Read Kate Sherwood - Dark Horse 01 - Dark Horse for Free Online

“I already checked. You’ve got beer and three different kinds of hot sauce. It’s not exactly a balanced meal. But you’ve got a couple pasta dinners in the freezer—I can have one, yes?”
    Dan grins sheepishly and nods, then reminds her to call him if she gets any news, to make sure Karl and Molly have his cell number if she sees them. He knows they do, but doesn’t understand why they haven’t used it.
    He gets to JP’s just in time for the dinner rush, and for the first couple hours he’s too busy to think much. Things finally calm down a little, and he finds some time to tidy up and restock. In his peripheral vision, he sees a new customer come in and sit down, so he moves in that direction as he puts the final polish on a glass. When he looks up and sees the new customer, he’s greeted with miles of tanned Kaminski. Well, there’s not all that much tan showing, but Dan can imagine.
“Hi, Dan,” Evan says. He smiles, and it makes him look like Tat. They both smile with their whole faces, their whole bodies, practically.
    “Evan, hey, what’s up?” This sounds a little vague to Dan, sounds like what he’d say to someone who didn’t have some mysterious connection to Dan’s employers and quasi-in-laws. He tries to clarify, make it clear that he actually wants to know. “You didn’t make it to the barn today… did something happen?”
    Evan goes from almost sheepish to totally awkward. “Uh, yeah, kinda… I know it sounds weird, but I’m actually not supposed to talk about it.”
Dan’s had about enough of being out of the loop. “Oh. What can I get you, then?”
    “A Bud and a Jim Beam, please. And I didn’t mean that I can’t talk at all, I just can’t talk about… that.”
Dan moves to get the drinks but isn’t really interested in playing games. “Okay, well, I don’t really know what ‘that’ is, so it’ll be a bit hard for me to avoid it.” He smiles politely as he says it. Evan is now a customer in the bar and a potential customer at the barn, so Dan really can’t be too rude to him.
Evan’s return smile is much more genuine. “Yeah, I can see why that’d be a little tricky. I could just ask you questions….”
    “Uh, well… I’m at work, Evan. It’s not really the best place for chatting.” Evan looks a little unimpressed, and Dan realizes something. “You’ve never had a job, have you?”
“No. I have. I do!” Evan’s denials are a little too emphatic, and Dan closes in for the kill.
    “Evan….” Dan walks to stand in front of Evan and looks him in the eye, trying to inspire honesty. “Evan, have you ever had a job at a business your family didn’t own ?” Evan casts his eyes down and Dan laughs. “Yeah, it’s not quite the same, buddy.” That’s maybe a bit more casual than Dan should be, but Evan doesn’t seem to mind.
“Well, still… I’m a customer… doesn’t that mean I’m always right?
    If I say I deserve some attention, isn’t it your job to give it to me?” The words would sound petulant if it weren’t for the open, teasing grin on the man’s face.
    Dan doesn’t really want to get involved in this, but he seems to be having some trouble resisting the eyes and the dimples. “Okay, fine. Is there something you actually want to know, or are you just being a brat?”
    Evan’s victory grin threatens to split his face. “There’s lots of things I want to know! I’m just not sure where to start.”
A customer down the bar catches Dan’s eye, looking for a refill. Dan moves away from Evan, saying, “Well, you can have one question, so make it good. I’ll be back in a minute.” Dan pulls a beer for the other customer while wondering what exactly he’s doing with Evan. It’s not flirting, exactly… or is it? But Dan’s not that guy. He doesn’t flirt with other people’s boyfriends, and he certainly doesn’t fool around on his own lover. Chris is Justin’s best friend, and as such has decided that it’s his right to tell