I've resumed my security guard job now, only adjusted the hours so that I'm not working when Maggie is off. I don't like that I can't see her all the time but I know it's healthy to take some time apart. The highlight of my days are when I come into the shop just as she's getting off and knowing I get to go home with her.

When I walk into the shop at the end of the day, Maggie is laughing merrily with some guy on the stool. I can immediately smell that he's attracted to her and the way he looks at her makes my hackles raise.

I normally just wait in the corner booth for her to get off but today I go up to the counter and sit right next to the guy, muscles tense as I resist the urge to rip his throat out.