Falling for Max by Shannon Stacey

Author:Shannon Stacey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Late Tuesday morning, Tori punched her time card at the diner, then went back out front to grab a soda in a to-go cup. She’d stayed up very late working, so the early morning phone call from Drew had been unwelcome. The explanation of morning sickness, complete with background noises, had been worse. She’d jumped at the chance to work Liz’s shift just to get off the phone.

She was seriously dragging now, though, and she knew no matter how much soda she drank, there was a nap in her near future.

“Thanks again for coming in,” Paige said. With her dark hair in a ponytail and the same Trailside Diner T-shirt they all wore, nobody would guess Paige was married to a guy with a bunch of money.

Mitch Kowalski owned a controlled demolition company that imploded big buildings all over the world, which apparently paid well. But the diner was Paige’s pride and joy and, even after they married and had Sarah, Paige had no interest in walking away from it.

Which was especially good right now, because Tori really wanted to sit down. And sleep.

“I told you I don’t mind filling in beyond my regular hours if you need it. I was at my computer until two, though, so I’m glad you’re doing lunch.” Paige would fill the gap between Tori and Ava. When Tori got called in without warning, she usually tried to keep the hours to a minimum.

“I’m going to talk to Rose later, and call Mitch. I’m thinking if I bring a playpen in, I can bring Sarah in with me to open and then Rose can pick her up here once it’s a decent hour.”

“If we change up the schedule, I can cover for Liz. If it’s planned in advance, I can change my schedule accordingly.”

Paige smiled and shook her head. “I appreciate you and I’m so glad you’re here, but a person who works until two in the morning doesn’t become somebody who gets up to work at four-thirty in the morning just like that. You’re a night owl. I’m a morning person.”

There was no denying that. “Schedule me however you think it’ll work best for everybody and I’ll work around it. But, yeah, I’m not sure the customers would like the version of me that gets up at four-thirty every day.”

Taking her soda, Tori went out through the kitchen door into the parking lot. She’d gotten a text from Gavin earlier, asking her to stop by his place on her way home. Since his place was a very small mobile home at the back of the diner’s parking lot, it wasn’t much of a detour.

She knocked on the door and wasn’t surprised to find him dressed and ready for his shift at the diner. He always went in early because he truly loved his job and nothing excited him more than cooking whatever he had planned for the day. There was a good chance he’d already been over there, tucked away in the prep area while she was out front.

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