But ever since “new ownership” took over, we haven’t been on the hook for walkouts. Or, well, I haven’t been. No one in this town would walk away without paying, unless I was their server—then it was a funny joke. I used to hear them laughing about it. Until “new ownership” banned anyone who left without paying from coming back. Fuck. Fuck. How long has Beau been looking out for me? And he let all this go unsaid while we . . . While I started to feel . . .
