21

ROME

“Oh. Glad that you showed your ass up here tonight.” Sax stood up to give me a hug. Linden and Kye offered fist-bumps.

“So you all are free, huh?” Well, it was Sunday, and I had just sent Carly to her apartment. I joined them at the table at the local restobar a few blocks from the security firm.

“Just a beer for me. Thanks,” I told the waitress.

“You had dinner? Well, that’s first.” I had the feeling that I was going to be the subject of their joke tonight. “Just a beer, eh,” Kye said.

Linden snorted.

“I’m full.”

“Full, full?” Sax asked in disbelief.

I eyed them all, and my gut told me that they knew something more than I did. “What’s with the look and interrogation?”

“Guys, he thinks we are questioning him? For someone who can’t or won’t, whatever, don’t wanna tell us that he’s been dating a pretty brunette.” Kye munched on a piece of asparagus louder to piss me off.

“What are we? High school? That we should kiss and tell.”

“That’s what brothers do, man,” Sax agree