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Tayla wanted it all.
Impossible.
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Chapter Twenty-One
Tayla flippedthe sign over at Café Maya and pointed to Adrian Saroyan, who was still sipping his coffee and reading the paper.
“Out,” she said.
He frowned. “This place closes at four. It’s only three forty-five, and I want to sit, enjoy my paper, and—”
“So help me”—Tayla leaned over and put her palms flat on his table—“if you don’t get your skinny little suit-clad ass out of here in the next five minutes, I will make your life a living hell, Adrian.”
His eyes went wide.
“I am having a personal crisis,” Tayla said. “And you are not part of my girl gang. So leave.”
He gulped. “Is it a financial crisis, because I’m really good with—”
“I appreciate that you’re trying to be relevant, but I have an accounting degree from Stanford and was raised by Aaron McKinnon, founding partner of McKinnon, Foster, and Smith. I do not need your financial advice, and I do not want you here. Leave.”
He got to his feet and straightened his tie. “I was just trying to help.”
“You can help byleaving.” She walked him to the door, opened it, and shut it behind him. “Daisy!”
The girl behind the counter watched her with wide eyes. “She just took the trash out to the alley.”
“Are you done here?”
“I need to wash the dishes.”
“Do you know Jeremy Allen?”
She frowned. “Who?”
“Fine. You can stay.”
Daisy walked in the back door. “Hey, Ronnie, can you check the storage room? I think we need to order more— Tayla? Hey!”
Tayla walked to her and held out both hands. “I need advice from a grown-up. And you’re the most grown-up person I know that I can still talk to about my sex life.”
Daisy looked over Tayla’s shoulder. “Ronnie, you can clock out early today, hon.”
“Okay.” The girl scurried away.
“Tayla,” Daisy said softly, “she is a junior in high school.”
“You think she doesn’t know what sex is? I guarantee she does.”
“Sit.” Daisy went behind the counter. “Coffee or tea?”
“Vodka?”
“No vodka.” Daisy laughed. “What is wrong with you?”
“I’m in love with Jeremy Allen, and I have no idea how to teach a baby how to use a toilet.”
