Chapter 4

He stopped, staring. At the table was Jordan Castillo and across from him was a strange man. For a moment, Dustin told himself it could be business. Cops still had to eat. But while he stood there, Jordan very clearly rubbed his thumb along the back of the other man’s hand before picking up his menu.

“Oh, hell,” Dustin muttered.

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“What the hell am I supposed to do?” he muttered.

“Ask them for their order,” Mark said, coming up behind him. He frowned. “What’s the matter?”

Dustin grabbed Mark’s arm and pulled him around the corner out of the sight of Jordan and the man sitting with him. “You have to take table twenty.”

“Why?”

“Because the guy sitting there is Jordan, Malcolm’s boyfriend.”

“So? I know you don’t like him, but is he such an ass you can’t wait on him?”

“He’s here with a guy, Mark.”

Mark shrugged. “Yeah?”

Dustin ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. “As in a guy, Mark.”

“Oh, wait, you mean he’s cheating on Malcolm?”