Colin and Martin's Christmas Collection Box Set by Drew Hunt

Author:Drew Hunt [Hunt, Drew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2016-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

THE END

Colin and Martin’s Goodbye Christmas

Colin Rogers flexed the fingers of his right hand before replacing them on the steering wheel.

“Still sore?” Martin Kellam asked.

“A bit.” Colin examined the reddened and puffy knuckles. At least the skin wasn’t broken.

Martin was blind, but Colin had long ago come to recognise that they were so attuned to each other, Martin often knew what Colin was thinking or doing.

“You shouldn’t have hit him,” Martin said, shaking his head.

Colin grunted. He’d put up with Bob’s snide comments for long enough. Even though Bob and Martin were brothers, they couldn’t be more different. Where Martin was kind and generous, Bob was mean-spirited and always angry.

Earlier that day they’d dropped off Christmas gifts for Martin’s nieces. The girls had been at a friend’s house and Martin had believed that his brother would be at work. He hadn’t, and it had taken less than a minute for Bob’s hateful remarks to start.

They’d always avoided the guy as much as they could, and when that was impossible, Colin had always managed to keep his mouth shut and his fists by his sides. But Bob’s parting comment of, “at least once you’re in Australia there’ll be two less limp-wristed queers walking the streets” had been the last straw. Colin had delivered a roundhouse punch to Bob’s face, feeling the satisfying crunch of Bob’s nose under his knuckles.

“My wrists are strong enough to drop you to the floor.”

As long as he lived, Colin would never forget the total look of shock on Bob’s face as he picked himself up off the carpet.

Colin flexed his right hand on the wheel once again. “He deserved it.” He reached his left hand over and patted Martin’s knee. “Any regrets?”

“About you thumping Bob? No.”

Colin chuckled. “I meant about us packing up and moving down under.”

“‘Whither thou goest, I will go. And where thou lodgest, I will lodge.’”

“Shakespeare?” Colin asked, sliding a quick glance at Martin.

“The Bible.”

Colin shook his head. His man was so intelligent, what Martin saw in a bloke who’d left school with only a handful of GCSE’s Colin didn’t…

“Don’t even go there,” Martin said, laying a hand on top of Colin’s and giving it a squeeze.

Colin smiled. Yep, it was amazing how well Martin knew him.

Martin sighed. “The only regret I have is leaving Seth.”

Colin turned his hand over and threaded his fingers through Martin’s.

Martin had struggled with the decision of whether or not to take his guide dog, Seth, with them, or start afresh in Australia with a new dog. Ultimately Martin was persuaded that the long flight, then the totally different environment—swapping a town in England for rural New South Wales—would be asking too much of the dog. Martin had called the guide dog association with his decision and they’d promised they’d be able to find a new owner for the dog.

Although Martin had bonded with Seth, Colin knew the connection hadn’t been as strong as the one he’d had with Toby, the German Shepherd he’d had when Colin first knew Martin.

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