Chapter 23
Alvin
I sat in my truck outside Laughlin’s and stared up at the building. For a long time, the place was my dream. Becoming a manager, having fun, enjoying life. I was content to be a bachelor. I actually laughed at my friends who were settling down.
They were the ones laughing now.
I needed to tell Russell I was going to accept the job. He’d given me plenty of time, and I told him we’d talk at the end of the week. It was Friday. Time to buck up and accept the job I wanted right up until I met Briella and thought working with her was a possibility.
God, I hated guys who hung their lives on the back of a woman. And women who did it to their men. My happiness was always within my control. It was for me to decide how I wanted to live my life, not anyone else.
I pushed out of
