Risky Secrets by Horne David

Author:Horne, David [Horne, David]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2018-12-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

It was a long night and a longer recovery. Martin awoke lying face down on the hotel bed. He was wearing only underwear with a sheet draped over his shoulders. It wasn’t an image he wanted to contemplate. Instead, Martin pressed his hand to the other side of the bed to find it was empty.

Had he said that last night? Was it too much for Joel to hear and that’s why he took the opportunity to evade uncomfortable rejection while Martin was unconscious? He reached for the smartphone on the nightstand. It wasn’t there. Unable to roll over and sit up, Martin pulled his upper body to the edge of the bed and grabbed for the pants on the floor. The smartphone was in the back pocket of his jeans.

“You’re not sleeping all day.”

He didn’t need the phone. Joel stood at the foot of the bed holding two tall cups of coffee. It was Martin’s life-blood, and he accepted it gratefully. He sat up and rubbed his face with his free hand.

“You’re up early.” It was better to avoid the social faux pas he committed the night before.

“I had a quick call to make for some team memorabilia.” He sipped at the coffee and waited for Martin to scan his phone for messages. “Did they fire you last night?” he asked toying with Martin’s feelings.

“Not by text at least,” he replied. An idea came to him in a moment of caffeinated clarity. “Do you think you can find out if Billy Reyes is still in the hotel?”

“You might be able to do that.”

“It’s true, but I thought if it was you and word got back to management I was looking for him, they wouldn’t fire you for interfering with the team.”

“I’m not sure if that’s how it works.” But Joel went to the house phone on the nightstand and dialed the front desk. After a quick wait, he put down the phone. “He’s checking out today. The hotel is shuttling him to the bus station in an hour.”

“Can you see if we can give him a ride?” Martin asked. He stood up on spindly legs.

“You can do that. And why am I suddenly your accomplice?”

“I need to take a shower.” He knew Joel watched him cross the suite in his underwear. “And you’re the one with the car.”

***

Reyes was surprised by the offer and appreciative. Before they met him in the lobby, Joel reminded Martin the young man wasn’t facing any assault charges for his fight at the stadium. But he was still considered a hazard to management. Martin felt differently. Whatever happened between him and his teammate didn’t have anything to do with his doctor or the chauffeur.

“You’re going to have a nice shiner for a few days. Keep it iced after showers. It will dissipate.” Martin, conscious of the quiet ride from the hotel to the bus station, wanted something to open conversation for Reyes. “Any other aches or pains?”

“Just my ego,” Reyes replied. He sat in the passenger seat and stared out at the sunshine state tourist shops along the street.

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