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I’m not following you. I was hungry, and I noticed your nametag next to your bed before I was rushed out of your place. I thought I would give this place a try.” He winked at her. “Nothing harmful, it’s as simple as that. May I see a menu?”
“Oh…right.” She left the table and grabbed a menu, then walked it back to him. “Our specials are the butter burger basket and the shrimp plate.” She started to walk away from him when he grabbed her hand. “Do you mind?” she asked, glaring at him.
“I can’t stop thinking about last night and this morning. I thought maybe we could meet up tonight. What time do you get off?”
Her mouth dropped. “What? I told you this wasn’t something that would ever happen again.”
“I believe you said that you’re not that type of girl. Well, maybe I can change that.” He snickered and shrugged, confidently staring at her. “I’m willing to try.”
She crossed her arms. “You think you can charm a lady into changing? Get over yourself. It wasn’t that great.” She stormed away from the table and left him hanging. When she reached the counter, she spotted Tina.
“Who is that?” Tina asked.
Charity played it off nonchalantly. “No one special.”
The girl beside her laughed. “Right. It didn’t look like no one special.”
Charity couldn’t tell her it was just some guy she screwed to take her mind off of one of her many problems. She just shrugged it off. “Do me a favor?” Charity asked.
“Sure! What?”
“I’m not feeling the best. Will you take over his table?” Without waiting for a response, she hurried into the back room. She peeked out the window in the door to find that it didn’t take long before Tina had gone to his table. She breathed a sigh of relief and waited in the back room. She felt bad leaving the dirty work to her co-worker, but they weren’t busy, and she couldn’t face him again. About two minutes passed when the door swung open, and Tina walked inside.
“He’s gone.”
Charity frowned. “Gone?”
She nodded and handed a napkin to Charity. “He asked me to give you this.” Tina turned away and headed back into the Diner, and Charity opened up the closed napkin.
“I don’t want to make you uncomfortable. If you change your mind, give me a call. Damian 472-5562.” She crumpled the napkin up and stuck it in her pants pocket. She had no intention of calling him, but she was relieved he chose to leave. She walked back into the diner and was ready to work.
Chapter 5
Derek texted Jesse before heading out of the office. He needed to talk to him about the abandoned building and see if they could figure out what the next step should be. Jesse arrived after supper, and Derek asked him to join him for a drink. He poured two scotches and handed one off to his friend, before sitting down. “Lily found out the building at the corner of Elm and 64 th has been abandoned for four years. Do you know what the statute of limitations of that would be?”
Jesse took a drink, before replying. “Maine’s guidelines stand by that a building needs to be abandoned for five years before it can be turned over to the city. Do you know who the owner is?”
Derek shook his head. “She’s working on getting that information.” He took a drink, then continued, “We’ve come this far, and I’d really hate to have to derail the project because of one building. I hope we can get ahold of them to figure out a deal.”
“It’s almost like you have to pick your battles,” Jesse replied.
“What do you mean?” Derek asked.
“Well…look at this way. You can go to the owner and risk them not selling to you. Or, you could not say anything and hope that in the next year the owner doesn’t come back and claim the property. Then, you can do what you see fit with it.”
“Oh!” Derek sighed. He hadn’t thought of it that way. Jesse had a point. They could go through all of this and end up losing the ability to build on the land
“Oh…right.” She left the table and grabbed a menu, then walked it back to him. “Our specials are the butter burger basket and the shrimp plate.” She started to walk away from him when he grabbed her hand. “Do you mind?” she asked, glaring at him.
“I can’t stop thinking about last night and this morning. I thought maybe we could meet up tonight. What time do you get off?”
Her mouth dropped. “What? I told you this wasn’t something that would ever happen again.”
“I believe you said that you’re not that type of girl. Well, maybe I can change that.” He snickered and shrugged, confidently staring at her. “I’m willing to try.”
She crossed her arms. “You think you can charm a lady into changing? Get over yourself. It wasn’t that great.” She stormed away from the table and left him hanging. When she reached the counter, she spotted Tina.
“Who is that?” Tina asked.
Charity played it off nonchalantly. “No one special.”
The girl beside her laughed. “Right. It didn’t look like no one special.”
Charity couldn’t tell her it was just some guy she screwed to take her mind off of one of her many problems. She just shrugged it off. “Do me a favor?” Charity asked.
“Sure! What?”
“I’m not feeling the best. Will you take over his table?” Without waiting for a response, she hurried into the back room. She peeked out the window in the door to find that it didn’t take long before Tina had gone to his table. She breathed a sigh of relief and waited in the back room. She felt bad leaving the dirty work to her co-worker, but they weren’t busy, and she couldn’t face him again. About two minutes passed when the door swung open, and Tina walked inside.
“He’s gone.”
Charity frowned. “Gone?”
She nodded and handed a napkin to Charity. “He asked me to give you this.” Tina turned away and headed back into the Diner, and Charity opened up the closed napkin.
“I don’t want to make you uncomfortable. If you change your mind, give me a call. Damian 472-5562.” She crumpled the napkin up and stuck it in her pants pocket. She had no intention of calling him, but she was relieved he chose to leave. She walked back into the diner and was ready to work.
Chapter 5
Derek texted Jesse before heading out of the office. He needed to talk to him about the abandoned building and see if they could figure out what the next step should be. Jesse arrived after supper, and Derek asked him to join him for a drink. He poured two scotches and handed one off to his friend, before sitting down. “Lily found out the building at the corner of Elm and 64 th has been abandoned for four years. Do you know what the statute of limitations of that would be?”
Jesse took a drink, before replying. “Maine’s guidelines stand by that a building needs to be abandoned for five years before it can be turned over to the city. Do you know who the owner is?”
Derek shook his head. “She’s working on getting that information.” He took a drink, then continued, “We’ve come this far, and I’d really hate to have to derail the project because of one building. I hope we can get ahold of them to figure out a deal.”
“It’s almost like you have to pick your battles,” Jesse replied.
“What do you mean?” Derek asked.
“Well…look at this way. You can go to the owner and risk them not selling to you. Or, you could not say anything and hope that in the next year the owner doesn’t come back and claim the property. Then, you can do what you see fit with it.”
“Oh!” Derek sighed. He hadn’t thought of it that way. Jesse had a point. They could go through all of this and end up losing the ability to build on the land
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