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Chapter 14
Brit entered the barand saw Mike, a cousin of Kim’s and the bartender at Abbi and Ben’s wedding standing behind the bar polishing glasses, she smiled when he looked at her. “Hey Mike, how are you?”
“I’m good, Brit, how’s things with you?”
“Can’t complain.” She laughed. “Late as usual as you can see. Do you know where Evelyn is?”
“Ah yup, she’s over in the kitchen getting the nacho cheese ready or something.”
“Thanks!” She headed across the dance floor to where the pool table sat and popped her head inside of the pass-through window in the wall and said, “Hi, sorry I’m late.”
“Hey!” Evelyn smiled at her. “Don’t worry about it.”
Brit came through the door and asked, “Is it okay if I hang my coat in here?”
“Yeah, sure, there’s hooks on the other side of the fridge, but don’t leave your purse in here. There’s a safe behind the bar, you can stick it in there.”
Brit quickly hung up her coat, then Evelyn said, “Follow me, I’ll get you an apron and show you the safe.”
She looked at Evelyn as they walked over to the bar and said, “How’s Tim feeling?”
“Oh, you know him, he is in denial but shakes like a leaf whenever he stands.” Evelyn reached around the back and grabbed two aprons from a cardboard box sitting on the floor.
“Here you go.” Brit took it from her and was tying it around her waist when the door opened and in walked the band.
“We’re back,” Jason called out, rubbing his stomach. “Oh.” He stopped and looked at Brit. “You’re here now?”
She smiled and said, “Yeah, I’m giving Evelyn a hand for the night because Tim is sick.” She glanced over to where Mike was looking for a bottle of whiskey and said, “That’s Mike.”
Mike turned when he heard his name and nodded his head. “Hey how’s it going?”
“Pretty good.” Jason smiled.
“Ah Jason? Can you do me a favor?” Evelyn asked.
“Yeah, what is it?” he asked.
“Like Brit said, Tim’s sick and he’s sleeping upstairs. Is there any way to kinda keep music down?” she asked.
“Sure thing, I’ll just tell the guys,” he said, and headed off to the stage.
Evelyn glanced at the clock on the wall, it was ten minutes to opening. She turned to Brit and said, “I’m just going to go check on Tim, I won’t be long.”
Brit nodded. “Take as long as you need, I’ll just look around and familiarize myself with everything.”
She retraced her steps back to the kitchen and lifted the lid of a pot on a hot plate. It was filled with nacho cheese, giving it a stir, she inhaled the spicy goodness and vowed to get some chips smothered in it before the night was through.
Checking the fridge, she made sure that it was fully stocked, not that she knew where anything was but between her and Mike, she was sure they could find it.
Her phone started vibrating in her pocket, pulling it out, she swiped the screen to see a text message from Luke.
Hey there angel. Sorry I hope you don’t mind me calling you that. Anyway, I just thought I would let you know that Ben is letting me borrow his car. I’ll show up, say an hour before closing time. Let me know if that works for you or not.
She smiled as she texted him back.How did you get my number? Angel is fine although I do like it when you say babygirl too. And an hour before closing works perfectly for me.
