Page 87 of Bone’s Choice
“Crystal?”
“She was very excited about the tips Friday night.”
I chuckled. “The guys tend to tip well.”
“Yeah, Kori and Crystal made out good.”
“Did you?”
Her eyebrows lifted. “Did you what?”
“Tip out well?”
Hazel thought about it. “Decent.”
I stared at her. “Decent?”
“I tipped you fifty bucks,” I chuckled.
“Exactly.”
“On what? Four beers?”
“Five.”
“Still.”
She smiled. “I said it was decent.”
“You’re full of shit.”
“A little.”
I laughed. CL appeared and set a beer in front of me. “Here.”
“Thanks.”
He glanced between Hazel and me. “You got everything you want?”
I wrapped my hand around the bottle. Hazel was still standing directly across from me.
Watching.
Waiting.
I should’ve said yes. Instead, my eyes stayed on hers. “Beer’ll do for now.”
Hazel’s lips twitched. “For now?”
CL looked between us again.
Then apparently decided he didn’t want any part of whatever was happening. “I’m going down there.”
Neither of us answered him.
He walked away and Hazel leaned a little closer over the bar. “You came to Bing’s at almost midnight on a Tuesday for a beer?”
“Looks that way.”
