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Monday to Friday.
Morning till dusk.
Customers come in, ordered coffees, met up with friends and family, ate and brought some books and then they would pay and leave. The cafe was busy which was good but for Rick he didn't care how many customers came in or what tips he could or even what they ordered.
He just wanted Kate to come in. Rick was worried that he scared her off his mother always said his curious but noisy nature would get him in trouble one day. When the cafe had died down Rick went out the back to talk to Lou.
"Aren't you worried?" He asked Lou.
"Yes but there's nothing we can do, we can't control what days Kate comes in?"
"Has she ever stopped coming in for this long?" Rick asked he had to get to the bottom off this.
"I haven't really noticed, All I do is let her read all day and bring her coffee and a bear claw to her table every morning."
"She said to me the other day, her life's a mess and she's a mess."
"Kid some people don't want to be saved and that's the way it is, I've tried to get her to open up and give her help but she didn't want it so I backed off. I reserved the table in the corner for her and gave her coffee and bear claws and let her read all day cause that's what makes her happy."
"The only reason she reads all day is cause she likes been in a fictional world, she doesn't like the life she has so she has to go into fictional worlds to be happy." Rick protested.
"Kid I'm going to tell you something that someone told me once."
"What is it?"
"you can drag a horse to water, but you can't make it drink the water."
/
One year later.
A fresh start that's all she needed she missed New York, but this was for the best. She moved to a small town "what a cliche" she thought to herself things in a person's life go wrong they move from the big city to a small town.
In her fresh start she was going to eliminate relationships as much she s could. Not just romantic relationships but friends. She didn't enjoy being lonely, but it was the only way to prevent secrets and lies from hurting her.
The good thing about leaving was that no one could follow her and tell her to come back to New York cause everyone was gone. Her mom had died when she was younger and her dad had given his life away to a bottle.
She was also leaving New York due to the guilt she wished she tried harder to save her father, but she couldn't save him or his liver.
The only thing she had brought along with her was her car and clothes. She rented an apartment and brought some furniture and it didn't take longer till the apartment felt like home. Next she went on the look out for cafe nothing could replace Lou's cafe but she had to give it a try after finding a cafe to get a coffee and read a book.
Kate looked for a job the town was small and there wasn't mainly jobs. She didn't have her law degree so law firms were out of the question. She went to the police satiation which was a small building there wasn't mainly police officers or detectives in the town.
Her plan was to start as an officer and she would get a promotion soon.
/
"That's it?" Rick asked disappointed.
"Yes, we're doing you expect to go?" Gina asked snappily.
"Out of America."
"Book tours are a big step, you need to get used to them you will be in the country doing book signings for awhile."
"I guess it's better the same bookstore in New York, I'll see next Tuesday for the meeting," Rick said about to walk out when Gina grabbed his arm.
"Wait is there any more questions?" Gina asked with a wink.
"Look, Gina, I shouldn't have asked you out and kissed you."
"You haven't seen her in a year, let her go."
"It's not that easy, I felt something with her I wrote a book about her."
Gina sighed and rolled her eyes as she let go of his arm.
/
It was a hot summer today but she wanted went on her daily walk to through the town to grab an iced coffee at the local shops as Kate walked past the pet shop she stopped and decided to go in.
Why not? She had always wanted a pet, but her dorms wouldn't allow a pet. Dog? Cat? Fish? Rabbit? Bird?
"Maybe a dog, puppies are cute." Kate thought to herself looking at the sleeping puppies.
"Cute but puppies need a lot of training and looking after maybe a cat cause they basically look after themselves." Kate thought again as she walked over to the kittens.
The other kittens were huddled up in the corner sleeping, but one kitten was playful and was playing with a toy. "Need any help?" A scruffy teenage boy asked her.
"How much for a kitten?"
"$75."
"Is the one playing with the toy a boy or girl?"
"Boy."
"I'll take him." Kate smiled.
/
Rick walked through the streets for a place to have his lunch break. When a saw a tall brunette girl walk out of the shop holding a kitten. "Kate," Rick said to himself as he stopped in his tracks.