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they sold it and moved to a fancy mansion in San Diego. Only part of the property still left is the parcel Anna's living on.”
“Means if you get hitched to Rachael, you'll be marrying into some serious money.”
He shook his head. “They're very demanding. Her mother, Ruby, is getting up there in years and expects her daughters to take care of her parents in old age. She's explicitly told her that when she gets married, she will be moving to California to be near them.”
“Uh, what? She doesn't have to do a damn thing she doesn't want to.”
“Ray lives to please her parents. She's already told me she plans on doing what they asked her to. It's caused some fights, because you know I sure don't want to move to San Diego. I'm happy where I am.”
“So then what happens? She going to break up with you for her parents? ”
He looked the other way. “No, I don't think so. We love each other. You stick together when you love somebody.”
I thought all this was ridiculous but wasn't foolish enough to say so. This was precisely why I had no interest in a relationship – beyond one-night stands, of course. Too much effort and way too big of a headache.
Except... Now there was Anna.
She was pregnant, clearly somebody else's woman, and she'd planned to hide that from me for God knows how long. Normally, I wouldn't touch that mess with a ten-foot pole.
But something about her appealed to me in a way I hadn't quite felt before. Instead of dyeing and styling her dirty-blonde hair, she kept it up in a ponytail at all times. She wore the bare minimum of makeup, didn't fuss over her fingernails, and didn't give half a crap if she left the house in sweatpants.
She was gorgeous, but low-maintenance. I found it refreshing.
When I woke up this morning, I thought about her first thing. It was her I jacked off to in the shower, unable to get that night with her out of my memory. I fucked her in that dark, steamy bathroom, both of us forced to be silent despite how utterly amazing it was and all the dirty, perverted things I wanted to whisper in her ear.
I'd never had any sex like it. Didn't know what it was all about, but I did know I had to have her again.
Pregnant or not, I didn't care. I was going to make her mine, even if it was just one more time.
“We haven't had any rain in weeks.” Trey pulled into the lot where I left my RV. “There was a brush fire a couple hundred miles west last night. They put it out in time, but next time, we might not be so lucky. A good wind could spread those flames far and wide.”
“I kinda hope something happens soon. You called me down here sayin' your station needed the help, but the most exciting thing that's happened is the trash can catching fire at Walmart.”
He shoved me out of the truck. “Don't you dare say things like that.”
“I'm just bored, that's all. I'm the kind of guy who hates to rest on his laurels while the world passes by. I gotta be moving. Working. Doing something with myself.”
“There's plenty to do if you wouldn't be so picky. Go help Anna clean out her chicken house or something.”
I gagged. “No thank you. Almost two weeks later and I still can't get the stink out of my vehicle.”
Trey was quiet as I went to unlock the door. Then he called to me.
“You've been here that long already, huh? Just how much vacation did the station in Waco give you?”
I hesitated. How could I tell him my “vacation” was actually a permanent leave of absence, so to speak? Even now, the rejection stung badly. I still couldn't think about it without feelings of bitterness and rage boiling to the surface.
“Guess I had a lot of days saved up. They said I could take off as long as I needed to. The whole summer, if need be.”
“Really?” He raised his eyebrow. “And your job will still be waiting when you get back? That's awful generous of them.”
“Yeah, I'm like a celebrity there. They pretty much let me do whatever.”
Trey muttered something under
“Means if you get hitched to Rachael, you'll be marrying into some serious money.”
He shook his head. “They're very demanding. Her mother, Ruby, is getting up there in years and expects her daughters to take care of her parents in old age. She's explicitly told her that when she gets married, she will be moving to California to be near them.”
“Uh, what? She doesn't have to do a damn thing she doesn't want to.”
“Ray lives to please her parents. She's already told me she plans on doing what they asked her to. It's caused some fights, because you know I sure don't want to move to San Diego. I'm happy where I am.”
“So then what happens? She going to break up with you for her parents? ”
He looked the other way. “No, I don't think so. We love each other. You stick together when you love somebody.”
I thought all this was ridiculous but wasn't foolish enough to say so. This was precisely why I had no interest in a relationship – beyond one-night stands, of course. Too much effort and way too big of a headache.
Except... Now there was Anna.
She was pregnant, clearly somebody else's woman, and she'd planned to hide that from me for God knows how long. Normally, I wouldn't touch that mess with a ten-foot pole.
But something about her appealed to me in a way I hadn't quite felt before. Instead of dyeing and styling her dirty-blonde hair, she kept it up in a ponytail at all times. She wore the bare minimum of makeup, didn't fuss over her fingernails, and didn't give half a crap if she left the house in sweatpants.
She was gorgeous, but low-maintenance. I found it refreshing.
When I woke up this morning, I thought about her first thing. It was her I jacked off to in the shower, unable to get that night with her out of my memory. I fucked her in that dark, steamy bathroom, both of us forced to be silent despite how utterly amazing it was and all the dirty, perverted things I wanted to whisper in her ear.
I'd never had any sex like it. Didn't know what it was all about, but I did know I had to have her again.
Pregnant or not, I didn't care. I was going to make her mine, even if it was just one more time.
“We haven't had any rain in weeks.” Trey pulled into the lot where I left my RV. “There was a brush fire a couple hundred miles west last night. They put it out in time, but next time, we might not be so lucky. A good wind could spread those flames far and wide.”
“I kinda hope something happens soon. You called me down here sayin' your station needed the help, but the most exciting thing that's happened is the trash can catching fire at Walmart.”
He shoved me out of the truck. “Don't you dare say things like that.”
“I'm just bored, that's all. I'm the kind of guy who hates to rest on his laurels while the world passes by. I gotta be moving. Working. Doing something with myself.”
“There's plenty to do if you wouldn't be so picky. Go help Anna clean out her chicken house or something.”
I gagged. “No thank you. Almost two weeks later and I still can't get the stink out of my vehicle.”
Trey was quiet as I went to unlock the door. Then he called to me.
“You've been here that long already, huh? Just how much vacation did the station in Waco give you?”
I hesitated. How could I tell him my “vacation” was actually a permanent leave of absence, so to speak? Even now, the rejection stung badly. I still couldn't think about it without feelings of bitterness and rage boiling to the surface.
“Guess I had a lot of days saved up. They said I could take off as long as I needed to. The whole summer, if need be.”
“Really?” He raised his eyebrow. “And your job will still be waiting when you get back? That's awful generous of them.”
“Yeah, I'm like a celebrity there. They pretty much let me do whatever.”
Trey muttered something under
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