ben-raleighā:
āWell youāre somewhat right about that since Iāve only danced on the pole once,ā Ben quipped, the remarkās truthfulness left vague.Ā āBut I do know a thing or two about stress,ā and the girl looked stressed, exhausted even from what he can only guess as having to deal with shithead customers and the recent events in town. And I know when someoneās being deliberately difficult, he wanted to add.
āSee thatās what a friend would do, yeah, but itās a new friendship,ā he reminded her calmly.Ā āSo I thought it best to check personally⦠thatās also something an actual friend would do.ā Maybe Andie wasnāt around and the girl was just stalling.
Reece restrained herself from actually rolling her eyes at him. Sure, whatever, it was a joke, but really? She wasn't sure what he did for a living, but she doubted that he was familiar with the very specific stress of what she did. "Right, like you said. The kind of friendship where she doesn't give you her phone number." Maybe Andie had given him her phone number, but by now Reece was too deep in it to think about that.Ā
"Well, she doesn't work today," Another lie, she knew for a fact that Andie would be in later. "So you're gonna have to figure something else out if you really are so worried about her."














