Passions of the Dead (A Detective Jackson MysteryThriller) by L.J. Sellers

Author:L.J. Sellers [Sellers, L.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Murder
ISBN: 9780979518270
Publisher: Spellbinder Press
Published: 2010-10-14T05:00:00+00:00

The illusion was shattered twenty minutes into her shift. A family group of twelve sat in her station taking up three tables, asking questions at the same time.

“One at a time. Please!” Lori knew her tone would cost her some of her tip, but she had to get control or this group would turn into a disaster. They quieted down, and she answered their questions as best she could. “Yes, the Cobb salad comes with bacon, and yes we can leave it out. No, you can’t substitute onion rings for fries, and I don’t know if the dressing has MSG, but I’ll ask.”

Of course by the time she got back to the kitchen to start making their drinks she forgot about the salad dressing issue. Lori watched some of her co-workers in amazement. They were cheerful about the job and good at it. They laughed and had fun with their customers and never seemed to forget anything or get flustered. It was like watching aliens perform an incomprehensible feat. Lori knew she was not cut out to be a waitress and desperately wanted to quit.

It was not an option. Her parents were so stressed about money right now, they would freak out if she quit or got fired. Lori gave most of her tips to her mother every day for groceries. Cash that should have been going into her savings account for her move to Hawaii. Getting out of Eugene was more important than ever, but everything was working against her. The whole new scene at home was too weird. Sometimes it felt good to help her parents, like she wasn’t a needy kid anymore, but most of the time it was stressful and so not fair. Her mother had become a fanatic about not spending money, and her dad was lost. The only bright spot in her life was the time she spent with her sweetie, but things were not good for him right now either. Lori dreaded the day her parents found out about their relationship. If they could just get to Maui and start their own life together, everything would get better.

“Lori, we’re out of to-go boxes up here and it’s your station’s responsibility.” Gina, a skinny woman who looked eighty but was probably not, hollered at Lori from the dessert bar. As lead waitress Gina bossed everyone around but she also helped Lori when she got too far behind. Lori tried not to think mean thoughts about her.

“I’ll get them.” She walked away from her half-finished drink order and hurried to the closet where paper products were kept.

“Bring some napkins too!”

Another thing she hated about this job; it was too damn loud in the restaurant. The roar of the dishwasher, the whine of the blenders going all the time, food servers shouting at each other just to be heard. The constant chaos wore on her nerves.

She loaded her arms with two sizes of to-go boxes and grabbed a big sleeve of napkins. From the corner of her eye, she saw the manager slide out of his office.

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