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Chapter 8
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2020-10-18 04:00:23"And you're only telling me about this now?"Becca looked fit to be tied as they stood outside the diner while Rachel was on her break.
Business was indeed slow. For the entire morning, they'd served three customers and the heaviness in her heart, at the prospect of possibly losing her job, just added to all the stress she was under. And now this.
"Becca, come on. You know as well as I do, that spirits aren’t always the most reliable source of information. And if there was indeed a Sister Evangeline, bent on coming after me, why hasn't she?"
Becca scoffed, pouting and twirling her dark curls. A habit from childhood she never quite shook.
"We also know, that when they issue dire warnings, sometimes they come true. Have you been back to the asylum again?"
"No, "Rachel answered, averting her eyes. "I haven't had the time. "
Which was a complete lie of course. Now that her work schedule was hardly packed, she spent her evenings watching Brazilian telenovelas on cable. She didn't want to risk running into Galen Munroe and feeling the desire he awakened in her.
"Well, don't go,"Becca said. "And if the boy appears to you again, push him into the light, if you have to. "
After Becca left, Rachel went back inside, to the walk-in, to fetch more apple pie. It was true what Becca said. Sometimes spirits could be deceitful, but that was not the impression she got from the little boy that night. He was scared while talking to her, as if his biggest fears would materialize at any moment.
She knew what she had to do. Go back to the asylum and see if she could find him again, even at the risk of running into a very sexy, very tempting wolf.
Who was right inside the diner and her eyes widened, when she spotted him. But that was not what alarmed her; he wasn't alone.
Rachel bristled watching the beautiful blonde woman, lean in seductively towards him, whispering something in his ear. His eyes gleamed at whatever she was saying and he flashed his perfect, sexy smile.
Why was he affecting her this way?Why did she care about the blonde minx, nearly draping herself all over him?
And then it dawned on her. The green-eyed monster had reared its ugly head. She was utterly and completely jealous.
"Know them?"Buck asked. "He was in here the other day. Must be new in town. "
Rachel jolted her stare away from them. "He was here?"
"Yeah. Came in for a steak and spent most of the time staring at the door, like he was waiting for someone. Wonder who it was?"
Inexplicably, Rachel felt her heartbeat just a little bit faster. That night, she'd told him where she worked. Could he have come to see her, that day?And if he did, who was the blonde hussy, all over him right now?
She didn't have a chance to mull over the answers to her own questions. As soon as Buck walked away. Galen walked over to her.She folded napkins, to appear busy.
"Hi Rachel. "
"Oh, Galen,"she said, trying to sound as cool as she could. "I didn't see you. "
He smiled and her knees went weak as he bit his lower lip. "Really, Rachel?So it wasn't you who stared at me for the last five minutes?"
"Stared? Of course not, "she said, all flustered. "Why would I?"
"And it wasn't you speaking to your boss about me?Super hearing, remember?" he grinned.
Damn, she'd forgotten about that.
"And just for the record,"he said, leaning in, until she thought she would drown in his eyes, "that day I came in here, I was looking for you.”
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