Chapter 21
Six months later“You sure about this, man?” Mac asked when they pulled up to the Birmingham Grand six months later.
“More sure than I’ve ever been of anything in my life?” Beau answered.
Mac shook his head. Beau knew this because he could hear the sound of the man’s beard rubbing against his shirt. “Just the last time you were in this place, I ended up having to peel you off the bar floor.”
Beau stroked his chin, which he’d shaved this morning all by himself. It wasn’t the first time he’d done so, but it was the first time he’d gotten the job done without nicking himself or Mac having to wipe up any blood afterwards, so he’d been humming the Rocky theme rather triumphantly in his head all morning.
“I’ll be all right,” he told Mac.
He put his hand on the door handle and pre
