"No, you're not."
Well, at least he was honest with me.
"All right. Hit me with it."
"Maverick insists you are now under our protection."
I immediately scoffed at the idea. "No, thanks."
Maverick could suck a dick at this point. After how he treated me before leaving, he should count his lucky stars I don't castrate him.
"You don't have a choice in the matter. The guys and I will be rotating out. It would help if you gave us your schedule."
Hell would freeze over before that happened. "Tell your boss I said no, thanks."
I threw the door open and stomped out before Nolen could piss me off even further. At this rate, I was going to be sitting in a jail cell on a murder charge.
Fortunately the drive to the diner was less eventful. Not that it took me long to get there. Less than five minutes, to be honest, and if I didn't walk so much during my shift, I would've absolutely just walked to work.
When I got into work was a different story. Grams started in on me as soon as I walked through the swinging door into the kitchen.
"It's about time you decided to show up to work."
I had to bite my tongue before I gave my grams attitude that would surely get me into a lot of trouble.
"Sorry, I woke up late."
I knew the minute I gave the excuse it wasn't going to fly.
"You woke up late? For an evening shift?"
I winced. "I meant I woke up late from a nap I took."
I was digging my hole deeper by the second.
"You don't take naps," Grams reminded me of something I already knew.
"I do if I'm coming down with something." I placed my hand on my hip and continued with my lie like it was the gospel.
Grams gave me a suspicious look. We both knew she didn't believe a word that was coming out of my mouth, but she didn't keep arguing.
"Are you okay to work today, or do you need to go home?"
Guilt nagged at my conscience. I didn't make a habit of lying to Grams. She and I always had a very open relationship. Exceptfor the B. Feather secret. That was the only thing I kept from her. Oh, and my not relationship with Maverick.
Shit! Apparently I had more secrets I kept from her than I realized.
"No, I'm okay. The nap helped."
Grams nodded. "Okay, well, you let me know if that changes."
"I will." My gaze dropped to the floor as I scurried off to grab my apron and get to work.
Things only progressively got worse when I realized the first table I had to serve was full of the guys from the security company.
With a sigh, I plastered a smile on my face and walked over to the table with confidence oozing from my pores.
"Afternoon, gentlemen. What can I get you to drink?"
