Chapter 16

“Yeah, but you will.” Now we was joking around like usual.

“I want the same things you do.” He sighed like he was real tired and shook his head. “I thought I had someone, but now I don’t know. Maybe I was kidding myself? Anyway, I’ll have to think it through again.”

“So no special girl?” I was teasing, but he didn’t take it that way.

“Girl?” His voice squeaked, and customers on either side of us looked over. I glared. They looked away. “You know I don’t like girls. Women. Whatever.”

His hand almost crashed into his water again. I reached to move the glass, but he shoved my hand away.

“I’m not like you with guys lining up to be with me, Butch.”

I almost laughed in his face. Who was he kidding?

Before I could say something, my phone rang.

It finally happened. Some stupid-ass kid had tried to stick her hand in the fire. Her father was going ballistic while the kid screamed bloody murder in the background. Time to get back to the shop.