Hold Him Close by J.P. Bowie

Author:J.P. Bowie [Bowie, J.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBT Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2021-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

He’d hung up before he remembered to ask if there had been any news about Alex. That guy has gone totally off the rails, he thought as he prepared a sandwich for himself. A sandwich he could do without a lot of trouble. Long as he used lots of mayo and mustard, the generally tasteless processed meats were okay.

Wonder where he is? And is he ever gonna turn himself in? Mark would go easy on him if he made the first move, but this constant on-the-run thing he was doing would not go over well, even with Mark.

He poured himself a glass of sparkling water then sat at the kitchen table ready to devour his sandwich. He looked up as Sam came into the kitchen. “Couldn’t sleep?”

“Nothing against your very comfortable bed, but my mind’s going a thousand miles an hour.”

“Jareem sleeping?”

“Like the proverbial log, I’m happy to say.”

“Can I fix you a sandwich?”

“No thanks. We did have something execrable on the plane. I’m too keyed up to eat, but thank you again. Perhaps some water?”

“Sure. Sparkling or regular?”

“Regular’s fine. One doesn’t appreciate the wonder of clean, bottled water until you’ve tasted what the poor people in Afghanistan have to put up with.” He accepted the bottle John handed him. “So you’re Native American, John?”

“Yes. Dakota Sioux. My mother still lives on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.”

“What’s her name?”

“Kimimela… It means butterfly.”

Sam nodded. “Pretty. She chose an Anglican name for you, John.”

“Yes, she said, when I was ready to leave the reservation, I should have a name that people didn’t stumble over.” John smiled. “My grandmother called me Kohana. It means swift. She said she never saw a two-year-old run as fast as I did.”

“And your father?”

“I never knew him, but my mom told me he was of the tribe…and very handsome.”

Sam smiled. “Like father, like son.”

“Thanks, but I hope I’m a better man than he was. Leaving a young wife and newborn was cruel and, in a way, cowardly.”

“Can’t argue with that, but you seem to have come out of it very well.”

John nodded. “My mother and grandmother set me on the right path. After my father deserted us, my mother and grandmother raised me. They taught me to respect the tribal traditions. I had an uncle who would take me on tracking and hunting expeditions. As a kid I thought it was all a game, and fun, but it’s a time I’ve never forgotten.”

“I bet. A lot of kids would love that kind of upbringing. Did school get in the way?”

“Not really. There were still the weekends and the holidays. In high school I won a scholarship to SDU.”

“What did you major in?”

“Marine biology, but I’m afraid the urge to do something more exciting lured me to Hollywood, working as an extra in movies. I had visions of one day being the next Michael Greyeyes. Then I met Mark and my life changed again…for the better.”

“How did you two meet?” Sam asked.

John chuckled. “Not in the traditional way, that’s for sure.

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