Adam was relieved when Ezra finally locked the door behind the last shopper and they pulled the screens over the windows, shutting out the flow of pedestrian traffic and the darkening sky.
It had been raining for days, bouncing between a slow drizzle and torrents. Either way, he’d be hard-pressed to make his interview anything but damp.
Yuri had been taking Adam to and from work for nearly a year but had been forced to stop when he’d been offered a promotion at his own job. Adam would have been lying if he said he didn’t miss it.
Still, it was better to be self-reliant. Which reminded him...
“Thanks again, by the way.” The bottle of chalky little lozenges Ezra had given him had been exactly what Adam needed.
Ezra looked up from where he fiddled behind the makeup counter. “You don’t ne
