Chapter Nine
After dinner that night, Kai felt so restless that he hopped in his truck and drove into the town of Rocky Peak. With a population of only ten thousand or so, it offered little beyond the basics. Three grocery stores, a gas station, a post office, a bus stop, a combined police and fire department, a ski shop, a used bookstore, two churches, four restaurants, and three bars.
One of which belonged to his brother Jake.
Jake had bought the Last Chance Pub from an old-timer who’d nearly run it into the ground. But Jake insisted it had “good bones,” and now that he’d spent so much time and money fixing it up, Kai had to agree.
It had the feel of an old London tavern, with a polished mahogany bar and candle sconces providing low, elegant light. Of the three bars in Rocky Peak, Th
