Chapter 15

“Hello?”

“Kirk, it’s, uh, Elijah.”

“Oh, hey,” Kirk said, cheerfully. “I’ve been meaning to call you.”

Sure, then why didn’t you?

“Yes, well, I decided to call you.”

“Work’s been crazy busy,” Kirk said. “I planned to give you a call tomorrow.”

Elijah heard a muffled male’s voice in the background.

“Hold on just a second,” Kirk said, but Elijah didn’t think it was for him, but rather whoever Kirk had over.

Crap.

“I’m interrupting something.” Elijah hoped Kirk would say the guy was just a friend or something.

“Nah, it’s okay. We’re just finishing dinner.”

He sighed, pushing aside his disappointment. Or trying to, anyway. “Sorry, I didn’t realize you had company. I’m sorry to bother you.”

“You aren’t. I’ll get back to Tom in a minute.”

“Tom?” he asked casually.

“Yeah, someone I met a while ago when we did a business seminar.”

He blew out a breath. “Oh, so a business dinner?”

“Er, no. Hey, did you want to get together Friday night? I won’t have to work Saturday.”