Page 42 of Lucifer's Revenge
“The chef’s office.”
“Yeah, I can see where that would work,” Luc nodded and walked each new room upstairs. When he went back down, he stood there with a grin on his face. “I like it, thank you. How much do I owe you?”
“Nothing, but if you could put my name out there on any socials you have, I would appreciate it.”
“I won’t, because I don’t have anything other than e-mail, but I’m sure Misty, our bartender, or Starr can.”
“Thank you, when do you plan on opening?”
“Halloween night, however, I’d like to do a practice run, makeup and all two weeks before opening night. I want to get a feel for the makeup. Starr said she was giving me horns, and I want to make sure they won’t get stuck in the coffin.”
“I’ll send her a text and let her know. If you’re okay with it, then I’ll be here that night to make sure everything runs smoothly.”
“Thanks, will you be here opening night?”
“If you’ll allow it.”
“Since you made this space look like a chamber in Hell, then yeah, you’re invited.” They shook hands, and while Brad continued to do last minute things, Luc turned on his heel and went out to the bar. He only nodded to the new girl, Ann, then called Misty aside. He told her what he wanted done, and she hugged him, then ran off to go look at the new building, while Luc went to his old office, saw Steve, the cook sitting at Luc’s old desk.
“Sorry,” he said, and went back out and found his way to his new office. He smiled when he saw several boxes that held the stuff he’d had on the walls in the old office and took the next couple of hours to put it all where he wanted it. By the time he settled down to work, he was starving, so went down to the kitchen and put in his order.
He had just finished his meal when he looked up, jumped to his feet, and rushed forward. He gathered Lilith in his arms and hugged her before kissing her. He let her go, and escorted her to the chair before his desk, then walked around and took his own seat.
“This is a surprise, I thought we weren’t meeting up until later tonight.”
“I know, but I had to talk to you.”
Lucius really looked at her and leaned forward in concern. “Are you breaking up with me?”
“No, absolutely not. However, you may want to break up with me after I have to tell you what I saw and did.”
Luc held up his hand, trying to get his thoughts together, he closed his eyes briefly, then opened them and looked direct at her. “Did you cheat on me?”
“No, this has nothing to do with either of us. But then again, it might.”
“I’m confused, please explain.”
Lilith closed her eyes and drew in a deep breath, she let it out slowly as she opened them and looked at him like he had at her. “You know I work late on Thursdays right?”
“Yes, you start your shift at two and work until nine.”
“Okay, this next part you don’t know. I was craving one of your hamburgers and I called in my order to swing by and pick it up to take with me for my lunch. I did this a week ago, this past Thursday, so ten days ago.” She gave him a small smile when he grinned.
“Remind me to give my cook a raise.”
“I will, but later. Anyway, I was talking to Misty while I paid, and I saw someone out of the corner of my eye. I asked Misty about her. She said it was your new bartender, Ann.”
“Yes, Misty hired her. I had nothing to do with her interview, I leave that up to Misty or Cook if they need help. They just hand me their paperwork afterward. I only get involved if there’s a problem.”
Lilith nodded and reached down to pick up the folder from her bag she had set down when she took a seat. “I think you might have a problem with Ann. I can’t prove everything, but it might be bad.”
“Please, explain.”
“Do you have Ann’s application?” she countered, and when he opened drawers to find it, he laid it on the desk before him. Lilith rose, walked around the table and laid her folder beside his. With her hand on his shoulder, she waited until he looked at her.
“Ann isn’t Ann, she’s Sally.”
“Your Sally? The one that told you not to date me, that never apologized, and who tried to get unemployment for basically quitting her job?”
