The Reckless Engineer by Jac Wright

Author:Jac Wright [Wright, Jac]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781619353046
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Published: 2013-11-04T18:30:00+00:00

Caitlin was the love of Gavin’s life. He loved her from the moment he first laid eyes on her, he was sure, standing on the test-bed platform in the shallows off the Aberdeen shores anxiously urging her three technicians struggling to assemble the newest sonic drill out of the McAllen Industries’ factories to get it right.

The three lads were clearly used to doing this onshore and in factory conditions. He watched them for over fifteen minutes while the roaring north seas below them and a raging north-west wind in their faces had taunted them with defeat after defeat, doing nature’s best to resist giving up the treasures it had hidden and guarded deep below for eons to another massive shining metal machine still in pieces. Gavin remembered his debt to McAllen and stepped in and took the job off the hands of the amateur technicians. He set up the drill and lodged it into place in no time, taking off his shirt and using it for friction. He had worked McAllen machines on actual rigs in deep sea in the most hostile of weather conditions and this was child’s play for him.

After a successful demo of the equipment, the sale clinched, they went out for a drink at his favourite pub to celebrate. He remembered well the exact moment they had first connected when Caitlin lost her balance getting down the ramp to the boat that was to take them back to shore. He had caught Caitlin, breaking her fall, and lifted her down as their eyes met and locked. She had smiled shyly, her cheeks suddenly flushing. They had been drawn to each other from that moment on by something pure, deep, and invisible.

Gavin and Caitlin managed to keep their relationship secret from her family for nearly three years. Nessie welcomed Caitlin into their home and the old house by the beach was their sanctuary. Gavin loved sitting on the porch with Caitlin and watching the north seas roar and lash at the rocks during storms, and send milky ripples towards them at other times while Mutt rolled over on the pebbles and let the warm sun stroke his tummy. He found Caitlin lovingly repairing unused parts of the big house and redecorating the old rooms with some new comforts for them. Days passed filled with bliss though the inevitable day that Caitlin’s family eventually found out lurked like a distant storm cloud at the back of his mind.

The first message from Douglas McAllen came in the form of an old enemy. The loan sharks from the betting shop, two men, turned up banging on Gavin’s door one Friday evening. Alarmed, Gavin opened the door and stepped out only to be handed a credit note for £5000 for his old debt.

‘But I was told that the debt has been wiped off,’ Gavin protested. ‘Besides, I owed you only £4200 in total, even with your outrageous interest.’

‘We did a favour for an old friend at the time, but me boss’ old friend ain’t yer friend anymore, ye fuckin’ idiot.

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