Fox Hunt by J. Leigh Bailey

Author:J. Leigh Bailey [bailey, j. leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-203-7
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-07-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

WE were most of the way through Ohio, on our way to the Pennsylvania border, before I finally convinced Buddy to stop. It was three in the morning and no matter how “fine” he claimed to be, we’d been awake for almost twenty-four hours. About three hours into the trip, after a quick stop near Indianapolis to get gas, Buddy had given up all pretense of relaxation. The soft and gentle Buddy, the one who’d held me earlier, had disappeared, and in his place was a stone-faced bodyguard. He’d pulled the same thing after the altercation along the freeway—had it only been thirty-six hours ago?—and I hated it. Knowing Buddy a little better, I could tell the bodyguard persona fit him badly, like a too-small suit.

Buddy had found a small motel in a no-name town near the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The bleary-eyed clerk didn’t even blink when we paid in cash. A younger guy, he spent more time watching the television show he had streaming on a tablet on the desk rather than interacting with us. He didn’t even ask for ID or check the registration before handing us the key. We could have registered as Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo and he wouldn’t have noticed. My tired brain giggled hysterically at the thought. Buddy was a bear who did yoga… making him… a yogi bear…. Yogi Bear?

Our room lacked the personality of the one in South Dakota, but this place was from the same era. When we opened the door, we were both too exhausted to comment on the single queen-size bed in the middle of the room. We dropped our bags and, without even stopping to brush our teeth or change into pajamas, crashed on top of the bedspread.

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