Redesigning Max by Pat Henshaw

Author:Pat Henshaw [Henshaw, Pat]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63476-317-2
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2015-12-02T05:00:00+00:00

8

WHEN WE got to Max’s cabin, the Behr Construction crew were unloading their trucks and putting tools on the porch. They were going to tear down the kitchen cabinets and rip out the carpeting and linoleum today. An industrial dumpster was in place outside the front door, perched on the only piece of flat ground. The Behrs had parked their trucks alongside the road and were carrying tools up from there.

Abe Behr, the oldest and biggest of the three brothers who owned the company, dumped a couple of sledgehammers and some crowbars on the porch, then walked over to us.

“How ya doing, Max?” Abe reached over to shake Max’s hand. “Haven’t seen you around very much lately.”

The Behrs could easily have fit in with the lumberjack crowd at the Rock Bottom. Not only did they have on the regulation uniform, but all three hit the six foot mark and were what rural people would call “husky lads.” They looked like they bench-pressed sequoias before breakfast. I loved watching them work and get sweaty.

“Abe. It’s been a while. How’re you and the boys?” Max asked.

They got caught up like good old boys often do, how many fish they’d caught and when, the wildlife they’d spotted and where, major property repairs in the area, all of which I tuned out as much as I could considering I was enjoying watching Max. I perked up when Abe asked, “What ever happened with Cary or Casey, the girl you were engaged to?”

Max stood stock-still, gave me a little smile, and took a deep breath. “Didn’t work out. Now I’m dating Fredi.”

Abe gave me a wide-eyed what-the-fuck look. Since Abe had been my contractor the last time I’d dated a client and had helped me down from the heartache and my murderous intentions, I knew Abe was more shocked that I was dating another client than Max was gay.

After a short silence, Abe looked at Max, then back at me. “Well, good luck, then.”

As his crew waited on the porch, Abe filled us in on the day’s plans.

“Carlos is coming by later with the grader so we can get the drive fixed and make a parking area over here,” he said, pointing to the area in front of the cabin. “We’ll get the interior stripped today. Larry’s coming by to upgrade the electrical sometime this afternoon or tomorrow morning. His brother-in-law, the inspector one, will be along afterward. We got the posthole digger on tap for tomorrow. Everything should be on schedule.”

“Good. You’ve got our cell phone numbers if anything comes up. We’ll be at Granite Guys and then Sierra Tile, maybe the appliance place if we get time, doing all the fun stuff,” I said.

“Yeah, okay.” Abe turned to Max and said under his breath, “Good luck with the fun stuff. Ain’t my idea of fun.” Then he laughed and walked away.

I grabbed Max by the hand and hustled him to my car parked on the side of the county road.

“No, not goin’ anywhere in your car.

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