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CLAIRE

"What of Alex?"

I groaned internally from the frustration I was feeling from the woman I was working with. Mrs. Annie had done nothing all day but asked over and over again about the whereabouts of Alex like I was supposed to be his special guard and take note of all his movements.

"I don't know," I forced myself to give her the same answer for what were the one million times to me. It was on the tip of my tongue to ask her if she didn't see him that morning when he accosted me, but I knew that would be like me giving the woman an opportunity to grill me for more information. Heaven knew that I loved the woman's jovial and easygoing nature, but I certainly didn't like how she didn't seem to realize what boundaries were supposed to be.

"I want more coffee here!" A man shouted from the far end of the café.

Seeing that as the opportunity to escape from the woman for a short while, I pressed the coffee maker machine and had some coffee in a cup in no time, I didn't waste any ti
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