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addressed me. “They should make it a requirement after high school that every human wait tables. It would teach manners and humility.”
    My curiosity got the best of me as she kept her fingers up until the man was safely out of the door.
    “What are you doing?”
    “I just cursed him with uncontrollable anal itching,” she said with seriousness. I burst into laughter as she tilted her head and eyed me with a small amount of humor on her perfectly painted lips. “It works.”
    “Okay,” I said, pushing my drink toward her in a polite request. “I’m a good tipper.”
    “If Andy didn’t beg me to stay,” she said as she gripped my glass and set it on the bar well, “I’d be doing something else by now.”
    “Like what?” I asked as she gripped the bottles. I noted the ingredients of my drink and typed them into my phone. Boredom may make an alcoholic of me yet.
    “Like...hell, I don’t know...something where I can be home with my son at night.”
    “Well, if it makes you feel any better, I’m not a huge fan of my job right now, either.”
    “In that case,” she said with a wink, “this one is on me.” I shook my head to protest as I looked her over. Kristina really was a stunning woman, and if she knew it, she showed it poorly.
    “Shopping for something new?” I felt the tingle start in my spine as Rafe whispered in my ear. The rumble of his deep voice completely counteracted the small numbness I felt from the alcohol. “She’s completely straight.”
    I huffed as I turned in his direction. This time, I was able to control my breath, but the effect was the same. Dark, thick green lined the outside of his irises, and I could see the caramel clouds of brown that filled the rest of them. He was too close, and our lips almost touched. Those lips were a beacon, full, inviting, and the undeniably sexy smirk he wore made them far too tempting. “I’m not shopping and unlike you, I don’t think every woman is interested in me.”
    “You assume too much,” Rafe said as he nodded at Kristina, who set down a fresh beer in front of him with a smile. He thanked her then turned his attention back to me. “We got off on the wrong foot. There’s no reason to get defensive. I love lesbians.”
    I heard a loud bark of a laugh come out of Kristina, who looked at me with bulging eyes. I nodded in confirmation but could tell she knew better.
    “That’s wonderful, Rafe, really.” Thinking on my toes, I hid my smile. “Hey, you’re a local celebrity of sorts.” I saw his eyes narrow as I continued. “They’re having a gay pride party at the park in North Charleston this weekend. You can be my date and endorse your love of lesbians.”
    “I have a game,” he said as an excuse.
    “It’s before your game.”
    “I have plans.”
    “Now you do,” I quipped back.
    “Fine,” he said as he looked me over with scrutiny. “I’ll go, but you have to do something with me if you think you’re wo- man enough.”
    He was dressed in dark cargo shorts, a V-neck, white tee, and his ball cap was backward. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t stop staring at the curve of his bicep as he lifted his beer. My eyes wandered back to the beautiful, hard lines of his jaw and the ring of indents on the side of his mouth that accompanied his smug smile. They were intoxicating. I was starting to regret my declared sexuality.
    “Fine.”
    “Meet me here at 8 A.M. tomorrow and bring a bathing suit, or...whatever you type of women wear.”
    “Now you’re stereotyping,” I snapped.
    “Jesus, Rafe,” Kristina said as she eyed our exchange with humor. “With that statement, you’d make lesbians everywhere proud.”
    “I’ll just grab my dyke wear and see you here,” I said as I left Kristina the tip I promised and made my way out the door.

 

    “What the hell did I say?”
    Kristina laughed and held her stomach as she answered. “I think by trying to be accommodating, you offended her.”
    “I don’t even