I couldn’t stop watching Joe while I helped Suzi clean behind the counter. Michael, Sneaky and Shawn had gone to the bar next door after extracting a promise that we would meet them. I wondered if that was a promise we’d end up keeping.
Despite the lack of sleep over the last couple of days, I had an energetic buzz going on, and I knew why. This morning had been a little rough, but the memory of the night before, and the feel of Joe’s arms around me had put a spring in my step that had been missing for a seriously long time. It was strange though, because until yesterday afternoon I’d resigned myself to a lifelong, celibate life. Except for two or three fumbles in the dark with dudes back in my early twenties, I’d given up on love. It was like living in a far off land where you didn’t spe
