Chapter 19: Winks and Shaky VoicesJason looked out over the sea of people, or not really a sea. There were more people in the hotel bar on a Saturday night than there were in Jen’s café, but it was still busy. Jen was running herself ragged, carrying everything out to the customers. She needed another system, or for more people to be in on the same shift.
“Who else is working here?”
Tom gave him a strange look. “No one. She runs the café herself.”
“But…is that even legal? It’s open all week, isn’t it? And she needs to have breaks.”
“She used to run it with her husband, but he died a few years ago, and she has it in her mind she can do it. She can’t, though. Both Tristan and I have been on her about hiring someone, and she says she will, but nothing’s happened so far.”
“Yeah, well, thi
