Chapter Eleven
Nevie
The lunch rush was just wrapping up. I looked over at Ethan. Wondering where Talon was, he hadn’t said anything about him. Just grabbed an apron and jumped onto the floor when Talon was supposed to have clocked in.
He passed me and I gave him a small smile before rushing off to give the next table their check. The rush hadn’t done anything to take my mind off of Talon and the woman who’d come in earlier. Were they friends?
Lovers?
That last thought made my throat tighten and my stomach swirl. I hoped that she was just a friend. That still didn’t explain why he wasn’t here.
Stepping behind the counter, I pulled my phone out. Swiping the screen open to see if there were any new messages. All it would take was one, just one message to put my mind at ease. There
