Evan wasn’t sure why he let Kari talk him into going to a bar, except that he had an exceptionally hard time denying her the things she wanted. And tonight, she wanted to go out.
It was the first night in a week that she, Joe, Dustin, and Mia didn’t have patrol, so when Mia suggested going out after the elder meeting, everyone jumped at the idea. Evan wasn’t thrilled, but Kari’s excitement had left him with no real choice.
The bar itself left a lot to be desired. Evan had been in plenty of run-down places in his life, and this one ranked near the bottom. The booths sagged, the tables were sticky, and the lighting was so dim he could barely make out the labels on the bottles behind the counter. Still, it was apparently the only bar in Green River.
Kari wasted no time, pulling Mia along a
