Mother's Love

Author:Kirsty Dallas [Dallas, Kirsty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
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Goodreads: 22028116
Publisher: Kirsty Dallas
Published: 2015-05-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Annie

“It’s quiet today,” Michael noted as he cleaned the last of the coffee mugs.

I’d been lost in frightening thoughts, and his voice snapped me back to attention. Eli, Bomber, and Rebecca were laughing loudly from the other side of the building. Bomber had a long stemmed rose stuck out of his nose, and Eli was about to join him before Rebecca pulled the flower from his hand and tried her best ‘no’ face. Dillon had left for his office two hours ago, desperate to pursue any lead he could think of on Phillip’s disappearance. Part of his parole deal was that he attend regular visits with his psychiatrist, and according to his psychiatrist, he had now missed three.

“It’s too beautiful a day to be inside. Everyone’s down at the park enjoying the sun,” I sighed, which was exactly where I wanted to be. I loved my job and found a calming tranquility in the coffee shop, but what I had told Dillon this morning had been the absolute truth. I became anxious with walls around me for too long. I often needed a break from indoors; I needed to see the sky and breathe in the fresh air, if anything, just to know I could. I glanced back at Eli. Being indoors certainly wasn’t bothering him; although, he did have a team of people willing to keep him entertained. Lola grinned at something Eli said as she continued to work at tying off a bunch of roses and garland before moving them to the fridge for collection. Although she stood at the same table as Rebecca, Eli, and Bomber, she stood far to one end, like she was on the fringes of their conversation, her attention only on them when she felt she had to be. The rest of the time she seemed anxious, her gaze crossing to the front doors every time they opened. I was tempted to go see if she was okay, but we had all come to realize long ago that Lola didn’t like to talk about her past, and we respected that privacy. I understood better than most that the past was often better left in the past.

Michael took an order from a young college student and began making up her skinny latte. There was only one other customer in the café who sat by the front windows working on his laptop, his long finished coffee sitting discarded to one side.

“I’m going to check the stock. Call out if you need me,” I said with a sigh. I needed to do something, otherwise, I was going to lose my mind.

Michael leaned against the counter, his phone in his hands, as he waved me away. “As you can see, I’m rushed off my feet. Don’t know how I’ll possibly handle it.”

I shook my head at his sarcasm and grabbed a notepad and pen as I made my way down a short hallway and into the storeroom. I flicked on the light before moving inside. It

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