Then the rush came. The café was packed. Tom felt like a fish out of water (uncomfortable in an unfamiliar situation). He dropped a plate.
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By 5 PM, everything was clean. Mia gave him a free cookie. “You did well. ” (stop working for the day), she said. Then the rush came
Tom smiled. “Thanks. I was worried ” (rain very heavily — but here, meaning: things would get really bad). ” Mia said
“Tom,” Mia said, “you need to ” (calm down and control your emotions).