Chambered: A Bureau Story (The Bureau Book 10) by Kim Fielding

Author:Kim Fielding [Fielding, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tin Box Press
Published: 2022-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

Dash wasn’t the confessing type. He’d worked with some agents for years without ever sharing personal information. So he had no idea why he’d spilled that shit from his past to Henry. Maybe it was because he was tired.

Surprisingly, however, it felt… well, maybe good wasn’t the right word. But talking about José had been like deadlifting at the gym and finally putting the barbell down: he felt sore and tired but also relieved. And pleased with himself for his hard work.

He turned the radio volume up, but not too loud. He didn’t think Henry was really sleeping, but for once Dash wasn’t in the mood for the pounding of drums and wailing of guitars. They were driving uphill now, the freeway curving as they made their way through the Grapevine. This time of year, the hillsides would be parched and brown, but he could picture them in the early spring, with a dusting of snow at the highest peaks and green grass and orange poppies carpeting the slopes.

José used to drag Dash on camping trips during the spring. Dash would grumble and complain—the weather was bad, the ground was hard, the bugs were biting, nature was boring—but José just laughed. And although Dash would never have admitted it, there was something sort of magical about snuggling up next to José, belly full of half-raw fire-charred steak, knowing there were no other humans for miles around. It was even kind of nice when it rained and they stayed inside the tent, drops drumming a beat on the nylon and not much to do except play cards and make love.

On one particularly damp trip, José had dared Dash into a game in which one challenged the other to belt out a song, and the singer had to shed an item of clothing if he got the lyrics wrong. Neither of them could really carry a tune, and in the end they were both naked and crying with laughter.

For what might have been the first time since José died fifteen years ago, Dash smiled at his memory.

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