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Russ nodded. “Ria was looking forward to seeing Tori this morning.”
“Tori was looking forward to spending time with her, too.”
“I know I shouldn’t ask, but since the two of them are getting along so well, do you think there’s any chance… Shit. Sorry. Forget I asked.”
Xander chuckled. “It’s okay. I don’t blame you for wanting to know, and I’m happy to be able to tell you that yes, we are planning on staying.”
Russ grinned. “You are? That’s great!” His smile faded. “What are you going to do for work, though? Do you want me to have a word with Dan? I don’t know exactly what it is that those guys do; they don’t talk too much about it. But the company is called Prometheus Security, and you were working security, right?”
“I was, but no thanks.” He couldn’t keep the smile off his face. “We’ve already figured out what we’re going to do.”
Russ raised his eyebrows. “The two of you? As in, you’re going to do something together?”
“That’s right. You know the wine bar over at Four Mile Creek?”
Russ frowned. “Don’t tell me that you guys want to take that place over? It’s not exactly a thriving business. I hate to say it, but I thought a wine bar was a bad idea from the beginning.”
“I agree with you. We do want to take it over, but not as a wine bar.”
“What then?”
Xander grinned. “A sports bar.”
“Really? A sports bar?”
“Yep. What do you think?”
Russ’s smile was back. “I think that’s a great idea.” He nodded as he spoke. “I can see that working really well. At least… I can see you enjoying a place like that. What about Tori? What does she think?”
Xander chuckled. “It was her idea. I can see why you’d question it – I did, too, at first. But she’s talking about having music sometimes and dividing the place up so that there’s a sports free section too. She says – and she has a point – that while the guys are watching the games, the women can hang out and chat. Everybody wins.”
Russ chuckled. “That does sound like a win-win. I like it.”
They both looked up when the front door opened. Damon, the bartender from the restaurant at Four Mile Creek, greeted them with a smile.
“Hey, it’s good to see you again,” he told Xander.
“You too. And you work here as well as at the restaurant?”
Damon nodded. “Yeah. I only work with a couple of physical training clients, but I enjoy it.”
Russ grinned. “I’m sure you know the drill,” he told Xander. “This guy could live on his retirement if he chose to, but he likes to keep busy.”
Damon shrugged. “I’d go out of my mind if I didn’t have anything to do. At the same time, I didn’t want to tie myself into a full-time job.”
Xander nodded. “So, you’re a part-time bartender and part-time personal trainer. That makes sense to me.”
“Did you talk to Nate yet?” As soon as the question was out, Damon shot Xander an apologetic look.
“It’s okay, I was just telling Russ about it. Tori’s talking to her mom as we speak.”
“Sorry. I should’ve thought before I opened my mouth.”
“It’s okay. Not a problem.”
Russ was giving Damon a puzzled look. “How do you know?”
Xander chuckled. “We were over at the restaurant last night. We weren’t planning to say anything until we talked to you guys, but Taryn…”
