Once she was gone, I asked, “You alright? Bertha’s just friendly that way, and despite how you were treated by Shirley, most people in this town have a ‘live and let live’ policy, and they are always happy to help somebody out, no questions asked.”
“That’s unusual, in my experience,” he murmured, before taking a sip of his water.
“It was for me, too.”
I ended up ordering the pot roast special, and Thorn decided on the macaroni, cheese, and bacon casserole. “So what kind of job do you think you want? It’s coming on summer, and there’s lots of seasonal work to get you started.”
He shrugged. “I’m pretty handy, actually. I’ve been using s*x to get by for so long, I tend to forget that.” And the fact that he could be so cavalier about such a thing hurt my heart.
“We’ll walk around town tom
