B
I reach for the knob on the stereo and turn it up loud enough for the both of us to hear. I don’t see why she’s working so hard today of all days. There hasn’t been anything big to happen in almost four months. I look over at her with a look of concern and she’s steady focused on the radio to even notice that I’m looking at her. I lean back in my seat resting my arms behind my head, “You know, we can relax on your birthday.” Shit. I don’t look her way but I can tell that she’s giving me her famous glare.
There was an awkward silence between the two of us with just the news playing, there was nothing of interest happening. Suddenly there’s a phone ringing that breaks the silence between the two of us. I sigh in relief as I check inside of my pocket to pull out my phone only to find out that it isn’t mine that is ringing, “Talk to me, Chief.” I really don’t want to be inside of the car right now. I put my phone back into my pocket while opening the door, “I’m going in for some coffee.” She doesn’t even look my way as I step out of the car.
The streets are mostly empty this time of night. TAB City is usually one of the busiest cities you could see during the day, but at night you it feels like something eerie is creeping around the corner just waiting on you to make the wrong move just so it could get the jump on you. Maybe ever since Zuck retired the city has really turned to shit. I don’t even go for my midnight runs to the dollar store anymore.
I speed walk to the door of the diner to avoid getting wet from the rain than I need to. I open the door and step inside of the diner, “Welcome!” I hear Montie say half-heartedly. There’s nobody of interest in here, really, just a few small time admins that tried their work on the feed but never really got up there. There’s a loud smashing sound that attracts the attention of the few people in the diner, “You fucking idiot!” Montie yells as he sees JP standing there slightly frightened, “Sorry, boss.” JP said in a sincere voice. Montie looked as if he was about to hit him instead he just walks away, “Clean up this mess and get back into the kitchen!” he yells as he enters the double doors to the back of the diner.
>D. Talk to JP to try to console him
>E. Give Montie a piece of your mind
>F. Ignore the whole situation and just order your coffee
