and started working on the engine. The thermostat needed changing and thankfully it wasn’t an invasive procedure.
“Any news?” Lawrence asked.
“About what?”
“You know what?”
Chase bowed his head, his shoulder slumped. “I’ve not heard anything about, Emily in over five years.”
“Maybe you’re crap in bed?”
He came up from under the hood and scowled at him. “She screamed from the orgasms I was giving her.”
Lawrence stared back but Chase finally saw the change in him. He noted the hard length of his dick pressed against the front of his work jeans. Never before had he shared the details of sharing a woman but with Lawrence it was different. After a time he’d accepted that night and Lawrence had even clapped him on the back.
Emily had needed a friend and at the time Chase had been the only one available.
“Wonder why she scampered.”
“Because her whole world was turned upside down. That’s why. Her parents didn’t tell her squat about what was going on and it scared the shit out of her.”
Chase went back to work. The conversation already making him angry. Out of the situation that had occurred he still got annoyed with how easy her parents thought it would be to keep her in the dark.
“I miss her. She used to talk about everything. In fact as I remember I couldn’t get her to shut the hell up,” Lawrence said.
Chase closed his eyes and counted to ten. “Yes, I miss her too.” Missed her, his days were spent working his ass off so he didn’t have to sit and think about what he’d lost. Most nights he’d been plagued by memories of being inside her and having her warm heat surrounding him. He shook his head and concentrated on the job. Lawrence talked about her often and he tried to keep up and talk about her as well but the pain would hit him in the chest. He pretended he didn’t care but the truth of it was he hurt more than anything.
They worked in silence for several more minutes until he heard a scuffling getting closer.
Carl Jeffrey stood looking down at him.
“You got a problem or have you decided not to work today?”
“I’ll work in a second. Edward, stayed behind at the diner and you know I don’t do anything without him,” Carl said and tapped the hood.
“Yes, I get it. You can’t do anything without your brother.”
“Someone’s in a cheery mood. Lawrence you refuse to suck this guy’s dick or something?” Carl was the joker of the two Jeffrey boys. Chase found him to be a pain in the ass and couldn’t wait for a woman to wipe that smirk off his face.
“Either get to work or go the fuck home,” he growled.
Carl nodded.
“Hey, did you know, Emily Sampson is back in town?” Chase paused at the same time as Lawrence. They placed their tools down and looked at Carl Jeffrey. Both men focussed their attention on the younger man.
“What did you say?” Chase asked.
“Emily Sampson, is back in town. She’s looking good. I just saw her at the diner. I didn’t know she was back but I saw her with her family. She’s hot. I don’t recall her being that hot. Didn’t you two used to go with her?” Carl pointed behind his back.
Chase glanced at Lawrence and saw his hands curl into fists. It would seem his best friend hadn’t gotten over the little incident, all those years ago.
Shit. Emily had run out on him after they’d made love. He’d taken her virginity in that blasted motel. The next morning when he’d woken up she’d left a single note and been gone. Out of Clifford Arbor and out of his life.
“Watch the shop until we get back,” Chase said to Carl. In their spare time they helped build and run the local repair shop. Each member of the community had their own place in town.
Lawrence put his tools down and sent daggers toward him. Frowning Chase began the walk into town. Only a few hundred yards remained between him and Emily. How would she react to seeing him after all these years?
They walked into the diner and