Colin sped through the remainder of his evening with a grin on his face. He’d never expected Elizabeth to agree to go to his apartment. He tried to remember how much of a mess he’d left the place and then decided it didn’t matter.
They’d had another decent-sized crowd, which somewhat surprised him for a Tuesday night. Elizabeth had done a good job by hiring Mike. He knew what he was doing, which freed up Colin for mingling with the customers after closing up the bowling alley. Plus, Mike was so big, Colin couldn’t imagine squeezing behind the bar with him. He looked more like a bouncer than a bartender. As the night wound down, Colin played barback and restocked the shelves so he wouldn’t have to do it the following day.
As he looked over the display of hard liquor, he noticed an empty s
