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“Yeah, I know all that and it doesn’t matter. Your sister’s awesome and she already talked to you about this. She told you she wouldn’t be upset, just as long as nobody got hurt. So stop beating around the bush and go.”
“Alright, alright, if you insist. I’m going. While I’m gone, you figure out a name for this place, we need to get that done and that part set up.”
“I know, and I was wondering what you thought ofNo Surrender?” Gyth said as he wheeled closer and threw a jab to my arm.Damn, did I say the man is strong? He’s like The Hulk when he throws a punch. It’s a good thing he isn’t green though, that may scare off the clients.
“It’s perfect man, love it. Get that set up and order a sign since you're shoving me out the door. I’m going to see about a girl.”
“Not just a girl,yourgirl, remember?”
I gave him the finger and left him sitting in my office chuckling.
Pushing the front door to the building open, eyes on the ground below me as I thought about Gyth’s and my conversation, I hadn’t seen the man approaching until the last second. And almost walked right into him.Head in the game Braxton, always be aware of your surroundings.As I looked up, I was flabbergasted at who’d been standing right in front of me. “Kace, what the fuck are you doing here man? I thought you were headed back home when we last talked?”
“Yeah, well I missed your ugly mug, but if you tell anyone that I will deny it to the bitter end.” He leaned in and we bro hugged, giving each other a hard pat on the back.
Oh, he thought he was a funny guy, always did. Truth was, he actually was hilarious, but just like him, I wasn’t going to admit that right now, or to anyone else for that matter. At least not when he could hear me. Didn’t need his ego bigger than it already was. Placing my right hand over my heart in a dramatic way I said, “Aww, man I’m touched.”
“Shut it, dickweed. Where is the other dipshit at?”
Leaning my head back in the door, I yelled for Gyth and told Kace to come in. Standing just inside the doorway, Gyth came rolling out of the office. Eyes bugging out a little, he was just as surprised to see our friend as I had been.
“What the hell are you doing here?” Gyth asked Kace. “Not that I’m not happy to see you man, just shocked.” Kace leaned over and gave Gyth the same hug he had me but slapped him a little harder on the back. Everyone knew Gyth could take it.
“Well like I told Braxton here, I missed you guys. But like I told him, if you tell anyone I said that I may have to take you both out. I was also curious if you wanted to hire your old buddy?”
Both mine and Gyth’s mouths had been practically on the floor. He wanted a job? Never in a million years did I think one of our buddies would have traveled all the way to Portland and would want to work with us. Last I knew they were all headed home. But it was awesome.
Gyth and I had spoken at the same time. “Hell yes, we want you here man.” Then I asked him what happened to him going home.
“Well,” Kace said. “I didn’t have much at home keeping me there, so I figured I would come check you guys out and your place. We are a good team, aren’t we?”
“You bet we are, but what about your girl and the baby?” Gyth asked.
Kace’s expression changed in a flash, and he mentally shut down. The fun, carefree man that was there a second ago, was gone in a flash. Just like a bolt of lightning so swift and fast. What the hell happened? I was curious but could tell then wasn’t the time to talk about it. Gyth must have had the same thought because he dropped it and continued on as though he hadn’t even asked the question in the first place.
“Why don’t you come let me show you around. Braxton was just on the way out to see his girl.”
“His girl?” Kace asked, eyebrows raised in question. That got him out of his funk because we all loved the chance to give each other crap.
“Don’t listen to Gyth,” I replied. “I will be back soon.” And with that, I walked out the door. I heard the two assholes taking parting shots at me about where I was going but didn’t care one iota. It had been too long since I’d seen Jurnee.
Chapter Seven
Jurnee
The wait was overand my heart was pounding.
Braxton had just walked intoHopeful Jurnee. Loving being back at work, I was in an amazingly good mood, and it had just got better. I didn’t know what he was doing here, but I was thrilled. The man walking straight toward me had my body responding in funny ways that felt foreign to me. My besties would probably say my lady parts had come alive. “She’s Alive, Alive.” The scene fromBride of Frankensteinwas playing through my head.
Before I’d known it, he was standing right in front of me. Tall, dark, and gorgeous. Those eyes had my belly doing somersaults and I was hypnotized. I couldn’t look away and didn’t want to. Thoughts of looking into the depths of his eyes as he was inside me came to mind and I felt my cheeks warming.
“Whatever you were just thinking about looked sinful,” he said, with a wicked smile.
“W-what,” I stuttered. My face wasn’t just warm now, it was on fire and probably flaming red.
“It’s okay Jurnee, don’t be embarrassed. I think it’s probably similar to the same thoughts I’ve had lately.”
Omg, did Braxton really just say that to me?
