Chapter 45

Katie's POV

Her conditions were something that I couldn't stop thinking about even while the woman in front of me was subtly glaring at me.

I made it to the Café half an hour ago and Shedrack as usual had already started up. Arranging everything into its place while all I had to do was attend to the customers at the front desk. But even that wasn't enough to keep my mind off the conversation from earlier in the afternoon.

“I would like my order now and not later,” the impatience in the woman’s voice brought me back successfully. I placed her order in the brown paper bag and handed it to her. There was no form of gratitude—and I wasn't expecting any.

“Hey,” Shedrack called out to me for the first time since I arrived at the shop.

“Hey…” I replied dully, moving in between the cashier and the show glass top where the woman left the money for me to take care of.

“Come on, you can't still be mad at me.” He whined. I felt his eyes following my every movement as I walked to and fro until th