The Face of Fear: A Powers and Johnson Novel by Torbert R.J

Author:Torbert, R.J. [Torbert, R.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TwoHarbors
Published: 2013-03-24T00:00:00+00:00

Saturday, June 25

Bud knocked on the door and, as usual, ran up the stairs at 8:00 am sharp.

“Rise and shine! Time to go to the gym, time for this chubby guy to show off on the treadmill!” he yelled.

Paul was just putting his gym shorts in his bag when Bud greeted him. “Let’s go,” Paul said. “We will see what kind of shape you are in. Did you bring a headset for the televisions?”

“Nah,” Bud replied. “I have my Katy Perry on my iPod; that’s all I need.”

They got to Planet Fitness in Rocky Point by 8:30 am and changed their clothes in the locker room. They got to the treadmills, and Paul put on Level 6, Random 4.5 speed to start for 60 minutes. Bud started at 3.5 speed on Level 6, determined to show he was in better shape than it appeared.

Paul watched his television program and was 20 minutes into it when he noticed both girls and guys would walk by he and Bud with unusual smiles on their faces. He thought nothing of it until a couple of girls were laughing while looking at them. He glanced over at Bud to see if he noticed anything funny, when he saw that Bud did not have his gym shorts on. Instead he was wearing his boxer underwear with a large Superman logo shield on the front and back. He tapped Bud to remove the earplugs from his ear.

“Bud! You forgot to put your gym shorts on! You have everyone laughing looking at your Superman shorts underwear! Go change!”

“No,” Bud said, “I’m just breaking a sweat. Can’t stop now.”

“Oh my God!” Paul said. “You are out of your mind!”

“What can I say?” Bud replied. “I forgot the shorts. I was wondering why it felt like I had nothing on.”

Bud finished his workout on the treadmill and walked to the locker room to the amusement of the other patrons and finally met

Paul to work out on the universal equipment for 40 minutes. They showered and were out of Planet Fitness by 10:30 am.

They returned to Z Pita for a Sunday breakfast, where Paul saw Joey Z’s parents for the first time in more than a year. George and Marguerite were both in their late eighties and a delight to catch up with. Paul would often think how lucky Joey Z was that he still had both his parents.

While Paul spoke with the elder Z family, Bud sent Deborah Lance a text, and they exchanged messages for 10 minutes. Their breakfast was served while they read the Sunday newspaper. Paul turned the page and saw the column featuring Rachelle’s tweet for the day: “I know it’s you, you know it’s true, I even know your car is blue.” Paul was shaking his head.

“Holy shit! Look at this,” he said to Bud. Bud read it.

“Who has a blue car?” Paul put his fork down and got up to go to the men’s room. Bud cut out the tweet and put it in his wallet.

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