The Longest Day: A Love for All Seasons Novella by Lora J. L

Author:Lora, J. L.
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-950453-11-5
Publisher: Larimar Press
Published: 2020-09-21T00:00:00+00:00

9

Lauren

4:30PM

“At least this was painless,” Winter says on our way up to the office. “The good news is the repairmen should fix the front window within the hour, and we can head back.”

“That’s the good news?” I ask, walking in the office. Everything here is just as Adri left it after closing yesterday.

Winter takes the seat on the other side of the desk. “You heard the man. It’s his easiest job of the day.”

I can still smell the repairman’s cologne. It’s like he took several different bottles and mixed them together, then showered in it after smoking a full pack. “I don’t know how you remember anything he said. He was staring at us so dirty; I can’t wait to shower.”

She laughs. “Yeah, he was pretty pervy. But my God, he has great self-confidence. He thought he was going to bag us both.”

I press a hand to my neck and stretch. It’s stiff, and the headache is looming. Unless I take something, it will be full-blown before the evening ends.

I try the drawers on Adri’s desk, and all are still locked. The papers are all there and everything is in place. The perpetrators didn’t make it this far. The cops asked me to make sure nothing else was disturbed, as a precaution. As annoying as this is, I’m grateful for this break. It took me away from Adri’s house and put me far away from her mother-in-law.

My stomach turns.

Another embarrassment at the hands of Marilyn Blake.

You couldn’t be cool about it either. You had to let her get to you. You had to step in her face.

“Fuck.”

“What? Is something missing?” Winter asks, and I look down.

I’m holding yesterday’s ledger. I shake my head. “Everything is fine. I don’t think anyone came into the bistro at all.”

I walk around the desk, and she stands at the same time. “Are you okay?”

I nod, but my gaze is on the door. “My neck is killing me, and we need to get back to Adri’s.”

“Is something else bugging you?”

I stretch my neck from side to side. “I’m just tired and a little stressed.”

It’s not a lie so much as the understatement of the century. I haven’t slept well in a couple of nights, and my stress level could shatter the glass ceiling of a high rise.

“You’ve had so much going on today.” Her warm eyes and soft words are so much more than I can handle.

I press a hand against the dull ache at the base of my neck. “Way too much.”

She puts a hand to my shoulder. “It’s almost over. You need to stay in bed for the next three days. Adri said so. She is really happy with everything you did for the party. It’s all so beautiful. You’re amazing at all this. You got her and us ready, and put it all together.”

Yet, I’ve been all over the place. I haven’t enjoyed my work. I haven’t even been able to see it all through, thanks to my sister always fucking up. And to Mrs.

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