Kurt pulled into the restaurant parking lot at nine o’clock in the morning, having switched his shift with Shane again. At least the other man hadn’t snapped at him. Austin had healed well, and Dwayne had paid for everything, but Shane still carried a certain edge of anger everywhere with him.
Kurt was tired. Tired of getting up early to get chores done so he could rush into town and…sit around by himself. Tired of spending his evenings with an apricot miniature poodle. Tired of the uncomfortable chair in May’s office. Tired of reading on his phone, or surfing his social media alone.
He was in love with May Sotheby, and she simply didn’t have time for him. She’d promised things would slow down again in the winter, but Kurt had met her in January, and she’d been plenty busy then.
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