Dare to Hope by Caitlin Ricci

Author:Caitlin Ricci [Ricci, Kara Nash & Caitlin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63477-413-0
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

FOR SAMUEL, the next few hours were a blur—booking his ticket, packing, and informing his staff of his leaving, how long he would be away, and what he required of them in his absence. The drive to the airport took him just over an hour, and he found himself checked in and standing in queue to board before the lack of sleep and constant worry became tangible.

As his turn came for the gate attendant to check his ticket, her smile faltered when she focused on his face. “Are you all right, sir?”

Samuel tried his best to smile back to reassure her. “I’m fine, just extremely tired.”

She scanned his face, and he was damn sure the crew on board would be notified about the big man who could possibly be hungover, drunk, or drugged. He must look pretty bad.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I hope you get time to rest during your flight.”

She handed back his ticket and ushered him through. He walked through the loading bridge, and another attendant guided him in the direction of his window seat.

He sighed in relief when the Airbus started moving twenty minutes later and he saw the middle spot between him and the aisle seat was empty. No elbows to contend with for space or someone falling asleep on his shoulder by accident. A good thing, because other than eating his meals, he intended to sleep the whole way.

Once airborne, he put the pillow between his head and the wall to sleep. The crew woke him up half an hour before landing to eat his dinner, which he almost inhaled he was so hungry. They stopped over in Bangkok, and he wandered around in the airport for four hours and bought a few silly gifts for his friends. Kaden would have a beer mug with massive boobs, and he couldn’t resist buying two ankle bracelets with fifteen copper bells each for Bran to do his lap dances with. He looked around for the perfect gift for Trent and settled on a container with a big red warning that said “May attract unwanted amorous attention from male elephants. Do not use in zoos, circuses, or the jungle,” and had the title Elephant Love Juice scrawled in flowing script across the front of the bottle.

He found himself staring at jewelry through a glass cabinet and couldn’t stop thinking he wanted to get Chris something. Their future looked very unsure right now, but even if they never got together, he would still want Chris to have it, because it would suit him.

There were plenty of studs, lots of nipple jewelry, and even some nose piercings, but he couldn’t imagine any of those looking good on Chris. Oh, he’d look good wearing them; of that Samuel had no doubt. But they wouldn’t be the best for him. He was nearly ready to give up when he spotted a simple silver ring with a ball on it that was a belly piercing. It wasn’t very big, only about the width of his thumb, if that.

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