Broken Rules by Jade Buchanan

Author:Jade Buchanan [Buchanan, Jade]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Tags: MLR Press; ISBN 978-1-60820-341-3
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

chAPteR thiRteen

Jonah stared in horror at the open door and a stunned Neil.

No, no no no. This was not happening. Not again. What was

Neil doing here? Visions of that last fateful interruption flashed

before his eyes. His father hitting him, Rich running away. Jonah

cowering naked on the floor. Jonah blinked. What was Neil going

to do?

Neil shook his head. “Get dressed, Jonah.” Throwing out an

arm, Neil pointed at Rich. “We will talk later. Hey, don’t you look

at him!” He moved, putting himself between a fully clothed Rich

and Jonah’s half naked form. “Jonah, get your fucking clothes

on, now!”

Silently, Jonah pulled his dress shirt on and left it unbuttoned.

He wanted to get out of here and just go home. He wanted a

shower. And if he was really being honest with himself he just

wanted to lie down in a ball and cry because of the injustices of

life. Why, oh why, had Neil come to Rich’s bar this late at night?

And why had Jonah come here in the first place? As long as he

was wracking his brain, he might as well ask why he’d thought

it was a good idea to make out with Rich and let him take his

clothes off.

He wanted a shower. A really hot shower.

“Jonah!”

“I’m coming!” he cried out, looking around for the rest of his

clothes. One glance at Neil showed that he had already picked

up Jonah’s suit jacket and tie and was heading for the front door.

Jonah quickly followed him.

“Jonah?” Rich’s voice was hesitant.

He didn’t know what to say to him. None of this was Rich’s

fault. “I—”

“Rich, I swear to fucking God, I will kick your ass if you say

another word. Jonah, we’re leaving now!”

110 Jade Buchanan

Jonah had to practically run to catch up with Neil. They

crunched over the gravel in the parking lot, heading for Neil’s car.

Silently, Jonah slid inside, wincing when Neil practically threw his

jacket and tie at him.

“Fucking Christ, Jonah. Rich? Rich? What’s wrong with you?

If you wanted to get fucked so bad, you should have just...”

Okay, that was enough. He wasn’t a kid and Neil could just

take the bug out of his ass. Who did he think he was? “What?

Come to you? Geez, sorry Neil, next time I’ll make sure to ask

my straight friend for a fuck when I have an itch to scratch.”

“First, I’m not straight, jackass, and I don’t appreciate the

sarcasm, and second, Rich? Christ Almighty.”

  

Jonah sat in silence while Neil pulled onto the bridge at the

Lower Notch. Neil had already called Henry and told him Jonah

was okay. He was glad it had been Neil to look for him at Rich’s.

As embarrassing as it had been to have his childhood best friend

walk in on that little party, he would have been mortified if it had

been his cousin-in-law instead.

Neil turned off the car, leaving them in silence. It was nearly

pitch black outside, keeping them in a little cocoon.

“So you want to explain that?”

Jonah made a face. “No.”

“Jonah.”

“What? There’s nothing I can say.”

“Were you going to have sex with him?”

Jonah wanted to cry at the tightness in Neil’s voice.

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