Page 4 of Road to Ruin


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She returnedwith a rather impressive sized toolbox and set it on her coffee table. Pullingout a crescent wrench, Huck chuckled. “No, LouLou, that’s not gonna work. Youneed the needle nose pliers.”

Oh my god, hehas a nickname for her.

I swallowed downmy jealousy.

“Oh,” she said,dropping the crescent wrench back in the box. “Which one are those?”

“Here, let meshow you.” Huck stepped over to the toolbox and pulled out the pliers, handingthem to Louisa.

For the next tenminutes, she tried her best to work my zipper with no luck. My pants were fusedto my body, and it was looking more and more like I was going to have to cutthem off.

“Do you mind ifI try?” Huck asked, and I felt my cheeks heat.

“Um, well, um…sure,” I squeaked.

He smiledgently, taking the pliers from Louisa, and stepping to my side. “Let me know ifanything hurts, okay? I’ll stop immediately.”

I nodded, andhis strong hand slid under the waistband of my pants as he grabbed the zipperwith the pliers.

It took him lessthan a minute to pry the teeth apart, freeing me from my prison, but alsorevealing the fact I wasn’t wearing panties.

“Oh my god,thank you,” I breathed out.

“No problem.”

He glanced atthe gaping side of my pants as I tried to hold it somewhat closed for modestybefore he turned away and dropped the pliers back in the toolbox.

“I seriouslythought they were a goner,” I said as Louisa walked me to the door.

She grimaced.“You’ll probably need to replace the zipper.”

“Yes, but muchcheaper than replacing the pants.”

She grinned.“Very true.”

“Thank you.” Ilooked over at her boyfriend. “And thanks, Huck, I appreciate it.”

He nodded. “Noproblem.”

I headed back tomy condo and peeled my pants off, readying myself for bed.

* * *

Huck

“Who the hell wasthat?” I asked Louisa.

“My neighbor.”She nodded toward her door. “She lives across the hall.”

“Oh, yeah?”

She rolled hereyes and sighed. “Calm your tits, little brother. She is not the one for you.”

“Why is she ‘notthe one’ for me?”

“Because she’s abiker princess.”

I frowned. “I’venever known you to turn your nose up at anyone, regardless of what they’reinto, LouLou.”