Chapter 16

“Ice is what?”

Raine did not quite sigh. “Cool. As you said.”

“Oh!” Luke beamed at him. “Dude! Too funny. Don didn’t tell me you were funny. We should hang out. You could stop by the beer festival and say hi to us.”

“I’m also busy that day.”

“Oh, never mind.” Luke frowned, confused. “Wait, you don’t know what day it is.”

“I’m busy most days,” Raine said. “Don’t worry about it.”

“Hey,” Don said. “What do you think of that one? It’s supposed to also have pecan and vanilla notes. And, um, I’m closing tonight, so I’ll be here until one, if you’re, y’know, working late again.”

“It’s good,” Raine said, though Don couldn’t recall him taking a sip. “And I won’t be working in the office. I need to meet with someone, and they’re naming the location. So don’t expect me to stop by.”

Don felt his eyebrows doing the anxious tugging-together that Kit liked to mock. “You’re meeting someone late at night? Someplace you don’t know?”