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I’d taken Dozer’s advice to stop worrying so much I’d even relented and allowed Griff to pick me up at round check on him that turned up clean

He’d rumbled up my driveway on the Harley, but after he’d come inside, met my mom, and said hello to Aaron, we decided to take

We went out for dinner first, and I found it oddly coested we eat at TGI Fridays It wasn’t fancy, and I appreciated the low-key atmosphere We both sat at the bar, ate ribs, and drank a beer while we chatted

Again, it was easy talk Favorite movies, favorite foods, favorite books After dinner and as aiting for the bill, Griff said, “I’ to end yet How do you feel about playing so?”

I’d loved the suggestion because I wasn’t ready for it to be over either Every passingI learned about this man, made me like him just a little bit more

The biker bar he chose is one he’d been to before He didn’t make attempts to assure me that he’s not a bar fly or he didn’t drink excessively I like he’s confident enough he doesn’t have to explain how he knows about this bar

Griff grabs us a beer, and we find an empty table near the back It’s not overly crowded as it’s still early—barely eight-thirty—and a Wednesday night to boot

Griff teases me as he racks the balls “Are you a shark? Should we lay some money on this?”

Chuckling, I tell hie, and that was a long dao”

His head pops up, eyebrows rising “College, huh? Where did you go?”

Shit That information is too close to my eventual downfall Still, I ansith a breezy smile “MIT”

Griff’s enuine brainiac What was your degree in?”

I laugh nervously, playing it off as best I can “Not too much of a brainiac I dropped out after nant with Aaron”

He nods in what appears to be understanding I’d left the inancy caused otten way too deep into cybercrime