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a great idea.”
    “What?” Jason pulled over as they reached their next hole. “That’s all you talked about in school. You can’t let one bump derail all your plans.”
    Sal got out of the cart. There were still a few players finishing up on their next hole so Jason and Sal pulled beers out of the ice chest.
    “It’s just not what I was expecting.” Sal took a swig of his ice-cold beer.
    “If you want I can talk to my dad. He knows a bunch of investors always looking to get in on a good deal.”
    “It’s not that,” Sal took another drink. “I’ve got plenty of interested investors, it’s just all they’re thinking about is the money.”
    Jason laughed. “Sorry to break it to you bud, but that’s usually all investors think about.”
    Sal flicked his bottle cap at Jason. “I know that, ass. I’m trying to be flexible but if I leave it up to them Moreno’s will be the next El Torito or Acapulco’s. That’s not what I want.”
    “Hey, that doesn’t sound too bad.”
    The hole opened up and Sal gave up trying to explain why he wasn’t about to sell out his family name. Halfway through their last hole, Jason brought up an entirely new subject. “I need a favor.”
    “I knew it.” When Jason called him out of the blue Sal had a feeling. The last time he’d asked for a favor things got pretty sour.
    “What? You don’t even know what I’m gonna ask.”
    Ten to one Sal knew exactly what it was. Almost a year ago, he’d gone out with Jason’s fiancée’s cousin Melissa. She was nice enough, in fact she seemed perfect at first. Beautiful, classy, just passed the bar exam, sexy as hell. But she turned into a clinger. Calling and texting him at all hours. Showing up at the restaurant until she finally somehow got in his apartment when he wasn’t there. Made dinner and greeted him in her birthday suit. That actually wouldn’t have been so bad if his date hadn’t been with him when he walked in.
    After that, Sal made it clear he wanted nothing to do with her. He couldn’t believe someone so smart could stoop to that level. Before that happened, he’d done nothing to encourage that kind of behavior. In fact, he’d been so turned off by her pushiness he stopped taking her calls and returning her texts.
    She called and texted him for months after he completely cut her off. The last time he bothered to read one of her texts, was when one woke him in the middle of the night. Apparently, in her inebriated state she decided she’d profess her love for him. They’d only gone out a few times and he slept with her twice before she started to annoy the hell out of him. Love? He remembered laughing, before rolling back to sleep.
    “I’m afraid to ask,” Sal said, taking a practice swing.
    “Hear me out okay?”
    Sal peered at him, bracing himself.
    “Melissa—”
    “Hell, no.”
    “C’mon, can you at least listen to what it is first?”
    Sal shook his head. “No, no, no, no, no.” He positioned himself to take a swing at his ball then turned back to Jason. “No.”
    “Dude, Kat’s driving me fucking crazy. All Melissa wants is a chance to apologize to you in person. We’ll be there. You won’t be alone with her for a minute.”
    Sal continued to shake his head then stopped only long enough to take a swing. He turned back to Jason and shook his head again. “The girl is a whack job. It took me long enough to get rid of her. You think I wanna start that shit all over again?”
    “I told Kat you’d say that, but she says Melissa understands you’re not interested and she’s okay with that. All she wants is a chance to apologize. This has been going on for months, Sal. Melissa’s mom has even started calling Kat’s mom about it. Then Kat’s mom calls her, then who do you think has to hear the crap? I’m begging you, man, just a couple of hours. I’d do it for you.”
    For a moment, Sal considered it. He took a deep breath and looked up at the sky. The next thing he heard was Jason on