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** Michael POV:**

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping. I reach over and notice Michael is out of bed. I didn’t hear a mind link from anyone. I slowly get out of the bed and look in the bathroom. He is not there either. I mind link him then the door opened and Michael walked in looking pissed off. 

“Baby is everything okay?’, I asked worried. 

“No, the old cook refuses to show our cook his system. Thus, we ran out of food. We have to go out for breakfast”, Michael said annoyed. 

“How the hell does that happen?”, I stupidly asked. 

“He had the nerve to tell me he will not train his replacement”, he said and I was shocked. 

“Was this before or after you punched him?”, I asked knowing he punched him. 

“After, he is in the dungeon. Every hour a guard is going to go down there and punch him until he agrees to train her”, he said taking off his shorts. 

“I am sure we can use our system”, I said. 

“Our wholesaler is far from here and we still do not have a head cook here yet. Our cook is going back home with us”, he said. 

“How about you ask her to interview the old cook replacement? Maybe someone in the kitchen is due for a promotion. And know the system”, I said. 

“And one more reason why the moon Goddess paired us together”, he said with a smile. 

I mind link my cook and told her when she got back, she was to interview the current kitchen staff and find someone to replace the old head cook. She said she would when she came back. James asked me what we were going to do about the lack of food. I told him that I gave the cook my credit card to go shopping. I have faith she will buy enough until he has everything sorted out. 

“She might have to take multiple trips", James said. 

“She will figure it out. I am sure she will get the basics. We will survive. Everyone here besides the workers I should be able to buy takeout until we leave”, I said. 

I mind-linked some guards to wake up everyone. While James finds a restaurant that can accommodate about fifteen people on short notice. As soon as everyone was woken, they started mind-linking me. 

“What the hell Mike?”, Gar said. 

“Seriously you send guards to bang on our door?”, Oro said. 

“This better be good son” " Mom said. 

It is a good thing Tanyin, Mōʻīwahine, and Vulverin can’t mind link because I know they will be going off on me as well. Once everyone calmed the hell down I told them about the lack of food. And then we have to go out to eat breakfast and for those who want to come to meet us out front at nine, which is in thirty minutes. 

“Who the fuck would forget to buy food?", Gar asked pissed off. Yeah, I knew his greedy ass would be. 

“It's a long story I will explain during breakfast if you are coming”, I said. 

While I was mind-linking everyone James pulled some clothes for us to wear. For me, he pulled out a pair of black jeans and, a black polo shirt. For Rati, he pulled out a one-strap sunflower bodycon dress with black heels. James picked out a pair of dark blue jeans, a black shirt, and black sneakers. 

“Why are you guys up early?”, Rati asked from the bed. 

“We are getting ready for the day babe”, I said. 

“And it is not early it is close to nine”, Michael said. 

“Getting fucked for two days straight makes being up at nine in the damn morning early”, she said. 

“We are about to shower. I can either carry you or Michae can, or you can walk. Scratch that we both can carry you. James take her head and I will take her tail”, I said to him. And he laughed. 

“Can't we just have breakfast delivered to us here?”, she asked sleepy. 

“We are going out for breakfast. Now get up sleepy head”, I said. 

“What? Why?”, she asked annoyed. 

“It is a long story. We will tell you at breakfast but for now, you need to be washed”, I said taking the covers off her. 

I swear her cinnamon skin is glowing. She gets up and waits for me to carry her. I see she is going to milk this for all its worth. In the bathroom, James already has the water running for us. Rati gets in first then me then James. We had no time for extracurricular activities, unfortunately.  

“So let me guess James picked out my outfit today”, Rati said. 

“Yes, how did you know?”, James asked. 

“Because when you pick out my clothes I am not covered up like a nun”, she said with a laugh. 

“I found a restaurant that will open for us to have breakfast. Around here restaurants do not open for breakfast”, James said. 

Downstairs everyone is waiting for us. I laughed to myself they were annoyed. Before anyone could question me, I walked out the door and into one of the cars. The drive was short to the restaurant. Rati is still tired even after our shower.  She needs to be checked out when we get back. She should not be tired like this.  

“Why won't someone open a breakfast/Bruch restaurant? They would make a killing on Saturdays and Sundays”, James said. 

“Why not do it?”, Rati said. 

“Do what?’, I asked. 

“Open a breakfast/ brunch restaurant”, Rati said with a smile. 

“We have enough on our plate already babe”, James said. 

“I was thinking I could do it. Everyone seems to have something outside of the pack but me”, Rati said. 

“Babe, what do you know about opening a restaurant?”, I asked. 

“Enough to open a small cafe. I volunteered at one of James’s cafés one summer”, she said. 

“Do you think you can do it before we leave?”, James said. 

“Hell, no but I can at least have something started before we leave. I actually found a place when we were doing recon”, she said. 

“And where is that?”, James asked. 

“A nice hole in the wall”, she said with a smile. 

Rati likes to give herself a lot of shit to do. Then companion she has a lot of shit to do. James and I will front her the money. But she will do all the hard work by herself. She made it clear she wanted the café to be her baby and no one else's.