Mark & Don't Tell (Forbidden Scents) by Rory Miles

Author:Rory Miles [Miles, Rory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-10T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Nine

KAI

Usually, I love getting out of town for a few days, but this trip was hell. Between Daria starting at Good Vibes and not being able to see her and what happened between Lincoln and Ryan, I feel like I never should have gone.

I shift through the crowd at the airport, quickly heading to the pickup area with my two carry-ons. Vic leaning against his truck is a welcome sight for a lot of reasons, but most importantly, for the reminder that he stepped up when Lincoln needed someone. Vic still cares about his pack, and that’s the only win of the week.

“How was your flight?” He pushes off the passenger door and grabs my bags, securing them in the bed.

“Fine. How is Linc?”

Sighing, Vic nods at the truck. I climb in as he goes around and settles in behind the steering wheel. “Keeping it together while burying it all inside. He thinks it’s his fault.”

“I tried to call Ryan, but he’s not answering.”

“That’s not surprising. Desgraciado.”

I grimace but don’t disagree. “Five hundred thousand dollars? Really?”

Vic scoffs. “And when he didn’t get it, he said all that horrible shit to Linc.”

Although we don’t say it out loud, it’s obvious who might’ve had that influence over Ryan. What hurts the most is that we all love him. He’s our son, but he’s been hurting Lincoln—and us—for too long.

“Is Linc at home?”

Vic nods. “I ordered some food for us.”

Sighing, I rest my head back and close my eyes. Even though I hate knowing I’m going to have to voice my thoughts, this has been a while coming. We need to distance ourselves from Ryan. Put up some boundaries. We’ll be there to help him if there’s a serious emergency, and we’ll always welcome him if he has good intentions, but something has to change.

As Vic parks in our six-car garage, I grab my suitcases, carrying them inside and setting them beside the stairs before venturing into the kitchen, where Lincoln waits with food and a bottle of rye.

“Hey, Linc.” I pat him on the shoulder and drop into the seat beside him.

“Hey,” he says, frowning at his drink.

Vic takes the seat across the table and pulls the bags of food toward him. “I ordered you the red curry.”

“You remembered,” I say with a grin.

“It wasn’t hard to forget. You never order anything different.” He rolls his eyes but smiles too. “And the Thai fried rice and tom yum soup for you.” Vic slides two containers toward Lincoln. “And the Pad Prik King for me and tom kha for us to split.”

I get up to grab three bowls for the soup and two more tumblers while Vic grabs the utensils.

“All the meetings went well?” I ask Linc.

“Everything is good. The distributor signed the contract, so we can start sending products to our Midwestern partners.”

There are only a few companies we agreed to sell wholesale to—sex positive shops that have the same core mission that Good Vibes does—and branching into other parts of the country is our first step in expansion.

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