Enzo didn’t seem to recognize me right away with my uniform and my hair pulled back. He came in and sat down at the counter while I was pouring coffee for another customer, which I nearly spilled all over the table out of shock.
My hands trembled as I approached the counter. Was he following me, or was this just a coincidence? Now, more than ever, I regretted ever sleeping with him. Why must he insist on playing with my feelings like this? Couldn’t he just move on to the next girl?
I walked behind the counter and immediately turned my back to him, pretending to fiddle with the coffee
machine.
“Hi, Nina.”
So he did recognize me.
I took a deep breath and turned around to face him.
“What are you doing here?”
Enzo looked around and gestured a bit with his hands. “What do you mean? It’s a diner. I’m hungry.”
I frowned and folded my arms across my chest. “You and I both know that you could have gone to any other restaurant in town, and you chose this one. Are you following me or something?”
Enzo shook his head. “Can I just get a menu, please?”
With a huff, I grabbed one of the laminated menus from behind the counter and tossed it down in front of him.
the back. He was a kind old man named Phil. He walked with a cane, but his mind was sharp and his hearing was even
rude to a customer, Nina,” he
but Phil cut me off
he said. “Enzo
he smiled, and suddenly I had a flash of a memory from Friday night in his bed. I blushed and looked at the floor.
“Is Nina being
head. “No. She’s just surprised to see
before hobbling off to
up from the menu. His brown eyes were captivating, but I tried not to let
to get me to talk to him more than I needed to, but Phil was watching and I couldn’t be rude in front of
like the grilled cheese,”
now,” Enzo said, handing back to me. “And
the menu away, ignoring Phil’s dissatisfied glare, then retreated to the kitchen to put in Enzo’s order. I hid back there while the cook made his
still shook a bit as I carried the plate of hot food back out to the counter. I set it down in front of Enzo, then
said, his mouth full after. taking a bite of grilled
on me as I worked, but whenever I turned around, he only seemed to be looking at his phone and his food. It was unsettling to feel like I was being watched, only to find
finished,
thought to
he followed me to the register; not that that was out of the ordinary for customers, but I guess that
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