Chapter 4
Jake didn’t expect to hear from Gail until Saturday morning at the earliest, so he decided it was safe to leave the apartment and find somewhere to relax. Given the day he’d had, he needed to. He might have called Russ to see if he wanted to meet him at The Copper, but he still didn’t have his number despite having said something about it when they were at the zoo. “Senior moment?” he grumbled, laughing at the idea. “I’m only thirty-two. It had better be a long time until that happens.”
As he often did, unless the weather was bad, he hoofed it to the bar instead of driving. When he got inside he looked around, wondering if Russ was somewhere in the crowd—which he wasn’t. He managed to snag a just-vacated stool at the bar and ordered a beer. Turning to face the room, he sipped h
