Mai Tais and Murder by J.C. Long

Author:J.C. Long
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, mystery, gay, lgbt, hawaii, contemporary
Publisher: NineStar Press

Chapter Nine

I arrived back at my condo at ten to six to find Maka leaning on my door, looking like he didn’t have a care in the world. He was no longer dressed in the Hawaiian shirt, but a dark blue button-down shirt tucked into a pair of well-fitting gray slacks, Birkenstocks, and a nice woven belt. His hair was combed back similar to how it was when I first met him.

“There’s something wrong with you, you know that?” I told him, pulling my key out of my pocket.

Maka looked himself over. “What are you talking about? I look great.”

“You do. The thing that’s wrong with you is that this is what you wear after work, but you wear Hawaiian shirts to work.”

“Aloha print,” Maka corrected. “You haole just don’t understand Hawai’ian sensibilities. Go inside; get ready. We’re leaving in ten.”

I stepped inside the condo. A sudden flashback swept through me, stopping me in my tracks. Right there, in that very living room, I wrestled with an intruder. The lock on my front door had not done its job. It had allowed a breach of security—a break of my safety and trust. I doubted I could ever sleep soundly with that lock again.

“I’ll get this lock changed,” Maka said, jiggling the offending object. “I’ll have the same security system my apartment has installed. It’s much better than this flimsy piece of shit.”

“You don’t have to do that, really.” I made my way into my bedroom to change clothes.

“I know I don’t need to, but I’m going to. And by that I mean I did already. The team will be by tomorrow to install it.”

“You know, most people ask for permission before they make decisions regarding other people’s property.” I pulled out a pair of dark wash jeans and a teal polo shirt, holding one in either hand and examined them.

“That’s a good color for you,” Maka commented from right over my shoulder. I nearly jumped out of my skin, wheeling around and skittering back so hard I bumped into the same boxes I fell in the night before. “You really should clean those boxes up. They are like a beacon for cockroaches.”

“Why are you in my bedroom?”

“Because we were talking?”

“Well, want to go out into the living room?”

“Why?”

I held up the clothes in my hands. “I’m about to change.”

Maka held up his hands in a so what? gesture. “Your point?”

“So, my clothes are coming off.”

“I don’t mind.” Maka’s face made it clear that it was not an argument he understood.

In the interest of time, I turned my back on him and undressed, shucking off my shorts and T-shirt and shimmying into the new outfit as quickly as I could. When I turned around, buttoning my pants as I did, I swore I saw a smile on his face.

“Are you ready now? We’ve got a place to be.”

“Where, exactly?” I asked, fixing the collar of my polo.

“It’s a secret, so let’s go.” He left the bedroom and then stopped, glancing back at me once more.

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