Chapitre 197: Chapter 197: Rather Be With Jessi

At 7:00 that evening, Judd, wearing a blue dress shirt and jeans, sat at the bar of an upscale chain restaurant at Downtown at the Gardens. It was not the kind of place he’d have chosen, he thought as he sipped his Yeungling draft. But he’d invited Kit to pick the place, and he assumed it was a restaurant with which she was comfortable.

Twenty minutes later, he was checking his phone to see if he’d missed a message from her when he heard someone call his name. He turned to see a petite young woman making her way toward him. Her dress was short and black, her shoes, black stilettos, and while her short spiky hair had been jet black in her profile picture, it was now accented with a purple swath spiking up in the middle.

“Hi, sorry I’m late. I just couldn’t get my act together, you know?” She smiled and proffered a black-manicured hand. “I’m Kit.”

Judd slid off his stool and shook her hand. “I’m Judd. Yeah, I was starting to get worried. It’s nice to meet you.”