Rich Girl Threw Money at a Black Waitress — Never Expected She Was Actually Her Long-Lost Sister
Chapter 6
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"She still has the truck.""She still has the truck.""After tonight, teach me how to talk to investors. I'm going to need it one day.""Sure.""Carter, walk in. I need you on the cream.""Yes, Chef.""Kennedy, you need something?""Checking the count.""Jasmine, table one, now!""Which one is Mrs. Okafor's?""The flag, Mrs. Hale.""Mrs. Hale, this is my kitchen.""This is my restaurant.""Carter, it's a mint leaf. Head table dessert, go! Send it.""Yes, Chef.""My daughter made the dessert. Black pepper, clever.""Ma! Ma!""She's in anaphylaxis! Get her on the floor! Get the medics! One, two, three...""Tell the medics epinephrine at 8:22.""Epinephrine at 8:22!""Stop dessert service! Nobody clears a single plate! Nobody touches this! And the pot on my station marked Okafor—nobody touches that either! Lock the kitchen! Nobody touches a station!""It was in her drawer! The dessert was Naomi Carter's. Her station, her drawer.""I've never seen that in my life! Look at it, the seal's still on! If I'd used it, it'd be open. And the Okafor pot is still sitting on my station. Test it!""And how many of those did you bring in, dear? Last time it was a piece of paper; this time it's a bottle.""I believe my daughter. Nobody leaves this room.""Marcus, the police are coming. Let them sort it out.""Her station, her drawer!""It wasn't just her station. Before service, Kennedy was at Naomi's drawer. Hand right on it. I asked if she needed something; she said she was checking the count.""I was—""Floor managers don't count dessert drawers! And she wasn't the only one. Last hands on that plate were Mrs. Hale's. She walked into my kitchen and fixed the garnish herself. Carter wanted to replay it; I told her to send it.""I moved a mint leaf.""Kennedy, what did you do?""Grandma...""I don't know what my granddaughter has done!""It was sealed! You said nobody eats anything!""Nobody move. Miss Hale, say that again.""She gave me that bottle yesterday! Sealed! She said to put it in Naomi's drawer, somebody would find it, and Naomi would get fired! She said nobody would eat anything!""And the peaches... the order... that was me, too. Grant got fired for it. Mr. Bishop lost his farm contract for it.""Mother, your bag.""You would do this to me in front of—""Your bag. Dr. Price... the lawyer who called Rosie... Loretta, 26 years ago... the check, the man in the suit. I didn't ask you then; I'm asking now.""I have kept this family whole for 50 years!""You took 26 of them from me.""You knew about my mother?""Since the day we got the second test, I knew what she'd done to your mother. And I never confronted her. Whatever you need from this family, you'll get from me. As of tonight, you're off the board.""I'll tell them everything.""My probation officer moved my check-in to Saturday. Can you swap with me?""If you take Sunday close.""Deal.""Separate pan, separate sauce. I checked it myself twice.""Naomi, sit down. The person who poisoned me wasn't you. The person who helped save me was.""He'll come. I didn't say anything.""One minute.""Still warm.""Barely."An ordinary thing.