A month had passed since the incident with Crow in the parking lot, and I hadn’t seen or heard anything from him. Chase had become a regular in my and Leo's lives. Thankfully, he hadn't seemed interested in anything but friendship and the simplicity of our day-to-day life had become a balm to my soul. The mundane task of serving coffee and pancakes at the diner had become a comfort and I was happy with my job. I’d decided after leaving Crow’s home, I couldn’t work at the bar…I was too angry, and it had been just too weird.
Chase and I had fallen into a routine that was as predictable as the tides. After he got off work from the accounting firm at three, he would pick Leo up from school, and they'd come to the diner.
Leo would do his homework in the back booth while Chase and I chatted
