Then I got to work.
"I'm going to need you at my beck and call for the next few days," I told the driver as I slid into the back seat. The weather was unseasonably hot, and I was grateful that she had the air conditioning blasting out.
"Sir," she nodded, as we pulled away from my hotel.
The drive took around thirty minutes, and I'm happy to say was in complete silence.
"Drop me on main street," I ordered. "I'll call you when I'm done."
The good folks of Cedar Falls were still staring at me and some even crossed the street to avoid me. But that was tough. They were going to have to get used to me.
I found a café opposite her shop and grabbed a seat by the window. I waited and I watched. I tipped the over-friendly waitress enough that she kept coming back with re-fills.
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