“I say a woman was getting harassed and suddenly everyone wants a description.Or they are sending out fucking wedding invitations or some shit.”
Nitro grins.“So she was.”
I shake my head.“She was scared.”
That wipes the grin off his face.“Bad scared?”
“Yeah.Frozen scared.”
He nods once.“Did she say anything about the guy?”
“Nope.”
“Local?”He is not ready to throw down for the woman too.
“Didn’t seem like it.”
Nitro leans back on the counter and crosses his arms.“You gonna check on her?”
I open my mouth to say no.Then pause.“Why would I do that?”
Nitro just stares.Because he knows me.And he knows the answer.“You already are,” he states with a smirk.
I exhale.“Maybe.”
He shrugs.“Nothing wrong with making sure someone’s okay.”
“Saged said the same thing.”
“He’s usually right.”Nitro nods.
“Don’t tell him that.”
Nitro chuckles.“You got a name?”
“Lucy.”I answer not sure where he’s taking this.
“Last name?”
“Coe.”
Nitro’s brows lift.“Lucy Coe?”
“You know her?”
“Everybody knows Lucy.”
Of course they do.Small town.
“What’s the story?Since I don’t know a damn thing about her.”
He grabs a bottle of water from the mini fridge and tosses it to me.“Single mom.Sweet kid.Works her ass off down at Scoops and over at the diner.”
“What about the ex?”
Nitro’s jaw tightens slightly.“Piece of garbage.Don’t know much other than he’s got a kid, not involved.He doesn’t pay child support and Lucy came here trying to build a life away from him.That’s from Lindsey.”
That tracks too.Lindsey owns Scoops, the local ice cream shop.She has her own past and wouldn’t let just anyone come work for her.Lindsey is Nitro’s baby sister and lives for her old school shop.
