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Ronnie usually had more than enough energy to spare but she was tired from a double and being alone to work the bar. She’d finally made a server stand in her spot and make small talk so she could eat a power bar while using the restroom. Now she was trying to clean up and take orders since the setting sun seemed to bring out the rowdy drunks. 

Mira was used to people not noticing her when she wanted to stay under the radar. She didn't present as a threat being a human they'd all known had been born and raised in Eden’s Cove, so when arguments broke out, she had a great view, her nosy nature making it hard to ignore the raised voices. A woman was being dumped and she wasn't all happy that her boyfriend had chosen the busy gaming cafe to do it. She slapped him and Mira couldn't help the small "ohhh" that escaped her. 

Casino Fortuna had been the last good thing to come out of his mind. Years of life and he'd done plenty but he was especially proud of this latest establishment. There were times when he was in New York that he thought about doing something similar but there were casinos and all of the things his place offered every few blocks. This was better - from the setup to the magic the witches had helped brew to keep any riff-raff from entering town should they get any ideas. It had become a common occurrence for him to bounce around between locations inside the building. For instance, now, he was sitting in the lobby nearest town - the side that only residents could walk through unharmed - listening intently to the conversations taking place around him. At one question, he injected.

It wasn't like she worked in retail and she loved the restaurant business - she shouldn't have been as stressed as she constantly felt. The knot that almost religiously lived between her shoulder blades should have been non-existent but her habit of walking around town didn't help with that. It had been a few months since she decided to do something new for herself - one month of regular daily yoga had let to her finding hot yoga which was amazing in so many different ways. Lucky for her, her staff was pretty decent at keeping things running while she went to work out and shower at the local fitness studio. She was just slipping on her shoes when she saw a familiar face.

Eden's Cove had become as much of a second home as it could without Lois or his girls there to welcome him home at night. He still found himself weighed down by grief from to time when he saw an older man with their grandchildren. He didn't look it but he still felt his age when he let himself dwell on the loss for too long. As he patrolled the wharf though, he tried to push the feelings away and just focus on how gorgeous the surrounding area was. Between the new job and whatever was happening with Gia, he could see himself attempting to be happy again. Or some semblance of it. As that thought crossed his mind, a quick snap made him turn his head. Clearing his throat, he injected on the scene he'd come across.

That was it! She quit this profession, this damn town and even her sister. Except that thought hurt a little so maybe not. She'd spent all day at the clinic, talking to rabbits, cats and dogs just to have so many of them tell her that their owners weren't exactly one hundred when it came to taking care of them. If it were possible to run away with them all, she'd do it in a heartbeat. El, not her given birth name, just the name she chose to go by most often had tried to swallow her anger over the entire day but as she stood in line, waiting to pick up a salad from a local eatery, conveniently dubbed The Eatery, she could feel it boiling over. The elbow that hit her back seconds later was the final straw.

This town was so different from Summerdale that even after a month, Alani still found herself finding new places to venture into. Most days she spent with Gabby just exploring or trying to get a sense of what establishment was exactly where and easily accessible from what street. However she had woken up to find that Gabby was already gone and without any appointments on the book, she thought she'd find somewhere new to spend some time. The easiest place to find, by far, was the Aquarium. It was crazy to her that in this town that didn't seem even half as big as Summerdale, there managed to be an aquarium.