Book, Line, and Sinker by L.J. LaBarthe

Author:L.J. LaBarthe [LaBarthe, L.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63477-126-9
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

ASH HAD left Quorn at 6:00 a.m., texting his brother to let him know that he was starting the four-hour drive down to Adelaide. He was passing through Melrose when Jeff texted him back, giving him directions to his new flat in the suburbs and telling him where the spare key was. The text ended with If I’m not in, let urself in, I won’t b home until late. C U soon. J.

Ash grinned as he pulled over onto the shoulder of the road. He texted back, then continued driving. Gray clouds hovered overhead, lingering with the promise of rain, but no drops fell as Ash drove along the highway. He stopped in the town of Laura to stretch his legs, glad that Jaxon had loaned the car to him and promising himself to return it with a full tank of gas. Once he’d finished in Laura, he was back on the road and kept driving until he hit the town of Clare, where once again he stopped to buy himself a snack.

The roads were empty once he left the town, and the gray clouds continued to dog his steps. At any other time, Ash might have found it gloomy, but today, filled with purpose and feeling good about his idea, Ash didn’t let the weather bother him. If it was going to rain, then it would; he couldn’t do anything about it, after all.

In Gawler, where the traffic began to get heavier, the rain also began to fall. It started in intermittent fits of drops that looked like wet pellets splashed against the windshield, and Ash grumbled a little as the traffic slowed. Perhaps four hours had been optimistic. As traffic grew even heavier, the highway becoming dense with cars and motorcycles and not a few trucks, long road trains that were so tall as to almost block out the sky, Ash began to feel impatient.

The traffic and the rain didn’t lessen as he drove into the outer suburbs of northern Adelaide. If anything, they grew heavier, and soon he had to pull over, sitting in the car and breathing slowly in through his nose and exhaling from his mouth. The monotony of driving long distances didn’t bother him in the country or outback—with little traffic to impede him, the vastness of the countryside kept him engrossed. But here, in the outer city limits, with so much traffic and so many traffic lights, Ash began to feel the first stirrings of claustrophobia gnaw at him.

This was why he’d never live in a city. Adelaide was small compared to Melbourne or Sydney, but it was still a city, with a huge urban sprawl and nearly one and a half million residents. Too many people, too many noises, all crowded together. Not being able to see open countryside was not Ash’s idea of happiness. He wondered how his brother was liking it, as he picked up his bottle of water from the passenger seat and took a long drink. A quick glance at the clock revealed that it had just gone 10:00 a.

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