“Can you give me twenty minutes, maybe half an hour?” His disembodied voice calls out.
“Bennett, where are you?”
“Servicing the generator.”
I walk towards the wooden enclosure my dad, and brother built around it.
“I think the weather is going to change before that, and I'd rather get it done before then. Plus, I think you should do whatever you need to do with the generator before then, too.”
His head pops up over the enclosure, and I smile at the sight of him.
“You're right,” he says looking at the sky. “I haven’t looked up for a while. OK, but if you're not back soon I'm coming to look for you, and take my car.”
“You’re so bossy!” I say, liking this side of him.
“You love it!”
I have nothing to say to that, because he's right! Instead, I decide to joke with him.
CHAPTER 11
Bennett
“How willyou be able to come looking for me if I have your car?” she asks, a smirk on her plump, kissable lips.
“I will find you, Kassie.”
She doesn’t know how far I would go to find her, and that was before we shared a kiss.
I see the shiver run through her body, and she tries to keep her expression the same, but I see her eyes widen. Just enough for me to notice, but I doubt most people would.
“Well, it’s not like Brindlewood gives you a challenge. You could find the proverbial needle in the haystack here if you looked closely, and long enough.”
That analogy cracks me up.
“You're right. Get a move on before this rain hits, and I end up having to come rescue your ass.” My taunt is met with a snort.
“You wish! See ya later.”
I hear my car start, and listen as the sounds of the wheels on gravel disappears, then I get back to work on this generator.
This thing has seen better days, and before I know it, it’s starting to rain. I’ve got a fair amount of coverage in the small shed that Max, and his dad built around the generator and hot tub plumbing, but not enough to head off the cold wind, and rain without warmer clothes on.
I growl in frustration, and send Max a text to let him know I’m going to have to buy a new part to fix it.
He replies almost immediately, to say thanks, and to let him know how much it costs so that they can repay me.
I reply quickly myself by telling him that letting me stay here an extra couple of days is payment enough.
He has some asshole reply about his sister being here the only drawback, and I don’t reply to that. I only say that hopefully I’ll have it repaired by the time they get here. Or well on its way at least.
I head inside, take off my boots in the laundry, then call the local hardware store to see if they have the part I need. They don’t, but promise to have it in tomorrow afternoon from the town over. That’s going to have to do I suppose, and all I can do I hope that the weather holds out until then.
I strip out of my clothes, this time all the way down to naked, assured in the knowledge that Kassie is still out shopping, meaning that streaking through the house to my room, and having a shower to warm up should be safe.
It’s a quick, and uneventful walk back to my room, and I can't decide whether I'm happy or annoyed. I shouldn’t want Kassie to see me naked, but the thought that it might happen sends a thrill through my body
I walk straight into my bathroom, and step under the hot water, and let out a satisfied sigh as it warms me up.
