His voice trailed off when Jasmine walked back into the bar. As she placed our beers on the counter, she looked over to me and asked, “Will you be staying at the club tonight?”
“Sorry, darlin’,” a man’s voice replied. “They’ve decided to stay over at Daisy Mae’s tonight.”
Clutch looked over to Gus, and with his hand extended out to him, he said, “Thanks for giving us a place to crash, Gus. I could use a decent meal and a good night’s sleep.”
“I’m sure you can after that long-assed drive. I’ll give Cyrus a call and let him know you’ll be heading over.”
“Tell him it’ll be a bit. I thought I’d run by the garage and see Blaze before we head over.”
“Glad to hear that,” Clutch replied. “It’ll be good to catch up.”
“Be careful heading back tomorrow, and let Cotton know I’ll be calling him.”
As we started towards the door, Jasmine came over to me and said, “Bye, handsome. If you’re ever back in town, be sure to come by. I’d love the chance to get to know you better.”
“I’ll keep that in mind,” I told her with a smile.
“Best around,” he answered as he got inside the truck and closed the door.
“Any chance we’ll be going by there any time soon?”
“Soon enough,” he mocked. “Trust me. It will be worth the wait.”
Ellie