#CHAPTER 35: Rough Patch

MILA The commute from Felix’s apartment to my restaurant space was easy–at most a five minute walk. There was a cute coffee shop along the way, so I had gotten used to the nice morning routine of grabbing a vanilla latte on my way in. It was a wonder how much money you saved when you didn’t have to pay rent. The restaurant was coming along nicely. There wasn’t a lot that needed to be done in terms of renovations–mostly just setting up the kitchen and making sure the dining area was all squared away. Thankfully, since it wasn’t a large building, it was not terribly difficult or expensive to complete. The hardest part of setting up came after the renovations–the cleaning. There was sawdust and dirt everywhere from the construction workers, and I knew that it would take me weeks to clean by myself. So I poked around online and found a lovely cleaning service. I thought a few extra hands would make the task easier. I arrived at the space 15 minutes early,