Keiko walked in the front door, and the hostess greeted her. I gave her a cheery wave. Chuck wrenched around in his seat to look at who I was waving at, and when he saw Keiko, he hopped up to go over and say hi to her.
His notebook lay open on the bar.
Read it, the devil inside me whispered.
I snorted. Emmett must have been rubbing off on me.
Before I could change my mind, I whirled around and left the bar area. I didn’t need to see whatever was in that book. I was better than Chuck. I was hardworking, treated my employees with respect, and I had enough business smarts to run this place. Keiko knew this, and I didn’t need to worry about whatever was written in that book.
I spotted Hannah and her father at a nearby table. Jeeze, everybody in town was here tonight.
“Hey, you two. Frank
