Dahlia
I got out of the car as soon as Carter pulled in front of Xavi’s café. My head was running wheels of weird thoughts for lying to Jinn about going to work this morning where in reality, I was visiting my best friend. He had called me last evening asking me to meet him first thing this morning. He wanted to meet me urgently regarding something that he couldn’t discuss over the phone, so here I am.
“Xavi, why did you want to meet me so early?” I asked, pushing the glass door open finding the whole cafe empty since it was too early for customers to swarm in. I wondered what was so important that he couldn’t tell me over the phone.
He walked around the billing counter and gave me an envelope, silently signaling me to open this.
“What is this?” I eyed him and then the envelope a
