was quite, Milo welcomed me as usual and I played with him for a while until he settled. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAoJ8c6bsNSn
I took a long shower and crashed on the sofa.490Please respect copyright.PENANAqNdDYqkvDi
A knock made Milo bark. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAS6s5VuZ5jp
I sighed.490Please respect copyright.PENANA3VbCVOpj5q
When I opened the door, I almost laughed.490Please respect copyright.PENANAk9xrKscYfq
“ What ?” Trevor asked.490Please respect copyright.PENANARrXDteP8hR
Trevor and Rachel were smiling at me with a bowl in hand. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAlvDPCcWsyr
“ We saw you get in and thought to invite ourselves,” Trevor said.490Please respect copyright.PENANAuPo2zGRLds
I let them in without another option and they made themselves home. 490Please respect copyright.PENANATZCsCw2FHm
“ It’s exactly like ours.” Rachel said running after Milo.490Please respect copyright.PENANAaqqQdD9hWW
Poor Milo. 490Please respect copyright.PENANA3wLW4Xm8xL
Trevor inched closer.490Please respect copyright.PENANA7zVD7zqP7g
“ 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.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAeLCbiApPMr
He shrugged. 490Please respect copyright.PENANASAucxtR5hw
I sighed putting my wet hair in a bun.490Please respect copyright.PENANAMwfW3b7qpr
Somehow we ended up talking about Rachel’s day at school. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAmCFm1rSlWw
I put the dishes in the sink and sighed.490Please respect copyright.PENANAP3Jrl3JCFH
“ She slept.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAxeWbPng4lC
Trevor came from behind me grabbing a cloth to help me.490Please respect copyright.PENANAmOXKIGVsTf
“ Don’t worry about it, take her home.”490Please respect copyright.PENANANb6TOZgFdw
He shook his head.490Please respect copyright.PENANAwvuab7lJuI
“ You let us in and listened to her all night, it’s the least I can do.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAz9dDTAmyFu
“ I used to listen to a lot more than that before.” I chuckled.490Please respect copyright.PENANAiUrszMwyas
He seemed interested but didn’t ask for more. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAstbwfSV6jZ
“ This is gonna sound rude. But tomorrow can she hang out with you for an hour ?” 490Please respect copyright.PENANASMsc5ps3ji
I blinked at him astonished.490Please respect copyright.PENANAYF3XuyWXnj
“ You actually want to leave her with a stranger? I could be a serial killer you know.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANApFdvZvtAZ0
He looked at me with such a look that I had to hold myself from falling. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAhF23iQCiE7
“ You saved her already, plus you own a dog.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAsHXiqvp2VV
I laughed once.490Please respect copyright.PENANALUOA0uHOdU
“ Now that’s an excuse.”490Please respect copyright.PENANAYtMLAbFASr
He grinned, showing a row of beautiful white teeth.490Please respect copyright.PENANAJwIjUyCK1V
“ I know that this is sudden but I got called at work and no one can take care of her.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAJVi2bF7ZeO
I sighed, “ What time ?”490Please respect copyright.PENANAVcurX989FO
“ Around 10 a.m ?” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAMnFBarmQYm
I put my chin in my hands thinking.490Please respect copyright.PENANAXEb7zyIhzw
“ I guess I could go late for the excavation. Sure I’ll help.”490Please respect copyright.PENANAkQ2dlRO7Lf
“ Seriously ?” He said sounding happy. 490Please respect copyright.PENANATFxxMDCFZg
I nodded.490Please respect copyright.PENANAUzMSJZ9jWP
He laughed and grabbed me by my shoulder and twirled me around.490Please respect copyright.PENANAEBbpQu8luz
I couldn’t help but laugh. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAWM99WZNi0v
When he realized what he was doing, he apologized and put me down slowly.490Please respect copyright.PENANA2F14uXpzFn
But when he put me down we were close. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAIFGMADeGMR
I couldn’t breathe.490Please respect copyright.PENANAwNfZEsrfvZ
He was over a foot taller than me and he was almost hovering over me and his eyes scanned every inch of my face. 490Please respect copyright.PENANAVdH4prxYhg
Shit.490Please respect copyright.PENANABgOotuhumU
I backed away and rubbed my hand.490Please respect copyright.PENANAICUdxXXSNJ
“ How long do you think it will take at work ?” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAoFqYcZu6vO
He kept silent for a second and then cleared his throat.490Please respect copyright.PENANALIoyuKxMts
“ An hour the most, I usually work at home but they needed my help with a client.”490Please respect copyright.PENANAOEMzS65A8H
I nodded.490Please respect copyright.PENANA4HdOaP9Dwd
He cleared his throat once more and walked to get his sister.490Please respect copyright.PENANA5X9LiLBgnS
“Well, um … Thanks again.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAaFsynIKCrI
“ Welcome.” 490Please respect copyright.PENANAA7yIWpCXtx
He nodded and let himself out.490Please respect copyright.PENANA9c7aYzBIK4
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