Silver by Kailin Gow

Author:Kailin Gow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2011-08-09T13:21:31+00:00

Chapter 12

It wasn’t easy, putting everything back the way it had been. It took Briony and the rest of the diner’s staff most of the rest of the day to get it into a fit state to open again, even with Fal on and Kevin helping out. They had to thoroughly clean every surface, get new stock into the large freezers off the kitchen, and work hard to get the whole place into a condition where they could feel ready to open the doors to diners once more.

That wasn’t the hardest part of it, though. The hardest part came with every look Jil or Pete or Percy gave George, in the little hint of suspicion and fear that came with it. They had al agreed to come back to work when George had asked them, or at least when Briony had assured them that it wasn’t a trick, yet none of them seemed to be able to forget what George was now.

Not that Briony was doing much better. She found herself glancing across to the diner owner whenever she thought he wasn’t looking, just checking that everything was al right. Or, to put it another way, checking that he hadn’t turned into a rampaging monster in the time since she had last looked. Briony knew that she needed to trust George more than that, but after everything that had happened, could she?

Towards the end of the day, she voiced her fears to Fal on. “I’m worried about what wil happen with George,”

she said. “Wil he be strong enough to contain himself once there are more people in here, do you think?”

Fal on shrugged. “There’s no way to tel , but George is strong.”

“Even so…”

“Would it help if I were around?” Fal on asked. “I could help contain him if things went wrong. You could al feel safer then.”

Briony didn’t want to nod. Doing so felt like a betrayal. Yet she did it anyway.

They reopened for business that evening, and the diner was surprisingly busy, given that it had shut with no warning. People came in, looking around as though they expected some major refurbishment, but then shrugging and ordering what they always ordered when it wasn’t there. There were so many that soon, Briony and Jil were rushed off their feet, and Briony found herself more than grateful when Fal on started to lend a hand. It was fun, watching him charm customers as he waited on them, and seeing him carry orders through with that effortless grace of his.

The arrival of the next day meant a return to school.

In the face of questions about where she had been, Briony pretended that she had been il at home. It seemed like the best way to deflect attention, though it meant that once again, she found herself facing a smal mountain of notes to catch up with in every class. Couldn’t the supernatural world attack at a convenient time just once?

Despite the work, it felt good to be back. To have

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