Owen's Return: A Harmony Grove Second Chance Gay Romance by Quinn Ward

Author:Quinn Ward [Ward, Quinn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-02T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

TYLER

As soon as the band finished their last song of the night and the lights came up, people started filing out of the park. I stood near the entrance, saying goodnight and thanking everyone for coming out. I was a chicken, but it was safer for me back here. Owen still needed to secure his equipment for the night, and I was losing the ability to play it cool.

All night, I’d been trying to figure out what he had planned for tonight. He’d said we could talk, but I wasn’t sure that was what I wanted. If he left it up to me, I’d talk myself right out of the room and his life.

Owen was the first person I trusted. And as much as he thought he’d violated that trust when he left, I wasn’t so sure I saw it that way anymore. He was right; if he’d reached out to me after they left town, it would have made things that much harder on me. I would have tried finding a way to make things better for him.

A clean break was the best thing for us back then, no matter how bad it hurt now.

“Hey, I was starting to think you’d ghosted me for a change,” Owen teased as he approached. My heart raced, though I wasn’t sure if it was out of fear or anticipation. He slid up beside me, hesitating briefly before resting his hand at the small of my back. I settled, unwilling to admit how badly I needed that point of contact.

“Nope, just trying to make sure everyone gets out safely, then we can go.” Billy pulled up to the barricades before I could suggest Owen head to his car and I’d meet him at his room when I finished up. I groaned, wondering if he’d wait until morning before tattling to my cousin about the two of us being seen together again tonight. I hopped off the picnic table and moved the barricades aside so he could drive over to the ball diamond and turn out the lights for the night.

Billy slowed, rolling down his window. His gaze flitted from me to Owen and back. He smirked, as if he knew what we had planned for the night. Joke was on him though, since I didn’t even know what was going on. “Hey, why don’t you get out of here for the night? I’ll make sure everything’s locked up and the security cameras are feeding to the app.”

“You don’t have to,” I protested, more because I was a control freak with a side of anxiety than because I wasn’t eager to get away. It had been the first of several fourteen-hour days, and as much as I should go to my cousin’s and pass out, I was too wired.

“Shut up, Tyler, and get your ass out of here,” he scoffed. “I promise, your party’s in good hands with me.”

He glanced toward the picnic table where Owen was trying to pretend he wasn’t nervous about my easy interaction with Billy.

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