The only thing that happened while they were eating that Benny didn’t like, was when he reached across the bar for the salt shaker. Jess had startled and almost fallen off her stool trying to get away from his reaching arm.
Benny had stopped immediately and looked at her in concern. “Just getting the salt, Jess,” he soothed.
“Yeah, I know . . . sorry.” She blushed in embarrassment and wouldn’t meet his eyes.
Kason put his hand on her forearm lightly and stroked her with his thumb as he spoke. “Don’t be sorry, but I hope you do know you have nothing to be afraid of with me or with any of my teammates. We might be big and mean, but you are never in danger of being hurt or hit when we’re around.”
donever“I know Kason. I know. I just . . . it’s just instinctive. You can’t erase years of me
