Changing the Game by Jaci Burton

Author:Jaci Burton [Burton, Jaci]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fiction, Erotic Literature
ISBN: 9780425242407
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

“THAT WAS ONE HELL OF A HOME RUN IN ATLANTA THE other night, son. The entire bar erupted in cheers. We sold a lot of beer after you hit that grand slam.”

Gavin grinned as he helped his dad loosen some nuts on the lawn mower. “Thanks, Dad. It was a big hit.”

He’d come over after his weeklong road trip to help his dad with some repairs. His father was sweating over the lawn mower, trying to remove the wheels.

“Dad, let me do that.”

“I got it. Just get that one in the back, and then we can get these wheels off.”

Gavin dug in and cranked the wrench, muttering a litany of curses in his head when the rusty bastard wouldn’t budge. Finally, it gave and he got the nut moving. Wiping the sweat from his brow, he said, “Dad, why don’t you just get a new mower? This beast has to be older than me.”

“Hey, don’t be tossing out the old shit. It still works. Just needs a tune-up.”

“It needs a burial. You could get a riding mower. Or one of those that are self-propelled.”

His father’s face turned nearly purple as he pushed the wrench. Gavin held his breath, waiting for his dad to collapse right there trying to get the rusty bastard to let go.

“Goddamn this old thing needs some WD-40.”

“It needs the junkyard.”

His dad got up slowly from his position on the ground and hunted around in the garage. “You kids just want to toss everything out as soon as it doesn’t work anymore. You just need to give it a loving hand.”

“No, Jimmy. You need to know when something has given up the ghost and needs to be traded in for a newer model.”

Gavin looked up in thanks at his mother. “Amen to that, Mom. Tell him he needs to get a new lawn mower.”

His mother rolled her eyes. “As if I could tell him anything. In matters of the outside and the garage, he is king of the world.”

“Damn right.” His father looked at Gavin. “We’ll get her fixed.”

Gavin cast a pleading look at his mother.

She laughed. “Gavin, come in and get the iced tea I made. You and your father look like you could use a drink.”

He could kiss his mother right now. “Sure. Be right back, Dad.”

His father waved him off. Gavin followed his mom into the kitchen and took a seat at the kitchen table.

“What is his deal?”

She shrugged. “I have no idea. He’s always been fond of fixing things, but lately he’s got some bug up his butt about retooling the lawn mower and the weed whacker, and he even found an old window air conditioner in the attic and has been futzing around with that, though I have no idea why.”

“You have central air.”

“Exactly.” She threw her hands in the air. “Maybe he’s planning to air-condition the garage. I don’t have a clue.”

He took the tea his mother offered. “He’s bored. That’s got to be it.”

“If he’s bored, I have a whole list of projects that need to be done around here, starting with a new fence.

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