Chapter 53

The sun stretched its conducive diverging beams over the small town that faithful and joyful Saturday afternoon. Spiced with contagious smiles, undecipherable chatters, melodious laughter, and spirited screams, the boisterous Main Street Avenue seemed to be an entirely different planet. For the most part, it was.

Regardless, Somewhere—or rather Someone was umbrellaed from the drops of such remarkable atmosphere.

The prestigious Springs Dinner enclosed a bitter and eager employee who'd done more of glimpsing his wristwatch than attending to customers.

"You good, man?" Drey, a coworker, worried.

"Yeah."

"Sure? Your mind's been drifted for quite some time now."

"I'm cool. Just need a drag real quick. You take care of table three for me, yeah?"

"Sure."

"Honey garlic glazed salmon, baked gnocchi chicken skillet, table 3 all ready." The assistant cook hollered from the BOH.

"Got it!" Drey confirmed.

Sean was halfway headed to the restaurant's dumpster alley when a last peek at S