Kapitel 51: Chapter 51

I’m not that bold—whatever courage I had earlier is gone now, fled upstairs with Delia. Without her I lose my strength, and in a low voice I mutter, “The burgers are good. Everyone else is getting them.”

“I’m not everyone else.”

Oh fuck.The last thing I need is to piss him off after he’s reined in his men. “The soup, then, though it’s not quite done—”

He waves dismissively. “A burger’s fine.”

Across from him, Tarn laughs, releasing some of the tension that’s built between the two men. Don’t ask me about soft buns,I pray, scribbling down another burger on the order pad. Don’t say anything else, please.

Someone must be listening to me tonight, because one of the regulators at the other table calls out to Coby and suddenly I’m not there anymore, I don’t exist for them.

Without another word, I hurry around the counter to the back. I push through the door, let it swing shut behind me, and refuse to glance over my shoulder when I swear I can feel him watching me again.