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looking for him. I stuffed the book back where I found it
with a mental note to ask him about it tonight. Right now, I needed to go.
     
    “You’re late,” Julia
muttered from her desk, her hair was up in a bun, as it always was. She was
wearing a violet blouse. The color highlighted her smooth peaches-and-cream
skin tone. Her eyes stayed glued to the grocery list in front of her as I
rushed through the door at the shelter. She was my partner in running Riley
House ever since Nate went back to working for his family business at Riley
Department Stores. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life and opted not
to go to college and waste money until I could decide what to take. So when
Nate left the shelter, it was a perfect fit. I loved the shelter. It had filled
something missing in my life that I had never experienced before, helping
others was my calling.
    I plopped the file that
I had been working on last night onto the wooden surface in front of her and
stuck my tongue out.
    “Are those the ideas
for Fun Day?” she asked, finally glancing up at me, her brown eyes lighting up
with her question.
    “Yes.” I shoved the
strap of my bag up on my shoulder.
    Fun Day was an idea I
had when I returned from Vegas. The families had gone through so much before
they arrived at Riley House that I thought they needed a day to forget all the
hardships that had occurred. Life for most of these people was not an easy one.
Even when they moved into the shelter there were chores to be done, jobs to be
found and a constant string of sessions to better their lives. Except on Fun
Day: they’d be free of all that, with nothing to do but enjoy. We were looking
for extra volunteers to work on that day because the residents wouldn’t be.
Last night I had stayed up late coming up with a theme, activities for the kids
and events for the adults. It was a surprise, so far only Julia and Lilly knew
about it.
    Julia dropped the
notebook she was writing in and flipped open the file, skimming through my
ideas. She grinned and looked up at me. “This is great.”
    I beamed at her, loving
her praise. I enjoyed my work and I appreciated her comments. “Thanks. Is Evie
working tonight?” Evie was hired after my last absence. Julia needed help and I
didn’t blame her for hiring someone to fill in when I disappeared. And since I
had become a werewolf, I knew it would probably happen again. Drama seemed to
follow me ever since I met Nate. Not that I regretted my life with him, it just
made my former, boring life interesting.
    “Yes, she’ll be here
until midnight.”
    I nodded and started
toward the stairs heading to my office. “I’ll be right back and then we can go
check out the new wing.”
    She turned her
attention back to the list in front of her, absently twirling a stray strand of
honey brown hair that had fallen out of her bun. “Sounds good, I’ll let Lilly
know she’s in charge for a while.”
    In my office I tossed
my bag on the small couch and sat down at my chair, the wheels squeaked as I
pushed forward. I wanted to check my messages before I headed downstairs. There
was one from Anna, asking if we had any rooms available, she had a good candidate
for us. She was our contact for Social Services and helped us find our
residents. I dreaded returning that call, because no, there were no rooms. The
new wing was nowhere near ready and the only resident that was even close to
moving out was Mrs. Cloin and her sixteen year old son. The job we helped her
find was going well, but she couldn’t move into her apartment for a month.
    There were also a few
calls from the contractor, telling me that there was a hold up with the
plumbing and they wouldn’t be in today. I was hoping Adrian would be able to do
the renovations, but since he wasn’t back yet we couldn’t wait. The last call
was from Adrian himself, asking me to call him back. He said he had tried my
cell but it was off. Damn . I was sorry I missed him. I dug through my
bag