Unobtainable by Shawn Lane

Author:Shawn Lane [Lane, Shawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2017-12-09T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

In the morning, Edgar had offered to make me breakfast before I left, but I thought it best to get out as fast as I could.

“Are you sure?” Edgar asked, rubbing the back of his neck. He’d pulled on a pair of battered-looking sweatpants. “I could make pancakes or something. I bet I have pancake mix around here.”

“No, really. That’s okay. I have a lot of things to do today.”

Edgar seemed not to hear me. “I’ve got eggs.”

“No, really—”

He smiled then, a white flash against his tan skin. “I don’t have a lot of guys stay over, you know?”

“I figured. It’s really okay. I’m good.”

Neither of us seemed to do the “morning after” very well. I didn’t know where I stood with him, really, and I had guessed he didn’t have much experience with waking up with someone in his bed. So I showered, dressed, and practically ran from his house, mumbling something about having a ton of things to do.

Nothing had been said about spending the day together or seeing each other that night, which to me told me Edgar had other plans. I did have a few things around the apartment I needed to do, so I saw to those and tried not to wonder too much what Edgar was doing that night.

I kind of knew his hangouts, though, his habits and such, so at around eight that night, I surprised myself by getting in my car and driving around Haydon Cliff to see if Edgar was haunting one of his usual places to look for guys.

His motorcycle was at the second bar I visited, a place called Hardy’s. I sat there, running my engine, and staring at his bike. This was exactly what I hadn’t wanted. I wasn’t the kind of guy who followed my lovers around to check if they were cheating. I didn’t want to become that type of person. I’d been down the road of a cheating boyfriend—and yeah, Edgar certainly wasn’t my boyfriend—but even after that I didn’t follow guys around. Yet wasn’t that what I was doing here? Edgar could do as he pleased. We didn’t have strings or even labels.

I started driving away, about to leave the parking lot entirely, when I noticed in my rearview mirror the door of the bar opening. I pulled into a parking space and hunkered down in my seat. I don’t know how I knew, but I knew Edgar was coming out. And I also knew he wouldn’t be alone.

Sure enough, he stepped out of Hardy’s with his arm around another man. I didn’t recognize the guy. I didn’t want to. They got on Edgar’s bike and left the parking lot with the man’s arms clutching Edgar’s waist.

I certainly had my answer now. Edgar hadn’t changed. He’d just added me to the list. I slammed my palm on the steering wheel. I was far more disappointed in myself than I was in Edgar. I knew he and his philandering heart were unobtainable. I thought I’d even guarded against it.

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