The Principle by Rain Carrington

Author:Rain Carrington [Carrington, Rain]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AAS Publishing
Published: 2019-06-03T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Aaron called about an hour after they’d been discussing the phone calls. Matt was speaking to him in the next room, and while Pat was on his phone with his supervisors, Steve finally got Stacy alone to barrage her with his nagging worries.

“What the heck was he so angry about?”

“You’ll have to talk to him about it, Steve. But, let me give you some advice. Don’t go too heavy on the new guy.”

It hit Steve hard. “He thinks I’m interested in him?”

“I didn’t say that,” she said coyly. “Just back off the guy. Stop discussing how much you two have in common.”

“He’s probably not even gay!”

Stacy’s already narrow eyes practically closed as she gave him the nasty look. “Let me tell you something, Stefano, if that’s your first thought, then he has a fucking reason to be pissed off at you.”

She stormed away from him, and he got what she meant. His first reaction should have been that he was with Matt, loved Matt, though they hadn’t admitted it to one another yet. That should have been his first statement, not making an excuse that the other man in the house was most likely straight.

“Ugh! God, Steve, are you so out of practice?”

He went looking for Matt, determined to set things right, but they were all in the kitchen, and Pat held a finger over his lips to warn Steve to be quiet. He went right to Matt, standing close to him as he heard Leo’s voice over the phone.

“He’s out dealing with a broken ATV right now, but I can fill him in.”

“What we need from you,” Stacy told him, “Is to get Mac to pretend to be pissed off at Matt. Come up with a quick and non-detailed story that Matt ripped him off somehow, and he should not only apologize to Gabriel, but to ask if he’ll let Mac know if Matt shows back up in town or whatever.”

“Like the cops will want to talk to him about whatever it was he stole?”

“Yes,” Pat jumped in to answer. “If he believes that Matt is going to have police after him, then he’ll calm down about any law enforcement believing Matt and his stories about the compound.”

Leo was calling Mac and soon they were both on the phone, Leo filling Mac in on the plan. Mac chuckled dryly, “He ain’t gonna he’p me none.”

“He doesn’t have to, Mac,” Stacy assured. “He just has to believe you are angry at Matt.”

“Well, hell, if Leo, here, coaches me up, I’m sure I can do it. When you need this?”

“It’s got to be timed well,” Pat informed him, nodding along with Stacy. “We’ll give you a call when we get everything planned out.”

“We’ll be here. Matt?”

“Yeah, Mac.”

“Ya doin’ all right? I mean, I guess not, huh? Ya need anythin’?”

Steve reached for Matt’s hand, and he let him take it under the table as soon as he sat by him, but it was a loose and cold touch. “I don’t need anything, Mac, but thank you for all you’ve already done.

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