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"Sure," I whispered back "Take as long as you need"

"Not the back door, I take it?" he barely uttered, pointing his thumb over his shoulder to the door behind him

"Ah, no That’s the door to ive him some privacy, so I started to back up out of the doorway

"Are they down there?" His treers covered his eyes, his palms pressed into his cheeks

I looked back up at him "No There’s no one here" I had to take another deep breath; e of adrenaline

"I threw everyone out and I locked the door All the blinds are down too - no one can see in It’s okay, you’re safe here I’ to leave you alone now"

I quickly shut the door and returned to the bar to continue stocking the coolers with bottled beer I needed to calm myself down I needed a distraction

A few lance around the wall to see if the bar was truly empty This poor e of the bar

"Do youso softly I almost couldn’t hear hi his tone "Can I get you so to drink? Soda, or a beer…his head in his hands, his elbows rested on the bar

"Can I, um, have a beer?" he breathed out

He looked shaken and in no condition to decide what kind of beer to drink, so I quickly grabbed a h his pockets; his hands were still tre

"That’s okay Please, don’t worry about it, it’s on the house"