Chapter 12

Rachel rolled her eyes and said, “I’m really sorry. He has a reputation with the girls back home for being a ‘No-hit Non-Wonder’. That’s his actual nickname too. I just thought I should come by and apologize.”

“Wow, you really didn’t have to do that, but thank you. He was just another in a long line of disappointing hangouts,” Jane said, both girls laughed. Rachel took a sip of her drink as if she were trying to draw it out. “There anything else I can help you with, anything at all?” she pried.

Rachel blushed and said, “Well, the bartender from last night, the one that tried to break up the fight? The young one...”

Jane knew where she was going. “That’s Evan want me to go get him for you?”

A few minutes later, after Jane had dug through Rachel’s shyness, she knocked on Mike’s office door.

“Come in,” Mike hollered.

Jane walked in, stood up straight, pretending to be a soldier she said to Mike, “I have urgent news concerning Evan’s virginity.” Mike broke down in laughter while Evan shook his head at Jane for the good burn.

When Mike calmed down again, Jane explained to Evan, “That twin, Rachel is at the bar asking for you.”

“Oh? Sweet, I was a little disappointed she didn’t stick around last night. Do you know when she’s leaving?”

“Tomorrow afternoon sometime,” Jane informed him.

“Well, unless she wants to hang out later tonight, or tomorrow morning before she leaves, I can’t,” Evan said ready to move onto the next order of business.

That’s when Jane saw the old Evan coming back. She wanted to kick that version of him in the balls. Fortunately, Mike did it for her, verbally.

“Evan, you’re fired,” Mike told him in absolute seriousness.

Evan looked at his uncle like he was crazy. “Excuse me?”

“You’re fired until tomorrow afternoon. You go and show that girl a good time; you might even have one too.”

Evan protested, “I can’t leave. It’s the Saturday after the 4th and every Saturday in July is-”

“Not your problem until tomorrow at 2,” Mike confirmed.

Evan stared at him, looking back to Jane as if she would actually take his side. Finally, he gave up when he said, “Fine, but I’m taking the boat.” He grabbed the keys off the hook in the office and left.

Jane was a little bothered still by what she saw. Luckily she was comfortable enough

with her boss to ask, “Mike, just now Evan acted like the Evan that I used to know. Like, rest of the year Evan, I guess. What’s that about?”

Mike took a look at Jane to evaluate her intentions before he responded, “He feels responsible for everything sometimes. It’s not his fault either just he’s so used to picking up other’s slack everywhere else. Sometimes he slips back into it. But you and I, we just stopped it, got him to have some fun. That’s all he needs.

Jane nodded, considering what it would be like to deal with him back home.