Luke's Second Chance Family by Francesca Lane

Author:Francesca Lane [Lane, Francesca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

Six

Friends. It was a start.

Luke pulled off his goggles and his gloves and placed them on the scarred up old counter in his workroom. He stood back and admired his progress, Carlos’s comments not far from his mind. The emerging board might not be a masterpiece, but the more he refined its shape and smoothed its edges, he could see it taking on a life.

Kind of like his thoughts. Last night had been a mixed bag of emotions, and he had nearly upended the dinner before it began. But he wouldn’t change it. They had tussled some, and somewhere between holding the door for Maggie as she stepped inside and their first sip of wine, he knew what he had hoped to gain, and that was to reignite what had been snuffed out between them.

First thing this morning, he made another step toward that end.

A commotion in the shop caught his attention. He grabbed a towel and wiped his hands with it as he walked out to the front.

“Hey, Stringbean!”

“Hey, yourself, Pincher.” Luke laughed at the sight of the burly guy with a buzz cut and a signature scar above his left brow.

Carlos, who was manning the shop for the day, raised his brows. “The Pincher?”

Luke nodded. “Yup. Hey, Pinch, I’d like you to meet my right-hand guy here, Carlos.”

“Hey, man, you’re a legend,” Carlos said, pumping the guy’s hand.

“Great to meet you, though I don’t know why you’d work for this guy over here.”

Carlos chuckled. “He’s not so bad.”

Luke shot his intern a mock scowl.

“I mean,” Carlos cut in, “he’s a great boss. Totally forgot they called him Stringbean, though.”

Luke’s gut sank a little. He’d mostly forgotten about that too. He shook off thoughts of the past and instead eyed the infamous semi-pro surfer from their teen years who had entered his shop. “What’s brought you by?”

“Gotta proposition for ya.”

“Shoot.”

Pincher walked over to the window and pointed at a flyer. “One of the sponsors of Ringer fell out. Gonna need someone like yourself to fatten up the pot again. You in?”

“Whoa. Seriously? You’re just going to come in here after how many years and ask me for money?”

Pincher raised a brow. “Ya want me to take you to dinner first?”

Carlos cackled. “That’s good, bro.”

Pincher craned his neck left and right, looking around the shop. “It’ll be good advertising for this dive.”

Yeah, it would. Luke had long been out of competing, but he’d seen the kind of plug sponsors could get, especially if the waves cooperated. Being with Maggie last night brought some of those memories back.

Chalk up another reason to pursue the charming Ms. Morelli.

Luke sighed in mock exasperation. “Why not? Yeah, I’ll help out.”

Pincher smiled widely. “Excellent.” He plopped a card into Luke’s hand. “Email over your logo and any other graphics you want us to highlight. I’ll have my money people call your money people—”

“AKA me.”

“Tryin’ to be all profesh here, dude, but okay. I’ll have the group’s treasurer call you. Got it?”

“Got it.”

Pincher stepped toward the door and stopped.

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