♤CHAPTER FOUR

-a d d a n n a-

When I brought the order to the kitchen I realised that it was not just Mr. Brown who was on edge but it was the entire restaurant staff.

Was I missing out on something??

The assistant chefs quickly filled the order that I came in with. I took it with great care and made my way back to my table. I wasn't sure what the big fuss was about but since everyone was in their extreme perfect fold then I guess it wouldn't hurt for me to be atleast be brisk, more polite and more plesant than usual.

"Here are your orders Sirs" I managed with great enthusiaism.

"Okay, thank you. Please wait in standby in case we should signal you for something else. I take it that you are our personal waitress for our time here?" The man on the left inquired in a very formal tone which left no room for familiarity or friendliness.

"Yes sir, that is correct. And I shall do as you request. I will be just over here in case you are in need of my services" I said matching his formality.

Maybe he was somewhat taken aback by my sudden change in character because shortly after I concluded my sentence, he rose his eyes to look at me.

"Do that" he said after a quick recovery from my sudden change in character.

I walked over to my post where I was able to see table fourteen so when ever I was signalled, I could move in proper timing.

The pair seem to have been in deep conversation for about forty five minutes when Mr. Brown, my supervisor came to speak to me.

"How is your table Addanna? Please tell me that you gave superb representation" he spoke in desperation.

"I did my best sir. However it seems like my usual chirpy personality was not welcomed so I opted to a more formal manner"

"No no no. Please continue to be friendly and chirpy no matter what. They specifically requested you to serve them because of recommendation" Mr. Brown said in a paniced tone.

"Ok sir, I will ensure that I do just that when they call for me again" I said trying to reassure him.

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Mr. Brown was soon back in the foyer barking orders at the chefs and rushing the waitresses. Our restaurant was unique in a sense that all our servers are females. We even have special uniforms each day so it's like a cosplay restaurant.

Our main client base are wealthy business men, mostly the older ones. A small percentage are women but they are also the Alpha female types who normally make reservation and request to be served by the young handsome chefs because we don't have male servers here.

As I glanced down on my watch, I realised that my shift was close to being over. I had about thirty minutes remaining and the gorgeous greek gods were still deep in conversation.

It was customary for waitresses at this restaurant to inform their tables of the shift change and imtroduce the coming waitress.

To prevent confusion, there was a system in place that allowed each waitress to know exactly who was going to work the next shift. The waitresses were grouped together into teams and each team consisted of three waitresses. My team however had four waitresses because we had two part-time workers on the team; myself and Kiya. Kiya was a short girl like myself she was probly two inches taller than me with a very somber personality. Sometimes it amazed me how she got the job in the first place.

"Good Afternoon again Sirs, sorry for my interuption but I would like to inform you that our next shift change will be in twenty five minutes. Your next server for the night will be Kiya. When she arrives I will introduce her again before I take my leave" I said in my former chirpy and warm character.

The man on the left looked at me with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes, it was polite but obviously not genuine.

"That's ok, Addanna it is right?-" he asked and ai just nodded.

"I had already spoken to your boss and requested you for the rest of the night, therefore, your shift will be extended with a bonus triple on your salary. Is that acceptable Addanna?" he asked in a rather unquestioning tone almost as if he was demanding me to stay rather requesting.

I felt dominated so I quickly nodded, thanked him and turned to get back to my post. But right before I could move off he spoke again.

"Addanna? My brother and I would like Parmesan Chicken with a side of mashed potatoes. My bother prefers his mashed potatoes with both milk, cheese and butter. I prefer mine with only unsweetened milk and added sweet potato with corn" he said discribing exactly how he wished their meals to be prepared.

I scribled everything down on my clipboard and headed over to the kitchen to place the order. Everything was in full swing and it took about thirty-five minutes for the meals I ordered to be prepared.

With great care and grace I brough the meals back to table fourteen and served the clients. I was also instructed to pour them a tropical mix that had a slight hint of alcohol called 'Bahama Mama'.

As I served the meals with the drink that they didn't order the man on the left, who have been the spokesperson for both of them since that start of my shift, began to speak.

"I don't remember ordering any cocktails"

"I am aware sir, but this special mixture is called Bahama mama and it is adopted from the tropical caribbean Islands. It's quite new on the menu so my supervisor instructed me to serve it to you compliments of the boss' gratitude" I said explaining what I was told.

"I see. So Abbey is pulling out all the stops I see" he muttered with a small smirk on his face. I had a feeling that whatever was going on had no comcern to me so I quickly excused myself and went back to my post.

Normally I would have been annoyed about the situation but since I heard about my payment for just one extended shift, I had somehow found extra strength and patience for everything.

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About fifteen minutes after I realised that both men had concluded their meal, I walked towards their table a little exhausted.

"May I clear your table sirs?"

"Sure we are all finished. Thank you for your service Addanna" he said and for the first time since our exchange, he was being genuine.

I smiled and quickly cleared the table. When I got to the kitchen, Mr. Brown told me that my shift would be over in the next five minutes and I was free to go home.

When I got back to table fourteen, both men had left and I saw five hundred dollar bills place under a glass.

Shit. I mean why would they leave so much when the bill was not that much.

I went to my supervisor to ask how much their bill had come to and inform him that they had left before I could write them their bill while explaining how much money they left to pay.

"Their bill had already been covered and the money left under the glass is their generous tip to you. You may clock out now Miss Moncrieffe. See you on Friday" Mr. Brown said to me.

"Friday?" I inquired.

"Yes, you were granted time off for the week with pay as well as requested to work another over-time on Friday. It seems that your clients really praised you highly Addanna. So dispite your tardy attitude at times, you are indeed competent" he said with a smirk.

"Wow"

That was all I could think of when Mr. Brown told me all those things. I mean my salary was already being tripled for just two hours overtime. Then I had the week off with pay and this huge tip. In fact, the tip was so grand that with one more week's pay I would be able to purchase my new house and still have remaining cash to buy christmas gifts for the children at the orphanage.

Yes I am super excited to be able to give to the orphange this year and I might also be able to sign up for the christmas foster parent/child program.

And with the new house closer than I thought, I would just need to work extra hard to make it happen. The next goal was to reorganize and decorate the place so I could take home atleast four children for christmas eve until new years night. I would need to stock the place with alot of food and start preping meals and pastries from like a week before I collect the children.

I might also have to get a baby sitter to stay in with them for christmas eve night as that is the night of the staff party which I already accepted invitation to.

I had so many things to go in a very compact time frame. I was only happy that I was great at time management and focus.

I can tell it was going to be a very eventful christmas and everything was blooming in good favor for me so far and hopefully it will continue on that path *fingers crossed*.

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So guyyyysssssss please please please tell me what you thinkkkkkk?????

I know the story is going at a slow pace but I am trying to make it as close to realistic as possible you know. I don't want it to be too cliché you know. I wanted it to have some form of uniqueness about it you know.

Lol. Anyways I promise that the journey forward will be a great and adventureous one.

And as yall see, our girl Addanna is actually not just beauty and brains who comes from wealth, but she is also very kind and awkward.

I didn't want her to be that typical clutz but she will have her clumsy moments. I am aiming to show her maturity to situations as we go along so by the end of the book everyone will see how much the character has grown just like any young adult would.

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