The unpaid check was bad enough. A $400 dinner disappearing from the books can ruin a quiet night in any restaurant, especially when servers are left wondering whether management will blame them. But what the couple left behind turned out to be far more unsettling than the bill.
Jett, the manager, waited until the dining room was clear before calling Nora to the counter. He had the cautious look of someone who had found something he did not know how to explain.
In his hand was a small brown envelope. It had been discovered behind the booth where the couple had been seated the night before.
Nora’s name was written across the front.