Chapter 3

I stretched and twisted my back side to side so it would pop. God, I knew better than to sleep on this damned piece of shit. I’d gotten the couch at a yard sale on the cheap, so I shouldn’t complain. But I did. Damn those student loans!

Glancing at my phone, I saw it was a little after seven on a Saturday morning, and there were texts from Hans, which basically boiled down to “epic lay!” No need to respond.

I got up and took a quick shower, then dressed in a slightly crumpled white shirt, and black slacks, along with faded gray Converse that had seen better days, before making coffee and grabbing a couple breakfast bars to take with me to work.

Forty-five minutes later, I walked into the office and saw Marc sitting in the conference room, head buried in paperwork. I knocked on the doorframe to get his attention.

“Hey, Marc,” I said in greeting, and he looked up at me, a little startled.