Stud by ML Nystrom

Author:ML Nystrom
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hot Tree Publishing

Ten

Stud paced in the hospital waiting room, trying to contain his anger. He was there along with Betsey and Tambre. One phone call and the club women always rallied to take care of everyone. Stud had followed the ambulance on his bike from the half-finished bar. Eva’s father had insisted her brothers stay and keep working on the site.

“No sense in all of us going. Too much time lost, and we’re a man down now,” he stated as he motioned his sons to get back to work.

Connor lost it before Stud could.

“Are you out of your mind?” he yelled, throwing his arm out and pointing to Eva’s broken form. “Your daughter is lying there injured, and you’re worried about a fucking job!”

“We have to be in Wilmington for another one in three weeks! We can’t afford any down time!” the old man yelled back.

Connor blinked in surprise. “What the hell are you talking about? We’re nowhere near being finished here! Is that why you’ve been pushing us to spend every waking minute on the site? Because you fucked up and cross-booked another job?”

Fergus threw his hands wide in a dismissive gesture. “I didn’t look at the calendar. The Wilmington job is a big one. Four resort hotel bar remodels, one after another.” He huffed. “We can still get this one done if we keep up our pace. Eva’s already got the bar construction done on the inside. Owen and Garrett can do the rest of the finish work, while the rest of you shingle the roof. I’ve almost finished the wiring in the interior walls.”

“Un-fucking-believable!” Connor threw his hands in the air, the movement similar to his father’s as the old man walked away. He stood for a moment, anger radiating off him in waves. If the look he shot his father’s retreating back could burn, the older man would have been incinerated on the spot.

“God fucking dammit! I hate this shit! I’m so goddamned tired of it!” Connor turned to Stud who was still crouched over Eva’s still form. Pain ravaged his face, making him look much older than his thirty-four years. In one of their nighttime conversations, Eva had talked to Stud about Connor being the glue that was holding the family together. The brothers were depending on him to keep the company going for their livelihood as their father was getting older and starting to make mistakes. This was a heavy burden to carry, and Stud could see the man buckling under the weight of it. Stud got the impression Connor wanted nothing more than to tell Fergus to go to hell and go to the hospital with Eva, but there was still a job site that had to be shut down properly and no one else but him to see that it got done.

“Would you please make sure the hospital does right by her and call me? Not him?” Connor’s voice ground out like he had a mouthful of gravel. “I’ll get this shit straightened out here and get there as quick as I can.

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