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Chapter One

I scrolled through the want ads for the fifth ti new had popped up It hadn’t

The sound of a fist banging on my door nearly jolted me out of my seat

“I know you’re in there, Harper,” h the wood “I need your rent by the end of the week or you’re out!”

My forehead collapsed against the desk with a thud “God, what a to do?”

“You know you always have a place to crash,” Katia reht be a couch, but it’s free”

“I know” I sat up and gave her a weak smile “And I appreciate that, really I do I just need to find a job Even with a free couch, I still have bills to pay”

Medical bills, to be precise My Aunt’s cancer had been h she was gone, the ever present rerief came in the form of little white envelopes each month

As much as I hated to admit it, I didn’t want to lose this crappy little apartrown up in And the only piece of her I had left

“Well, have you had any bites at all?” Katia asked “You’ve been sending out resumes like crazy”

“Nope” I frowned “It’s the absolute worst ti for a job Teeks before Christ until after the holidays anyway”

“God, I still can’t believe that dickhead laid you off after two years of working your ass off for him”

“I know” I rubbed la er’s fault though, the diner hadn’t been doing well for a while It was bound to be shutting down any day at this rate

“I know you don’t want to hear it” Katia worried her lip between her teeth “But Bisou is always hiring”

Before I could help it, I wrinkled lare

“I don’t mean it that way, Katia I respect what you do It’s just that… well, you’re a beautiful woeeky sidekick It could never work”