Krissy dusted the flour off her jeans as she stepped around the counter. Dodging the various employees that moved restlessly gathering orders and making smoothies and lattes, she contemplated her options for the day. It was after ten in the morning and she'd been at work since six without breakfast. She was starving.
"Excuse me, Frankie," she moved past the young freckle-faced girl who smiled nervously at her. She was a freshman at the local community college and a member of their Clan.
She reminded Krissy a lot of herself when she came in for the part-time job. The oldest of two kids from a single-parent home, she helped support her mom and younger brother with her job at Bear Claw.
She smiled now at her decision to hire the girl on the spot, noting how hard Frankie worked. Choosing a
