Chapter 70

Evelyn POV I worked all day, around closing time Ryland came in. He sat in one of the booths waiting for me to shut everything down. "Want a hand" he asks as I reach up pulling the shutters down. "No I got it" I tell him before walking back inside. I lock the door, turning the closed sign. "Did Thaddeus send you?" I ask. Now that I had time to myself and was able to cool down I now felt terrible for yelling at Orion not so much Thaddeus, he said things that hurt too. "No I wanted to check on you" he says getting up from his seat following me out back while I put the till in the safe. "Are you coming home?" He asks. "Am I allowed to?" I ask. "Why wouldn't you be?" "Thaddeus said not come home" I tell him. "I will deal with Thaddeus" he says and I nod. I flick the light off to the office out the back turning to walk back out to the front but Ryland blocks the door. I