Always Waiting: The League, Book 3 by Declan Rhodes

Author:Declan Rhodes [Rhodes, Declan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

13

Sven

It was starting to feel more like summer outside. The evenings were warmer and more humid. Ian and Blake invited me to another cookout at their place, and, fortunately, Lowell was busy with one of his occasional evenings at work. I didn’t want him to feel slighted, but I did enjoy time with my friends. Lowell and I were spending almost every work-free evening together.

I put together another quick fluff salad to take to the cookout. This time I flavored it with tangerine, and it was a bright orange color. Grabbing a few beers from the refrigerator and stuffing them into a small cooler, I piled into my car and drove across town to Ian and Blake’s house.

Driving across the bridge from Bayview to the East Side, I realized that I was missing Lowell already. We needed to let the world know that we were really a couple and encourage invitations for the two of us together.

“Hey, Sven, good to see you, buddy! You look like you’re feeling good.” Reggie was the first to greet me and gave me a big hug. Then he pushed a beer into my free hand.

Blake stepped up and held out his hands for the salad. He asked, “Is it cranberry again?”

I said, “No, I switched to tangerine.”

Blake shrugged, “It’s still marshmallows and fruit. That works for me.”

I looked around and asked, “Where’s Connor?”

Reggie said, “He’s got an evening job tonight. He’s probably swinging from the rafters about now hanging up the lights.” Then he scratched his chin. “Actually, that was likely this afternoon. Now he’s probably testing everything for the show. His favorite part is hanging like a monkey in a harness eighty feet above the floor. It gives me the creeps to even think about it.”

I said, “I think that would freak me out a little bit, too.”

Blake said, “Me, too. I’ll stick with slinging the drinks on the ground.”

Ian joined us on the back deck with a platter full of meat. I asked, “Are those steaks?”

He said, “Yeah, I thought it might be fun to have something a little more upscale than burgers and dogs. Does it work for you, Sven? I figured I would slather on a little barbecue sauce at the end. Blake made it from scratch.”

I started to say, “Blake made…,” and I got a sharp elbow in the side. I grinned and said, “It sounds perfect.”

“So how’s the summer treating you?” asked Reggie. “This is your first one in Milwaukee, isn’t it?”

I said, “No, Stuart and I got here in the spring last year. I have to admit, though, that I didn’t really pay much attention to the weather. We were so miserable that we just hung out in the house and spent time either arguing or being bored. I guess that now it technically is still spring, but I love the breeze off the lake. Some days it’s almost a little too breezy where my house is, but that’s better than the hot, still, muggy days we had in the summer in Minnesota.

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