Even though Dave knew in his head that when he went back to his office Kyle would be gone, he had hoped otherwise. For just a few beats of his injured heart, he stared at the empty office. It hurt more than he could have imagined that Kyle did not trust him, but Dave refused to allow Kyle’s wariness to wreck everything they’d been building together.
Shaking his head, he closed the office door and walked over to Ivan. “I’m out the rest of the night.”
“What?”
Any other time Dave would have laughed at the comically shocked look on his friend’s face. Tonight he was not in a laughing mood.
“You heard me. You and Louise have worked here for years. I think you can handle things.”
Ivan stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. “Is everything all right?”
“I’m not sure, honestly. But I’m going
