“All right, guys.” Shannon Bell put her purse over her shoulder and clicked her way toward the front door. “Be good while I’m at work.” She flashed a bright smile to her two cats, both of whom sat at perfect attention a few feet away.
Of course, neither of them responded to her, and Shannon went out the door and down the steps. She had a routine she followed each morning, and she was right on schedule to hit Roasted at their slowest time between eight and nine.
She’d tried different times, and eight-twenty in the morning seemed to be the best time to get her daily dose of caffeine before she had to go to work at Your Tidal Forever. She loved her job, though it was a bit intense from time to time.
“At least the celebrity wedding and the royal wedding are over,” she told herself as she bu
