The Gold Brothers: Boxset by Walker Max

Author:Walker, Max
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Rex Madison

Six Years Ago

“Ah, fuck,” I said, watching the shiny red apple fall into the grass. A capuchin monkey—Sammy was her name—came running from the tree she had been watching me in. She grabbed the apple in her hands and took a crunchy bite, looking at me as she rolled it around, taking another bite of it before turning and running back into the tree.

“She stole my wallet earlier,” Benji said, coming up behind me and surprising me.

“Did you get it back?”

“No, and I’ve got a thousand-dollar order of bananas I have to cancel now.”

That made me forget all about the stolen apple. We laughed as we took a seat on the bench, underneath a tree that had four capuchin monkeys swinging from the branches.

We’d been at the primate sanctuary for about a week now, and the trip was already coming to an end. I hated that. I wanted to stay here forever, with the Gold family, living off the land and helping animals and not having to worry about my overbearing father and monstrously homophobic stepmother.

Plus, I’d get to spend more time with Benji. That was always a huge plus. We’d gotten real close over this last week. I’d barely even hung out with Mav, and that was totally fine with me. There was something about being around Benji that made me feel better than I’d ever felt before.

“What happened to you this morning?” he asked. “I thought you were super excited to go zip-lining?”

I had been. “The heights thing got to me.” That wasn’t exactly the truth, but I didn’t really want to talk about it.

“You said you loved heights, though?”

Crap, I did say that. “Heights from like a plane, not a rope tied between two massive trees.”

Benji’s brow arched. He was wearing an olive-green shirt that made his tan pop and his eyes seem to glow.

“I, um.” Fine, I’ll just say it. “I was also nervous about the weight limit.”

There, the real reason why I hadn’t joined the Gold family on their adventure that morning. It initially sounded like a blast, and I had been looking forward to it all week. Until I realized that I was pushing close to the 250 lb weight limit. I wasn’t at that weight yet, but I was close enough to feel nervous. Not so much that the ropes would snap and send me plummeting to the jungle floor; it was more so the embarrassment I’d suffer having to be turned away. It legit was one of my biggest fears, heights being nowhere on the list.

“Seriously? You would have been totally fine, Rex. And if they did end up saying anything, I would have turned around with you, and we could figure out something else to do.” His smile felt warm and genuine. “We can go again tomorrow if you’re down? Just you and me. You’d love it, I swear. It was incredible.”

“It sounds incredible, but…” My insecurities rose up like a sun-blocking tidal wave. I looked down, my body feeling like a prison all of a sudden.

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