Chapter 36
JAY
At work, McCrary was needling me even worse than usual about buying the gym. “I won’t be around forever, you know.”
“So I just gotta wait out the clock.”
“Oh, is that how it is?” he asked, though he knew I didn’t mean it. “I can always give the gym to the Girl Guides, you know. They could use a new clubhouse. Maybe they’ll make you their new den mother.”
“Get off my back, old man,” I said. “I’m working on it.”
He slapped a paper down on the front desk. “You’re taking too long.” His face softened. “I don’t want to sell it to some random eejit who won’t love it like you do, or tear it down and turn it into another strip mall.”
Bergin was warming up my class and I needed to get over there, but I hesitated. McCrary deserved to know the truth. Not about the money, or Simon
