Chapter 25

(From Bad To Worst.)

Jatray came into the Fast-Food restaurant. The line wasn't long but the facility was full of people sheltering from the rain.

The rain had fallen earlier, stopped, then in the night began to fall again. She checked her watch, it was after nine p.m.

Jatray was hungry and she decided she would go to the diner not far from the hotel.

She joined the line, standing behind an indecisive teenager who looked up at the flashing menu board over the serving counter, with the expression that she wasn't sure which meal to order.

Across the room a man was getting ice at the juice machine, then he moved his hand over to the choices of drinks and settled on filling his cup with Pepsi.

The glass of the restaurant ran from floor to ceiling. The view of the outside was foggy, due to the high air conditioning on the inside and the rain pelting on the outside. A child stood on the seat and traced a heart into the thick glass.

Plastic booths were all around the room, some empty becaus