that he’d decided to accept Drake’s offer, but there was no sense in putting it off, so he asked J.T. to meet him for lunch at Jimmy’s. J.T. stood as soon as Lee walked through the door, and he waved Lee over to a booth in a rear corner, away from the lunch crowd. Lee was grateful for the privacy. J.T. would no doubt push him about his decision, and Lee wasn’t sure he could explain why he’d decided to go with Drake’s offer. When it came down to it, he couldn’t live with the thought of letting his brother down again. “I was glad you called, man,” J.T. said after he shook Lee’s hand. “I have to admit, I was kind of surprised. I thought you’d need a little more time to think things over.” “I did too,” Lee said. When he’d gone to bed last night, the only thing he could think about was how his brother had saved his sorry behind time after time when they were growing up. After everything he’d done to hurt and disappoint Drake, he owed it to him to live out his vision of the two of them working side by side.
