Marcus Cutler POV:

Rob and I sat at a table in the Hunting Ground. This wasn’t my first choice to take Julia for our first actual date, but the town wasn’t big enough to have any fancy restaurants. Besides, this was Julia’s favorite place to go out anyway.

Though until she got her, I was stuck having to endure Rob laughing at me for my recent life choices.

“Alright, you can stop anytime,” I ground out.

“It’s still going to be a while,” Rob managed to ...