Has she looked this gorgeous all day? I make my way toward her and place a hand on the small of her back, glaring at the young bartender like an animal claiming its prey. It’s undeniably territorial, even though I know I have no right to behave like that. That’s how men with girlfriends, fiancées and wives behave. It’s not how men like me behave. Women are never around long enough for me to be territorial. And that’s how I like it. How it needs to be.
