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determination has always gotten me through, and finally, the fourth diner I visited needed someone immediately. For my job interview, all I had to do wa

room closet apartment, and I was more than happy to take it. Now, two weeks l

n made

he old man tipped me twenty bucks. "Thi

r. Jackson, and

ack to cleaning the tables. She's Goth, with a million piercings in each ear. And even though our supervisor Rosette keeps te

e walked in, and I nearly had a stroke

. With him was a girl who was giving everyone the stink eye, her brown hair in a

ounter I was leaning on. She plucked a cookie out of the jar besi

ra

' me! Explain. You'r

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, I k

Natalie. No one cal

ed. "I was only voicing what you were th

hinking that. And I'm doi

t wanted the guys to try the burgers here. If it wasn

y spot. I wasn't bothered by her kissing my cheek. I've only known her for two days, b

ey were like black pits and they were trained on me.

e girl he had come in with didn't like his attention being elsewhere. She threw

knew how much I don't

er my heart. My heart rate had spiked, and a horrible feeling w

ny, I'm tak

making its way up my throat. What the hell is happening? I don't get s

for the door, pass

ub

Natalie. Someone else

ther guy, the one who looked bored, grabbed her arm. I didn't care because the world around me w