night, all sorted?”
“Of course. Did you ever doubt me Sweetie?”
She sounds cocky, even verging on flirtatious.
Carmel once hinted about us getting together, which I swiftly declined. I’ve since
gotten her out of a few tricky situations but she’s an associate and that’s as
far as it goes. Perhaps she’d still like us to be more but she’s never acted on
it, mostly because she knows my feelings haven’t changed. I have never led her
to believe any different.
As always, I keep it blunt.
“No. Just being thorough. Now everything can
get back on track, so no more house calls. That was a one off and shouldn’t
have happened.”
“Ooh I’ve heard that line coming from your lips
before darling…” Why’s she even bringing that shit up? “Sorry X. Ignore me. Go
on.”
We slept together once and got to talking
afterwards. I met her during the lowest part of my life and she gave me an out.
Carmel offered me a solution. She connected me to a unit of mostly anonymous
associates, resulting in me getting involved in an underworld that was new to
me. It served to numb me and satisfied the need to right wrongs.
“The girl, what you said to her, I understand
why but it wasn’t your place. You overstepped the mark. Do you understand?”
“I was merely looking out for you—”
“—which is why I’m giving you a bly.”
“A what?”
“A bly—a chance. Don’t ever interfere with my
personal life again. You know that better than most.”
“Alright. I get it.”
“Good.”
“Are we, good?”
“For now.”
I put the phone down, confident that my tone
said even more to her than my words did.
Next I contact work and explain that I’d been
injured and would be off for the foreseeable future. I know that I’ll be on my
feet soon enough but if I’m honest with myself, my head is all over the place
at the moment and I’d rather take a leave of absence. The CEO said that we’d
make it work provided I could continue working from home and maybe attend conference
calls prior to the Devon weekend.
Devon. I won’t be able to compete now but I can
still attend and co-ordinate.
Once 24/7 was sorted, I logged onto both of my
laptops and submerged myself seamlessly into the hacker’s world of code. It’s
always been one of my favourite places to be, surrounded by the ones and zeros.
A home from home.
Job complete, I took a slow walk downstairs and
ventured as far as the pool before Jack called me back to the house. He needed
to leave. I took a shower downstairs as best I could, then Jack changed all the
dressing and left shortly afterwards.
I felt better being back on my feet, albeit a
half-assed attempt at it. It’s only been a few days but being immobile is so
far out of my comfort zone. Looking out over the fields triggered a call to Paul,
a lad from a local farm. He and his mate Matt, who lives at another farm
nearby, do odd jobs for me when I need spare hands. I arranged for them to
bring a tractor to cut back the fields and hedges to make it more presentable.
It’s a job I usually enjoy doing myself but it makes sense to get the lads to
sort it next week, otherwise it’ll be overgrown by the time I can get around to
it.
My finance guy sent a message, giving me the
nod that all went through smoothly.
8:12pm
Well, I got everything done today and I’ve just
been rewarded in the most unpredictable way. Beth is on her way over and not
just to visit, she’s going to stay the night too. Apparently, although Willow’s
not been back long, they came to a mutual agreement that they’d both stay out
tonight.
You’re getting attached Jax. No, that’s wrong. I’m
already attached. It’s pointless denying it any more so I’m not even going to
pretend otherwise.
Beth arrives shortly afterwards and we settle
down on the sofa. She brought snacks and a movie. When the opening title lights
up the
“Of course. Did you ever doubt me Sweetie?”
She sounds cocky, even verging on flirtatious.
Carmel once hinted about us getting together, which I swiftly declined. I’ve since
gotten her out of a few tricky situations but she’s an associate and that’s as
far as it goes. Perhaps she’d still like us to be more but she’s never acted on
it, mostly because she knows my feelings haven’t changed. I have never led her
to believe any different.
As always, I keep it blunt.
“No. Just being thorough. Now everything can
get back on track, so no more house calls. That was a one off and shouldn’t
have happened.”
“Ooh I’ve heard that line coming from your lips
before darling…” Why’s she even bringing that shit up? “Sorry X. Ignore me. Go
on.”
We slept together once and got to talking
afterwards. I met her during the lowest part of my life and she gave me an out.
Carmel offered me a solution. She connected me to a unit of mostly anonymous
associates, resulting in me getting involved in an underworld that was new to
me. It served to numb me and satisfied the need to right wrongs.
“The girl, what you said to her, I understand
why but it wasn’t your place. You overstepped the mark. Do you understand?”
“I was merely looking out for you—”
“—which is why I’m giving you a bly.”
“A what?”
“A bly—a chance. Don’t ever interfere with my
personal life again. You know that better than most.”
“Alright. I get it.”
“Good.”
“Are we, good?”
“For now.”
I put the phone down, confident that my tone
said even more to her than my words did.
Next I contact work and explain that I’d been
injured and would be off for the foreseeable future. I know that I’ll be on my
feet soon enough but if I’m honest with myself, my head is all over the place
at the moment and I’d rather take a leave of absence. The CEO said that we’d
make it work provided I could continue working from home and maybe attend conference
calls prior to the Devon weekend.
Devon. I won’t be able to compete now but I can
still attend and co-ordinate.
Once 24/7 was sorted, I logged onto both of my
laptops and submerged myself seamlessly into the hacker’s world of code. It’s
always been one of my favourite places to be, surrounded by the ones and zeros.
A home from home.
Job complete, I took a slow walk downstairs and
ventured as far as the pool before Jack called me back to the house. He needed
to leave. I took a shower downstairs as best I could, then Jack changed all the
dressing and left shortly afterwards.
I felt better being back on my feet, albeit a
half-assed attempt at it. It’s only been a few days but being immobile is so
far out of my comfort zone. Looking out over the fields triggered a call to Paul,
a lad from a local farm. He and his mate Matt, who lives at another farm
nearby, do odd jobs for me when I need spare hands. I arranged for them to
bring a tractor to cut back the fields and hedges to make it more presentable.
It’s a job I usually enjoy doing myself but it makes sense to get the lads to
sort it next week, otherwise it’ll be overgrown by the time I can get around to
it.
My finance guy sent a message, giving me the
nod that all went through smoothly.
8:12pm
Well, I got everything done today and I’ve just
been rewarded in the most unpredictable way. Beth is on her way over and not
just to visit, she’s going to stay the night too. Apparently, although Willow’s
not been back long, they came to a mutual agreement that they’d both stay out
tonight.
You’re getting attached Jax. No, that’s wrong. I’m
already attached. It’s pointless denying it any more so I’m not even going to
pretend otherwise.
Beth arrives shortly afterwards and we settle
down on the sofa. She brought snacks and a movie. When the opening title lights
up the
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