Chapter 80

Maxine’s POV

A waitress came to me. She was chewing gum loudly and she looked down at me from her nose. "What would you like?" I asked.

I did not want her to stand next to me for too long and draw attention to me so, I said, "A cup of coffee would be fine."

"This is a bar," she said to me.

"Well then, a glass of water."

She gave me one final look before she turned and left. I kept my eyes on Nate and whenever it looked like he was about to look my way, I turned my body to back him, acting like something was interesting about the menu.

The waitress returned with my glass of water and dropped it unceremoniously on my table. She said nothing and left.

I thought back to what I had told Ariel about nice people being in the town. Maybe this waitress was not one of them.

What if this was what Ariel meant when she said her stay depended on Nick? Had he agreed to do what she wanted?

I sat there for like thirty minutes. Ni