Cattle Valley Box Set 2 by Carol Lynne

Author:Carol Lynne [Lynne, Carol]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBT Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group Ltd
Published: 2020-11-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Collin woke to the sound of chopping wood. He blinked several times, trying to get his bearings. Why would Abe be outside working when they had an entire stack of firewood on the back porch?

Throwing off the covers, he reached toward the hearth for his clothes. Shrugging into the warm garments felt odd. He’d spent the previous three days under the covers wrapped in Abe’s strong arms, clothes not only unnecessary but unwanted.

Collin shook his head as he laced his boots. Had it only been four days since he’d run his truck into the tree? “That’s just sad,” he admitted to the empty room.

He’d lived more in three days than he had in the entire thirty-two years he’d been on earth. What was it about Abe that made him feel so good about himself? The answer came quickly. Abe thinks I’m interesting. It was a nonexistent occurrence in his lifetime.

Collin had always been the kid who seemed to blend into the woodwork. Even at home with his family, growing up. He wasn’t either the good or the bad son. He was simply Collin, invisible to everyone, including his parents.

Abe had asked about his folks, and Collin had been honest, telling his new lover his parents lived in Missouri. He admitted he didn’t often see them at the holidays, instead choosing to volunteer at the fire department. Collin knew it wasn’t that he wasn’t welcome at his parents’ home, but he really wasn’t missed either.

Shoving the thoughts away, Collin stood and put on his coat, hat and gloves. Presently, none of that mattered. What was important was finding out why Abe was outside in the cold, doing work that had already been done.

Opening the back door, Collin stepped out onto the covered porch obviously shoveled earlier by Abe. What time had the man woken up?

With his back toward the porch, Abe continued to swing the heavy ax. It afforded Collin with a breathtaking view of his powerful body. Surrounded by a heavy blanket of snow, Abe looked like a character in a fairytale. The blizzard had finally blown over, and the sun had come out to play. The effect was mesmerizing. Every surface in sight glittered like diamonds in the frigid morning air.

Seeing that Abe was finished with the current log, Collin stepped off the porch and followed the narrow, shoveled path. “Morning,” he greeted.

Abe set the ax down on top of the chopping stump before turning around. “How’d you sleep?” Abe asked in a cordial but aloof manner.

“Good,” Collin answered. He couldn’t figure out what had happened between them in the few hours he’d been asleep.

Gazing around at their surroundings, Collin tried to make conversation. “It’s breathtaking out here. So quiet, it’s almost spooky.”

“The sound of white,” Abe offered. “That’s what my granddad used to call it.”

“How does white have a sound?” Collin asked.

Abe looked around, obviously lost in his own thoughts. “White is the sound of nothingness. Like a void on the planet, and you’re smack dab in the middle of it.

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