Chapter 35

[ZARA]

“A customer is asking for you, Zara!” Nate, the head server at our restaurant, told me.

“Why? What happened?” I asked, a bit surprised because even though customers could ask for the manager at any time, it was strange as I just came back after attending a table. Not even five minutes had passed.

Anyway, it wasn’t like I had any say on the matter. If the customer was asking for me, it was better to leave right away. Make them wait for a second longer and they took it personally on their ego. It was an uphill climb from thereon. Nothing but free meals could satisfy them.

I closed the register, the one that I came here to check and adjusted my blazer. “Let’s go then. Why make them wait?” I told him with a smile and he returned with a chuckle.

I followed him to the table, expecting to address some rude men in business attires as if someone pissed in their coffees. But what I didn’t expect was to be greeted by three old ladies and a young boy. All of them looked fairly content. As