Hey guys, here's chapter two! I hope it's alright! I have the next chapter done as well...I just need to edit it. Let me know what yous think, I'm open to people's opinions as long as they fit into the vision of the story I have in my head. Anyways please review...I worked hard on this. Kay here's the next chapter :)
Surprise
When I walked into the office, I noticed Jace was already sitting there. It must have been something important for Hodge to call the both of us in. With that I said my hellos and took a seat.
"Well," Hodge began, "the both of you must be wondering why I called you in. I have important news. I have decided to take an early retirement, I'm leaving tomorrow." What? Another reason not to make friends, even they leave will leave. But he continued saying, "I trust the both of you with my life, and for that reason, I am leaving the two of you as co-owners of this restaurant. I know I'll be leaving it in great hands."
WHAT?… I honestly I could not believe this whole situation. I looked over to Jace and he had the same expression as me, at least I'm not the only shocked one here. Jace decided to speak up, "Hodge, are you sure you want to leave this restaurant to the both of us? I'm sure I could run it fine by myself." That little ass! How could he! First of all if Hodge was leaving the restaurant to one person it should be me since I was here first. And secondly what was his problem? I was fine running the place with him, an extra pair of hands to help would be great, but if he was going to act like this I did not want him to be working alongside me.
Noticing that I was about to yell, Hodge stepped in. "Listen Jace I made up my mind, I would like the both of you to run this place…it's a lot of work for just one person, trust me. And honestly don't think that you are so superior, remember I know where you came from." And with that he stopped, but I couldn't help but notice Jace's scared face…I wonder what he was hiding.
"Now if yous would excuse me, I have to get all the documents ready for you. Come back to my office after closing so I can explain everything you need to know." With that said the two of us left. Standing in the hallway I looked at Jace and couldn't believe that'd I'd be closely working with him now…maybe I'd actually have an opinion on him. With that in mind I thought I should be friendly and said "Well congratulations! Who would have thought the two of us would one day own this place? Anyways looks like we will be working with each other a lot more than usual now." I ended with a nice happy smile only for it to be replace with an evil eye for what he said next.
"I'd say congratulations to you too, but I can't you probably slept with the old fart to get your part. You mustn't be too good in bed though seeing as he also made me a co-owner, or maybe he just didn't want to see his restaurant burnt down to the ground with the way you'd run it. I tell you, I will eventually just be the owner of this place one way or another, so you might as well give up now…I've got big ideas for it and I will not have a short ginger stand in my way."
OMG! He did NOT just do that…there was no way I was going to let him ruin this for me. It was the big break I needed to finally coming close to paying Mrs. Lewis back, and hopefully her family wouldn't have to live paycheck by paycheck anymore. With that in mind I gave him a piece of my mind. "Listen you big golden idiot. You may think you are superior and will run this place but you will NOT ruin this for me. I need the money this job will give me and if I have to put up with your crap I will. Now go back downstairs and do your job, I'll see you at closing, and don't you dare call me a short ginger or I swear to god you will not know what hit you." And with that I walked away, leaving a stunned Jace's gaze following my trail.
Well I hope that was alright. The next chapter isn't really another chapter per say, it's just this chapter in Jace's POV...I figured most people wanted to see a bit into his head. Bye for now! :)