Don't Bang Your Stepbro by DJ Jamison

Author:DJ Jamison [Jamison, DJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

WES

A commotion near the far end of the park pulled my focus from the saucer-shaped hole I was digging for an ornamental tree planting. These were smaller, decorative trees so we planted them by hand.

I paused with my shovel in the air and glanced toward Luke and Logan, who were working with me on the landscaping along the trail that cut through the park all the way to the far end where it crested on a hill and cut behind the gazebo just before the land sloped down toward the neighbors’ yards.

“What is that?” I muttered as shouting filtered through the air.

“Uh-oh,” Logan said. “Sounds like it’s coming from the gazebo, where Colt and Beck were working.”

“Shit.” I tossed the shovel aside and broke into a jog toward them, concerned that Beckett had finally lost his patience with our resident pain in the ass.

As I neared, I realized Beckett wasn’t laying into Colt. An older guy I recognized seeing around the hardware store on occasion, Mel Goble, was giving both of them a piece of his mind. Loudly.

“Do you think my wrinkled old ass is really what folks want to see when they decide to get married at the park? Use your gosh-darned brains!”

“Why do you keep looking at me?” Colt exclaimed. “I just do what I’m told.”

“Instead of thinking for yourself—”

“I don’t have to listen to this!”

Beckett stepped forward. “Cool down, Colt.”

“Sure, because everything is my fault,” he snapped. “Like always.”

“I didn’t say that,” Beckett said, his voice tense. “We should hear him out without losing our tempers, that’s all.”

“Easy for you to say. He didn’t accuse you of being a peeping perv!”

Mel caught sight of me just then. “Wes Potter, please tell me you know what’s what around here! I can’t get a straight answer with these two bickering, and I’m not getting any younger.”

Colt opened his mouth to protest, but Beckett sent him a glare and he snapped it closed again, crossed his arms, and glared at the ground. He looked so much like a frustrated teenager being chastised by his parent I didn’t know whether to laugh or give the guy a hug. Colt was not my favorite person by any stretch of the imagination, but he was young, like Andi, and our sister loved him. That meant he had to have some redeeming qualities.

“Mel, I’d be happy to help, but I’d appreciate it if you’d stop insulting my crew.”

Colt whipped his head up to stare at me in surprise.

“Colt is a hard worker, and it’s sure not his fault if you’ve got a problem with our plans. And Beckett is my partner in crime around here,” I said. “He runs this company just as much as I do, and he’s our best landscape designer. So if you’ve got questions, you can come to either one of us. We’re equally responsible.”

“Well,” Mel blustered, “if Beckett’s such a good designer, why does this dang gazebo have a direct line of sight to my deck? I’ve got no privacy, and trust me, no blushing bride wants to see me on her special day.

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