Bother Me by Elizabeth Monvey

Author:Elizabeth Monvey [Monvey, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Early the next morning, before the sun was even up, Tighe marched out to his truck to drive the half hour to the ranch outside of Valencia. The day was sure to be hot, and the land was dusty. It was going to be a long, hard day of repairing fences and trying desperately not to think of Scotty.

He greeted his boss and several other hands as he made his way through the barn. Hard work was just what he needed to get his mind off what had happened yesterday. He’d dreamed of the surfer last night, all things sexual, which had made him hard as steel when he’d woken up. No matter where he turned, what he did, Scotty was on his mind and it was driving him crazy.

As he gathered up the equipment he needed for the work ahead, the horses began to neigh and dance around in their stalls. He stopped and checked them out, as did the other workers, but the horses distress only increased.

A second later the earth began to shake.

This wasn’t some minor tremor. Even not knowing a thing about earthquakes, Tighe knew this was big. He was knocked off his feet and grabbed one of the stall walls in an effort to keep himself upright. It was a losing battle and down he went, as did half the barn. Men were yelling, horses were screaming, and to Tighe it seemed like the world was ending. The rolling waves lasted forever as he was battered with wood and debris. All he could do was cover his head and pray the rollercoaster ride ended soon.

And then just like that, it did.

His stomach, however, was still quavering as he pushed off the rubble and got to his feet. There were moans and groans coming from various piles, and he moved mechanically, helping men detangle themselves. No one seemed hurt worse than some cuts and scrapes, but two horses were badly injured. The others had escaped the barn and were currently running around wild, clearly frightened out of their minds. When the next earthquake hit, it wasn’t as strong and Tighe was able to stay on his feet. It only lasted a few seconds and then things were still once more.

“This isn’t going to go on forever, is it?” he asked one of his co-workers.

The man shook his head. “Aftershocks. Might be a few more, might not be.”

Tighe dug out his cell phone, but there wasn’t any signal. Something that powerful must have knocked out a few cell towers. His first thought was his mother. The second thought was Scotty.

“I have to get back to the city,” he said. “I have family. I have…”

He was going to say a boyfriend, but Scotty wasn’t really his boyfriend. He could’ve been, but he’d fucked up. What if something happened to Scotty? Oh God, he couldn’t seem to stop fucking up. He had to find him.

“Go,” said his boss. “If anyone has any family they need to get to, then go.

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