Her Dragon Lover (Black Claw Dragons Book 3) by Roxie Ray

Author:Roxie Ray [Ray, Roxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

15

Harley

“Set your nails under this UV light and you’ll be ready to go in no time.” I tucked my customer’s bag under her chair and thanked her when she slid a tip across the counter with her palm, nails up.

We weren’t very busy for a Saturday, but it was pouring down with rain. At least it was warm enough for rain and not snow. And no ice, hurray! But still, it was killing my normal tips.

When I sat back down at my station, the store line rang. Since I knew Laura wasn’t about to get it, I hopped up and walked to the front counter. If I wasn’t mistaken, she was already two steps drunker than her norm, anyway. “Top to Toe, this is Harley, can I help you?”

“Harley, this is Claire.”

My grandmother’s nurse calling my work line made my stomach clench in fear. “What’s wrong?” I blurted. “Is Nana okay?”

“Yes, but we need you to come home. It’s not an emergency, but it is urgent. Do you think you can come now?” She didn’t sound panicked but worried seemed a reasonable description for her tone of voice.

I looked around the salon, relieved we were in the middle of a rare slump. “Yes, I’ll be right there.”

As soon as I hung up the phone, Laura’s snotty voice stabbed straight to my last nerve. “Where do you think you’re going?” She stood unsteadily from her station and put her hand on her hip. “You’re supposed to close.”

“It’s my Nana. I never leave early or call out, Laura. I’m sorry, but her nurse called and said it was urgent.”

I may have said apologetic words, but my tone left her no room for argument. She couldn’t run the salon without me, and she knew it. If she pissed me off, I’d walk and find another job or work in the next town over.

“Of course,” she said after a few seconds of consideration. “Go. I’ll stay.”

She’d probably close, if I knew her. Before she promoted me to the manager, the store was closed frequently during normal hours. But that wasn’t my problem.

I didn’t even clean my station. Laura would either do it for me or more likely, I’d do it on Monday when I came in and opened the store.

Stefan would have a fit if he knew I’d left without telling him so he could make sure someone followed me, but what choice did I have? He was at work, and if he bailed on Todd one more time, his boss was going to get pissed.

That didn’t mean I was an idiot. Claire’s calling could’ve meant that she was being held up by whoever had been investigating me. It was a stretch, but what else would require me to rush home that wasn’t an emergency? If Nana was that ill, she would’ve told me to go to the hospital.

To be safe, I pulled out my phone at a stop sign and pressed the speed dial to connect me to the police station directly. Stefan had me program it weeks ago, just in case I couldn’t reach him.

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