Where There's Smoke by Jayne Rylon

Author:Jayne Rylon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2012-10-01T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“Ben?” Logan joined his great-uncle on the porch.

“Yeah, kid.” The older man leaned his elbows on the cedar railing while overlooking the expanse of green that united his house with Rose and Kyana’s.

“Don’t worry, I’ll have you home as soon as possible. Everything just as you left it. You’ll never know anything happened at all.” He slapped Ben on the shoulder.

“Actually, I’ve been thinking maybe it’s time to update a few bits. I saw what you’ve done so far. You’re making great progress on the demolition and it’s sort of a blank slate. We should take advantage. Maybe tonight we can sit down and work out a design. Give me your input. Help me invest in some shit that’ll up the resale value.”

“You’re thinking of moving?” Nothing could have shocked Logan more.

“Hell, no. This neighborhood is where I belong. I’m too old for new places at this stage. But you’re working on your inheritance kid. Gotta do what’s best. Make it your own.”

“Jesus. Don’t talk like that.” Logan scrubbed his face with his knuckles.

“It’s just practical.” Before they could argue, Ben continued, “So, what’d you come out here for? Need something? Or should I say someone?”

Logan cleared his throat. “Sort of. Where’s Ky?”

He’d worked like crazy all morning to hit his milestones and free up the afternoon. Being his own boss kind of rocked. He’d planned to use the opportunity so they could hustle somewhere private to put the stash of condoms, which she’d deposited on top of the duffle he’d been living out of since the day after the fire, to good use. Soon he’d have to make a final—more thorough—run to his apartment to salvage what he could before his landlord evicted him. Not much was worth the effort and the gas gauge in his truck had sunk perilously low so he’d put it off. He mentally added a modest hourly pay rate to the list of topics to discuss with Ben later.

After he found Kyana.

Stolen kisses and some ultra-quiet, beneath-the-covers fooling around hadn’t come close to satisfying him since she’d blown his mind on the dock two nights ago.

It’d taken him a solid couple hours swinging a sledgehammer after the discovery of the goodies to wrap his mind around the fact that his girlfriend had to buy protection for them because he couldn’t afford it. At least she must have realized what the holdup had been without him having to spell out his inadequacy. She’d always been sharp.

Thirty-seven hours had never gone by so slowly.

And now that he’d worked up to approaching her, she was nowhere to be found. Figured.

“Girly headed to Town Hall to search for some records from the holding company Rose and I bought these lots from. I told Ky not to bother. Her friend even said it. Those old papers don’t mean jack. Plus that whole office burned down back in the seventies. There’s no other information to be uncovered. No funny business with the mortgage. Nothing to do with the Gittlesons and their petition either.

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