Ronnie’s POV

I lift my head from my desk when I hear a knock on my office door. Max pops his head inside.

“You okay? You haven’t answered any of my messages.” He taps his fingers on the door frame; it’s a nervous tick of his.

I sit back in my chair and sigh. “The kid grew balls.”

Max walks in and sits in one of the chairs on the other side of my desk. His dirty blond hair looks like he used his fingers as a comb this morning ...