They ate in comfortable silence for a few minutes until Kat started feeling full, and her curiosity started getting the best of her. “Okay, so tell me why you’re here.”
Picking up his napkin, he wiped his mouth and then took a sip of his beer. “That was going to be my question to you. What the f**k are you doing here, Kat, when the love of your life is moping around Tampa, driving everyone bat-s**t crazy?”
Her gaze fell to the table. “I’m not the love of his life. Benny hates me. I almost got his parents killed. And Jake and Colleen and Murray and . . . and . . .”
She didn’t realize she was crying until he reached over and brushed away the tears on her cheek. Leaving the last of his meal, he stood and pushed her chair back from the table. Before she knew what he was doing, he’d picked h
