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“I ’m staging an intervention.”
Not exactly the greeting I’d expected from my sister when she and her
husband had walked into Eden Coffee a minute ago. “Huh?”
“I’m kicking you out.”
I blinked.
“Of here.” Eloise pointed a finger at the counter that separated us.
“Right now. You have to leave.”
Leave? I was working. There would be no kicking me out. The last time
I checked, this was my coffee shop. I stared at her for a long moment, then
looked to Jasper standing at her side. “Is she drunk?”
“I’m staying out of this. Good luck, Lyla.” He kissed Eloise’s hair, then
walked to a table against the wall, taking a seat.
“You’ve worked one hundred days in a row,” Eloise said.
A hundred? No way. That couldn’t be right. I opened my mouth to argue
but she cut me off.
“Yes, I counted. You haven’t taken a day off since that Sunday in April
when you went to Missoula to get your hair cut.”
I scoffed. “I’ve taken other days off since then.”
“Oh, really?” Eloise arched an eyebrow. “When?”
Uh . . . Well, it was September. And the last time I’d gone to Missoula
had been April—my hair was in dire straits and in desperate need of another
trip to the salon. But I’d taken time off this summer, hadn’t I? Maybe not a
full day, but there were days when I’d ducked out early. That was
practically the same as a vacation, right?
Okay, so technically I’d come to the coffee shop for the past hundred
days. Who cared if I worked a lot?
I huffed. “What are you, the work police? Who are you to talk, anyway?
You’re always at the hotel.” If she wasn’t at home with Jasper, then she was
running The Eloise Inn across Main Street. “Go away. I’m busy.”
“Nope.” She planted her hands on her hips, and if she had been able to
physically dig her heels in, I’d have had two dents in my hardwood floor.
There was a stubborn set to Eloise’s pretty chin that meant she was not
letting this go.
My sister was amazing and exasperating all at the same time.
“One afternoon,” she said. “That’s all I’m asking for. You leave here for
one afternoon and do something non-work related.”
“Why?” Couldn’t I just be left alone to work in peace?
The sad smile she gave me made me feel both loved and pathetic.
“Because I’m worried about you. I don’t want you to burn yourself out.”
I sighed. “I won’t.”
“But you might.” She clasped her hands together. “Please? Just take the
rest of the day off so I can stop worrying.”
“I can’t just leave, Eloise.” This business was my everything. My only
thing.
“Why not?” She waved to Crystal, my barista, as she came out of the
kitchen carrying a fresh tray of scones. “Crystal is here. Jasper and I will
hang out and help close.”
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