One Night: Promised by Jodi Ellen Malpas EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Jodi Ellen Malpas
- ISBN: B00JU3RZAG
- Language: English
- Genre: Literary Fiction
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- Page: 408
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There’s something to be said about making the
perfect cup of coffee. There’s even more to be
said about making the perfect cup of coffee from
one of the spaceship-like machines I’m staring at.
I’ve spent days watching my fellow waitress,
Sylvie, complete the task with ease, while
chatting, grabbing down another mug, and
tapping the order through the till. But all I seem
to be achieving is a royal mess, of both the coffee
and the area surrounding the machine.
I force the jammed filter contraption on with a
quiet curse and it slips, scattering the coffee
grains everywhere. ‘No, no, no,’ I mutter under
my breath, grabbing my cloth from the front
pocket of my apron. The damp rag is brown, a
dead giveaway to the millions of other times I’ve
wiped up my mess today.
‘You want me to take over?’ Sylvie’s amused
voice creeps over my shoulders and makes them
sag. It’s no use. No matter how many times I try,
I always end up in the same pickle. This
spaceship and I are not friends.
I sigh dramatically and turn, handing Sylvie the
big metal handle thingy. ‘I’m sorry. The machine
hates me.’
Her bright-pink lips break out in a fond smile,
and her black shiny bob swishes as she shakes
her head. Her patience is commendable. ‘It’ll
come. Why don’t you go and clear table seven?’
I move fast, grabbing a tray and making my way
over to the recently vacated area in the hope of
redeeming myself. ‘He’ll sack me,’ I muse,
loading the tray. I’ve only been working here for
four days, but on hiring me, Del said it would
only take me a few hours of training on my first
day to get the hang of the machine that
dominates the back counter of the bistro. That
day was hideous, and I think Del shares my
thoughts.
‘No he won’t.’ Sylvie fires the machine up, and
the sound of steam rushing from the froth pipe
fills the bistro. ‘He likes you!’ she calls louder,
grabbing a mug, then a tray, then a spoon, a
napkin and the chocolate sprinkles, all while
rotating the metal jug of milk with ease.
I smile down at the table as I wipe it before
collecting the tray and making my way back to
the kitchen. Del’s only known me for a week, and
he’s already said that I haven’t a bad bone in my
body. My grandmother has said the very same
thing but added that I’d better grow some soon
because the world and the people in it are not
always nice or gentle.
I dump the tray on the side and start loading up
the dishwasher.
‘You okay, Livy?’
I turn toward the gruff voice of Paul, the cook.
‘Great. You?’
‘Top of the world.’ He continues cleaning out
the pots, whistling as he does.
Resuming stacking plates in the dishwasher,
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