Tasting Notes by Cate Ashwood

Author:Cate Ashwood [Ashwood, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Tags: Romance, LGBT, Fiction
ISBN: 9781623807658
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2015-10-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

THE FAMILIAR feeling of soaring through the air overcame Rush as they ascended into the mountains. He guided them around, giving West a look at the wilderness that surrounded Canyon Creek. It was breathtaking.

“Thank you,” Rush said into the headset. He could feel West’s grip on his leg tighten.

“You’re welcome, but really I’m the one who won out in all this. This is incredible, and I wouldn’t be seeing it if it weren’t for you.”

“It is beautiful.”

The moment they had lifted off the ground, something clicked deep inside Rush. He missed this so much. Two weeks, twice a year, was not enough time in the air. When he saw the helicopter parked in the field, pristine white and shiny navy blue, his brain shorted out. It was difficult to wade through the torrent of emotions that bombarded him at that exact moment.

There was rage, and elation, and confusion, and wonder, and all he wanted to do was slide into the cockpit and take off. And then, not long after, they did just that. He knew his reaction wasn’t rational. He’d known West long enough to understand he wasn’t like some of the people with money Rush knew in the past, but the pure indifference for how much it cost had momentarily paralyzed him with anger. It was short-lived, and the anger dissipated to leave nothing but sincere gratitude for West’s thoughtfulness. He wished there were something he could do to repay him.

And then he thought of something. West had mentioned Canyon Creek was only a stop-through on his way to the coast. But he never made it there. Rush could take him. They could make a weekend of it. He turned the helicopter around and headed back toward Lennox Hill.

“Hey, do you want to head to the coast this afternoon?” he asked.

“Today?”

“Yeah, we could go for the weekend. There’s not a lot that needs to be done around here, and when we first met, you said you wanted to go. It would be like a little vacation. If not, that’s okay. I thought….” Rush let the words trail off. He felt like an idiot. They weren’t even dating. Their relationship had been on uneven ground from the get-go, and there wasn’t a name for what they were. Assuming West would want to spend the weekend with him was stupid, and he wished he could take it back.

“That sounds like fun,” West said, interrupting Rush’s inner monologue.

“Yeah?”

“Definitely, let’s do it.”

Rush maneuvered them back to their starting spot easily, setting them gently down on the grass before cutting the engine. They sat and waited until the rotors stopped spinning before climbing out.

“I’ll need to run home and grab some things, and I’ll ask Sebastian if he can watch Casper for the weekend, but it shouldn’t take too long. I’ll meet you back here when I’m done?”

“No problem. I’ll need to get some things gathered myself.”

“Okay, see you soon,” Rush said, bypassing the house and getting into his truck.

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