“I’m attached to a team of about eight guys. Derek is best friends with the sergeant in charge of my team.” “Derek, the asshole who can’t take a hint?” Brain asked. Aspen winced. “Yeah. It was stupid to go out with him in the first place, especially considering how close he is to the guys I work with, but he was pretty insistent, and he’d stuck up for me when some of the other guys were giving me crap. In a moment of weakness, I said yes. But within two dates, I realized we weren’t compatible.”
