16 - Anger...

She looked at him with anger.  Carlos said, “Please just give me a chance to explain and if…”

Proverbs 16:7, “When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.”(ESV)
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Carlos watched Eddie walk away from the table, out of the door, and through the glass down the sideway.  

Oblivious to Carlos’ body language, Selena asked, “So, what’s your order and also, why are you here?”  Carlos starred at the window for about 10 more seconds, peering for Eddie until he finally heard Selena say, “Hey!  Hey!  You there?!”  Carlos looked up at her and she said, “Lemme guess, you two weren’t talking about the game were you?”

Carlos remained silent.  Selena said, “Yeah, that’s what I thought.”  She sighed, took a deep breath, looked to see if her supervisor was on the floor; noticing that he wasn’t she sat down to talk. 

“So what does he want?  Hmm.  Does he want money?  Is he back on the drugs?”  She paused and then said, “Oh, that’s right, maybe he wants you to pass a message to me for his kids, right?”  Carlos was very stumped and then said, “No.  None of that.  I, I, I don’t really know him that well.” 

She sarcastically asked, “Oh, so you just take random homeless people out to lunch at local restaurants?

Carlos still stumped, replied and said, “No, I don’t normally, but I did with him.”  She said, “And you just COINCIDENTALLY brought him here right?”  Aware of how awkwardly false his true story sounded, Carlos sighed and said, “I know you don’t believe me but yeah.” 

She looked at him with anger.  Carlos said, “Please just give me a chance to explain and if…”

Seeing her manager coming out of the break area, she jumped up before he noticed her and said, “So you’ll have the chicken parmesan to go?”  Carlos also noticing the manager shockingly, but in a cool manner said, “Yes.  To go.” 

She then said, “Okay.  I’m about to go on my…”

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