Going With My Heart by Stephani Hecht

Author:Stephani Hecht [Hecht, Stephani]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Gay MM/ Thriller
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing
Published: 2012-02-04T14:25:59+00:00

Chapter Five

The past four weeks had been amazing. Not only had Dale landed the job as an airline mechanic, but he and Brody had been spending almost every moment together. So much so, that Dale rarely had to put up with Skeeter and his messy-as-hell apartment.

Dale was at Brody’s as usual when a sudden pounding on Brody’s door made him jump. When he saw who was there—Dale’s cousin, Alden—he was stunned. While only two years younger than Brody, the kid had barely said four words to him before. Shy and withdrawn, Alden usually kept his nose buried in a book at all their family functions. So, to have him all of a sudden show up at Brody’s door was a shock. Even more surprising was the anger he was radiating.

As soon as Dale opened the door, Alden started in. “You just couldn’t leave fucking well enough alone, could you?”

Dale took a step back, unsure if he should answer the question or slam the door in his cousin’s face. Alden had on a heavy, long, black jacket, his hands tucked into the pockets. In addition, he had the hood of the garment pulled up, so it obscured his short, blond hair. Both observations made the soldier in Dale nervous. He couldn’t tell if Alden was armed and for all he knew, Alden could be using the clothing as a way to obscure his features from any witnesses.

In that instant, Dale became very aware of the danger he was in…and how Brody could be, too. He lover was in the kitchen and could come to the door at any moment to investigate what was taking Dale so long.

Holding his hands up in a peaceful gesture, Dale forced a smile on his face, even as his body broke out into a cold sweat. “Look, why don’t we go somewhere else and we can calmly discuss this?”

Alden normally soft blue eyes blazed with anger. “Like I would dare be seen in public with you. Haven’t you done enough damage enough as it is?”

Despite the potential danger, those words sparked anger inside Dale. Damn it, why couldn’t his family either accept who he was or just leave him alone? Did they have to make the whole thing so dramatic? At the rate things were going, they had more angst than an eighties soap opera.

“What does it matter to you, Alden? Did my dad put you up to this?”

Alden countered with some of his own questions. “And did you ever stop to think about how our grandfather would react to this? Or are you too self-centred to care about anybody else?”

With a quick jerk, Alden pulled his hands out of his pockets. Dale jumped back to defend himself, adrenaline shooting through his body, making his already rapid pulse race. He let out a sigh of relief when he noted Alden’s hands were empty.

Alden let out a sound halfway between a sob and a cry of anger as he ripped the hood off and ran his fingers through his hair, the movement so vigorous there was no way it couldn’t have hurt like hell.

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