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Robin came into the change room, and I swept by him with a raised hand.
“See ya.”
“Are you on tomorrow?” he asked.
“Yep. I’ll be here,” I promised.
“On time?”
“Yes! For fuck’s sake.” I was a bit terse because I didn’t want him to notice how stuffed full my bag was, and I needed to meet Alastair before he got fed up and left without me.
“Bye, bitch,” he sneered, somehow sounding amused and pissed at the same time.
“Whatever.”
And I was out of there. No one paid me any mind as I strode down the hall, put on my boots, grabbed my coat and headed outside.
Alastair—I could think of him as something other than Mr. Kenney now—stood at the bottom of the steps, exactly where I’d told him to wait for me.
“Hey,” he said, with a smile. “All done?”
I skipped down the steps. “All done.”
“So, where do you want to go, Toby?”
I shrugged. “I don’t care, except we can’t go to my place.”
“Roommates?” he asked.
I huffed a laugh.If only.“No. My mom.”
“Oh. Oh! How old are you?”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake, relax. It’s just”—I waved my hand in the air—“rent’s expensive.”
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean anything.” It was the first time I’d seen him flustered. It looked kinda good on him. “Obviously, you’re working in a bar, so you must be at least nineteen…”
I gave him a look. “I’m twenty. Would you calm down?”
“Oh, wow. That’s…that’s young.” He said it as if it meant he was concerned, but his gaze swept over me like I was a smorgasbord that had just upped its appeal.
I narrowed my eyes at him. “But legal. Maybe you’re too old.”
“Ouch.” He put a hand to his heart.
“Want me to call nine-one-one? Are you having a coronary?”
Alastair stared at me, shocked, then burst into laughter.
“I’ll be thirty-six in two months.”
I pretended to be shocked. “Shit. That’s old.”
“Thanks. That’s instilling a lot of confidence. Are you even attracted to me?”
“Am I even— Oh my God.Pretty sure we’ve got a mutual thing going on.” I eyed him. “Isn’t that what this is about?”
“Okay. Good. Because I really want to fuck you.”
