Dark Burning: Dark Falls, CO Romantic Thriller Book 6 by Lori Ryan

Author:Lori Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781941149836

Chapter Nineteen

Leo’s had changed.

Eric looked around at the cop bar and wondered what it was. For one thing, they weren’t all holding up the bar anymore, leaning against bar stools surrounded by badge bunnies looking to go home with a cop.

Instead, they were sitting at a table and most of the guys sitting with him had a woman they were either living with, engaged to, or just stupidly in love with.

He covered his discomfort with a long pull on his beer bottle. It wasn’t Leo’s Place that had changed. It was them.

Damn. He’d known on some level it was happening, but it still sucked to be faced with how complete the change was.

Still, he was happy for these guys. He looked at John with Ava. After his partner’s first marriage didn’t work, Eric kind of thought they’d be bachelors together forever. From the way John was looking at Ava, that wasn’t going to happen.

Rhys Evans was winding his way through the crowd toward them, his hand trailing behind him. Eric didn’t need three guesses to know that Ariel Beaubien would be attached to that hand. She and Rhys had been college sweethearts but torn apart years before when her father was arrested for his sister’s murder. Talk about a relationship killer. The two had found each other again and Rhys had joined the club of the eternally grinning but completely whipped.

Eric looked to the bar. There were a few of the guys from vice over there. He could go hang with them. Somehow, the thought didn’t appeal, but honestly neither did sitting here. Leo’s had lost a little of its luster for him.

As Rhys and Ariel joined the group, Eric stood and said his goodbyes, leaving a ten on the table to cover his beer and a tip, and a little extra because he didn’t want to take the time to wait for change. Five minutes later, he was heading for one of his favorite takeout places.

And two minutes after that, he was calling Merritt. “Hey, if you and Collin didn’t eat yet, I’m grabbing takeout. I could bring something over.”

There was silence on the other end of the line for a second and Eric palmed his head with his free hand. What was he thinking calling Merritt? Of all the former one-night-stands for him to call, he chose the one with a kid? The one who screamed commitment instead of fun?

The one he couldn’t get out of his damned mind no matter what he did to try to overwrite the memories?

She broke the silence with a laugh, startling him. It wasn’t at all what he expected.

“Collin’s in bed, Eric. It’s nine o’clock.”

“Shit, did I wake him up?”

“No,” she said and he could hear the smile in her voice.

“Oh well, okay. I guess I should let you—”

“You could come over. I’ve already eaten but I have wine. And you can eat. I’ll keep you company.”

Eric looked at the entrance to the restaurant. He wasn’t at all hungry.

“Be there in fifteen,” he said.

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