Beach Balls by Tara Lain

Author:Tara Lain [Lain, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63477-365-2
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00

THE WORDS flowed around Adam like a river of sewage. Environmentally sensitive habitat. Benzene, xylene, toluene. Glaring omissions in the environmental impact report. Carcinogenic and mutagenic. And the unkindest cut of all, fairy shrimp. Little protected crustaceans the preserve maintained were found on their land.

Every word hammered on his bank account, but Adam couldn’t focus. His heart beat to the name Sky, Sky, Sky.

WMA might very well be screwed. Screwed because he had wanted to screw Sky. Sky could have been the head of the EPA, and Adam wouldn’t have noticed. Adam wanted Sky, and he’d thought with his cock.

He stared at the back of the curly hair. Even Sky’s posture radiated indignation. Those gentle kisses, his sweet words when they parted. I miss you already. Long gone. Here in this room, Sky looked at Adam with disgust, maybe even hatred.

Bill and his partners trembled with panic. They whispered and made frantic notes for their redirect. Adam leaned over and put a hand on Bill’s arm. “Let me.”

Bill stared at him. “Really? You want to take this on?”

“Since I’m clearly not in the loop on some issues, I have plausible deniability.” Adam cocked his head at Bill, who had the good grace to look embarrassed. Adam forced a smile and continued. “Plus I’m not going to make any claims. We don’t have time to tackle this diatribe point by point.”

“Okay.”

The chairman called for redirect, and Adam walked up to the lectern. Time to look totally trustworthy. He tried not to glance at Sky but failed. God, the man looked so angry.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we appreciate so much all of the effort that has gone into this presentation. And we sincerely empathize with the homeowners who face the prospect of construction in their backyard for a year. This is disruptive and annoying, even when it ultimately benefits you and the community.” He smiled and could practically feel Sky bristling at the condescension. Good. “We haven’t discussed some of the toxic pollutants because, quite simply, WMA Development has dealt successfully with such remediation in the past and is more than prepared to do so again for the benefit of Newport Beach. As you’ve seen, every detail of this project has been thought out. We ask for your approval.”

One of the councilmen tapped his mic. “Mr. James, from what in this report am I to conclude that all traffic issues have been resolved?”

“Our traffic engineering consultant assures us that the flow on the access roads will be within the regulations, and we’re negotiating turn lanes.”

“I want to see a complete report.”

“Yes, sir.” That meant no approval today, but they hadn’t really expected that. He needed the time to get the traffic issues handled anyway.

Lilly March leaned forward to her microphone and held up her copy of their presentation. “Mr. James, I believe this report on environmental impact to be seriously understated. Dr. Mickeljohn has raised issues I consider frightening. I will never approve this project unless every question raised by Dr. Mickeljohn and the Newport Nature Preserve is satisfactorily answered.

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