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exclaimed, ducking down under the table.
"What? What's happening?"
"Shh!"
"What?!"
"It's Ryan!"
"Where?"
"Outside in the street. Shoot, he's looking in through the window. June, he'll recognise you. Get down!"
She jumped down and joined me huddled under the table. "What's he doing?"
"He's scoping the place out, isn't he? Checking his scheme actually worked, that he put me out of business all together. God, I hope he doesn't see me. If he spots me, he'll realise who I am and what I've been up to! I told him I work in a bank."
Keeping as still as I could, I watched Ryan as he pressed his nose against the glass door and scanned the entire store. Luckily, I hadn't put all the lights on, in an attempt to cut down on the electricity bill, but - I hadn't locked the door. Technically, we were open.
Please don't open the door, please don't open the door.
I held my breath as he reached his hand up to push the door, and the bell overhead gave off the slightest hint of a jingle, but at the last second he changed his mind and pulled his arm away, before he took a step backwards and began to leave. Exhaling, I crept out from under the table.
"That was close."
June followed me out and straightened out her skirt as she stood up. "What's he doing, snooping on us for? We should be snooping on him."
"Maybe he's onto us." I swallowed.
"What should we do?"
I untied my apron. "You wait here, June. I'm going to go out and take care of it."
"You're going to go out after him? Amber, that's stupid!"
"It's alright; I know what I'm doing. Watch the store. I'll be back in ten!"
***
"Ryan!" I called out.
"Amber?" He spun around as I waved him down.
We walked towards each other and met in the middle of the sidewalk. He glanced around. "What are you doing out here?"
"Oh, just on my lunch break from the bank," I said, searching his face for some kind of reaction. I couldn't read his expression.
"Well if that's the case you should come into the Coffee Corner to grab a bite." He grinned and I noticed that the dimples in his cheeks were slightly lopsided, giving his smile a crooked edge which, to be honest, only made him look cuter.
"Oh, I've eaten now," I quickly lied. I didn't want to risk another trip to the Coffee Corner. In fact, I didn't want to be around Ryan at all - I just needed to find out what he'd been doing spying through my windows. "So what are you doing out and about?"
"Just running a few errands. The bank and that. Hey, maybe it’s your bank. Which one do you work at again?"
"The...national one. The National Bank."
He squinted at me. "What is it that you do there?"
"I...manage…people's bank accounts. Their money."
"Right." He stopped as if he was considering pressing me further on the subject. I really prayed that he wouldn't. "So Amber, let me ask you something..."
"Yes," I replied, forgetting that I was supposed to be the one grilling him.
"What are you doing tonight?"
"Tonight?" I swallowed. "Not…nothing. Nothing much."
He grinned. "You know I don't just cook at work."
"No?"
He shook his head. "I can whip up a pretty mean meal at home as well."
"Can you just?"
"What do you say? You come over at seven, and I cook you up my speciality. You're not a vegetarian or anything are you?"
I shook my head. "No but…"
"Great, then it's a date. Here's my phone, you can put your number in it for me. I'll text you the address."
Before I knew it, I was handing over my phone to him and agreeing to meet him at his house that night and to bring a bottle of wine.
Well this was not the way that things were supposed to go.
***
"You're going to let a suspected poisoner, cook for you?" June exclaimed. "Amber I know it's been a while since you went on a date but this is insane. Gees you must really like this guy."
"It's not like that at all," I said, flicking a tea towel in her direction. "I'm going over there to see if I can find out any evidence."
"Yeah right."
"It is right actually! I can check in all his
"What? What's happening?"
"Shh!"
"What?!"
"It's Ryan!"
"Where?"
"Outside in the street. Shoot, he's looking in through the window. June, he'll recognise you. Get down!"
She jumped down and joined me huddled under the table. "What's he doing?"
"He's scoping the place out, isn't he? Checking his scheme actually worked, that he put me out of business all together. God, I hope he doesn't see me. If he spots me, he'll realise who I am and what I've been up to! I told him I work in a bank."
Keeping as still as I could, I watched Ryan as he pressed his nose against the glass door and scanned the entire store. Luckily, I hadn't put all the lights on, in an attempt to cut down on the electricity bill, but - I hadn't locked the door. Technically, we were open.
Please don't open the door, please don't open the door.
I held my breath as he reached his hand up to push the door, and the bell overhead gave off the slightest hint of a jingle, but at the last second he changed his mind and pulled his arm away, before he took a step backwards and began to leave. Exhaling, I crept out from under the table.
"That was close."
June followed me out and straightened out her skirt as she stood up. "What's he doing, snooping on us for? We should be snooping on him."
"Maybe he's onto us." I swallowed.
"What should we do?"
I untied my apron. "You wait here, June. I'm going to go out and take care of it."
"You're going to go out after him? Amber, that's stupid!"
"It's alright; I know what I'm doing. Watch the store. I'll be back in ten!"
***
"Ryan!" I called out.
"Amber?" He spun around as I waved him down.
We walked towards each other and met in the middle of the sidewalk. He glanced around. "What are you doing out here?"
"Oh, just on my lunch break from the bank," I said, searching his face for some kind of reaction. I couldn't read his expression.
"Well if that's the case you should come into the Coffee Corner to grab a bite." He grinned and I noticed that the dimples in his cheeks were slightly lopsided, giving his smile a crooked edge which, to be honest, only made him look cuter.
"Oh, I've eaten now," I quickly lied. I didn't want to risk another trip to the Coffee Corner. In fact, I didn't want to be around Ryan at all - I just needed to find out what he'd been doing spying through my windows. "So what are you doing out and about?"
"Just running a few errands. The bank and that. Hey, maybe it’s your bank. Which one do you work at again?"
"The...national one. The National Bank."
He squinted at me. "What is it that you do there?"
"I...manage…people's bank accounts. Their money."
"Right." He stopped as if he was considering pressing me further on the subject. I really prayed that he wouldn't. "So Amber, let me ask you something..."
"Yes," I replied, forgetting that I was supposed to be the one grilling him.
"What are you doing tonight?"
"Tonight?" I swallowed. "Not…nothing. Nothing much."
He grinned. "You know I don't just cook at work."
"No?"
He shook his head. "I can whip up a pretty mean meal at home as well."
"Can you just?"
"What do you say? You come over at seven, and I cook you up my speciality. You're not a vegetarian or anything are you?"
I shook my head. "No but…"
"Great, then it's a date. Here's my phone, you can put your number in it for me. I'll text you the address."
Before I knew it, I was handing over my phone to him and agreeing to meet him at his house that night and to bring a bottle of wine.
Well this was not the way that things were supposed to go.
***
"You're going to let a suspected poisoner, cook for you?" June exclaimed. "Amber I know it's been a while since you went on a date but this is insane. Gees you must really like this guy."
"It's not like that at all," I said, flicking a tea towel in her direction. "I'm going over there to see if I can find out any evidence."
"Yeah right."
"It is right actually! I can check in all his
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