Love In The Wrong Dimension (Romantic Ghost Story) by Darbyshire Anette

Author:Darbyshire, Anette [Darbyshire, Anette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: AD Publishing
Published: 2011-12-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

As she stood, frozen, all Alice could do was flash a forced smile at the two bemused faces, waiting expectantly for an explanation.

“Alice! What are you doing here?” Dean was the first to speak, probably trying to work out how long she’d been there, and how much she might have heard. There was an awkward silence as she tried to think of something to say, her flushed face giving away the fact that she had obviously heard everything. Dean waited for a response, his face grim and unsmiling.

“Er... Hi!” she faltered, with a nervous laugh. “I just came to pick up my bag. I left it here earlier.”

“Look, Alice,” Dean’s face suddenly softened. “You must have heard our discussion out there, but please don’t take any of this personally. It’s not you we have a problem with, it’s money.”

“But that doesn’t mean you don’t have a job here,” Oscar chipped in quickly. Turning back to Dean, he said, “Look, Sadie handed in her notice last week, and with some tweaking of shifts we can manage without replacing her, but I’m telling you, Dean, we need Alice. Even if Sadie wasn’t leaving, we’d still be one person short. You’re not here in front of house to see the rush. I can’t manage the whole restaurant on my own, and if people have to wait too long for service, they’ll go somewhere else. There are plenty of other restaurants in Camden, we can’t afford to lose our customers.”

“Okay,” sighed Dean, finally acknowledging defeat. “Alice stays, but stop using that stupid ghost as an excuse. This place is not haunted, alright?”

Oscar pulled a face as Dean marched back into the kitchen. “Sorry about that. Look, are you in a hurry? I’m going to make some coffee and I could do with a chat.”

“Well, I ....” Alice was about to say that she needed to get back to the DVD shop, but, actually, it wasn’t going anywhere, so instead she smiled. “Coffee sounds great.”

“I hear you did a brilliant rendition of Dancing Queen earlier,” grinned Oscar, as he frothed some milk on the machine. “I wish I could have seen it.”

“Oh no,” groaned Alice, cringing as she recalled Dean’s bemused face, half covered with the dirty dish cloth. “Was Dean really cross?”

“Course he wasn’t. Actually, he’d never tell you, but he thought it was quite funny, especially the look on your face when you spotted him. Here, white, one sugar.” Oscar handed her the mug, and gestured for her to sit down. “I’ve been meaning to talk to you, I thought you may be able to offer some advice. As you’re probably aware now, we have a few financial problems. I just don’t understand why though, we’re busy every day, especially evenings. You’re on tomorrow evening, right?” Oscar took a sip of his coffee, as Alice nodded. “You’ll see what I mean, then. We’re fully booked for the next three nights in a row, and yet we don’t seem to be able to break even.

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