in the spot for your apartment. Mind telling me what the fuck happened to we are just going to be friends?” She is laying into me; there’s no nice Layla about her this morning.
I sigh and start to walk towards the backdoor so I can go outside and smoke really quickly before I start to deal with nasty truckers. “ Layla, come with me and smoke. I am not sure about everything that happened last night. I thought I was going to be able to hold my own but I forgot it has been a while since I have had a drink. Last thing I remember is being in the car and it starting, next thing I know I was awake in my bed with my mouth tasting like someone shit in it. Your brother was sleeping on my couch.”
I stop to take a drag of my smoke. “Guess it’s a good thing you picked a comfy couch.” I start to laugh and I see the roughness start to crack in Layla’s face. “I woke up in the same damn clothes you put me in yesterday if that makes you feel better about it.”
She grabs me by surprise and hugs me. “Oh honey, I was so worried. I thought something happened and that he got to you somehow and…” she stops mid-sentence, staring over my shoulder, and I hear someone walk up behind me.
I turn and see Ryder walking up towards us. I have to say he never comes to the back of the diner. Hmmm, hope everything is okay.
“Come here and give me a hug Layla so I don’t have to hunt you down before I start grabbin’ gears.” Ryder reaches over and grabs a hold of his sister and she disappears into him.
“Ryder, is this your last run? When are you going to stop paying for a debt that has long since been paid? It died with daddy’s death.” I hear Layla saying to her brother in a kind of hushed tone but I can still hear her, I think she did it on purpose.
“I have one more after this. Then I am done for good. I think I found something that makes me want to be a different man. I want to see where that goes.” Ryder is not very subtle at all and I can hear everything he says to Layla, it honestly scares the shit out of me.
He backs up from Layla, kisses her on the forehead, says that he loves her and will be back in a few days. This feels like I am sending him off to war, it feels like I am never going to see him again. Wow, now I understand what military wives feel like when they send their men off to war. Only difference is this isn’t my man and he isn’t going to war. “Layla, can I get a minute with Faith before I leave?
“Faith, come here please.” I snap back to the present, walk over to Ryder and sit on the stack of tires next to where he is leaning against the wall. God, he looks amazing. Tan khaki shorts, blue t-shirt with Ecko stitched on the shoulder and a pair of DC’s on his feet. He looks like a very hunky skateboarder; I could get down with this look because he looks like a tall glass of raw sex.
I sit there and pull out another smoke and light it up. I tend to smoke a few more when I am stressed or anxious about something. Everything I have been anxious about lately is standing next to me. Stop thinking about this shit Faith!
“I have two questions for you and then I have a statement. I expect you to answer these questions, if you’re not comfortable answering then say we can discuss it later but you will answer me. Do you understand me, Faith?” Even with his dominating ways he is drop dead sexy, if anything it makes me ache for him even more.
I really need to distract myself with something because if I keep thinking like I am it is going to get me into trouble. “Yes, I understand you Ryder. But why so demanding?” I ask out of the corner of my eye not giving him the satisfaction of my whole attention.
“Because Faith, I asked you the day before our dinner if you wanted me to take you back home to Alabama to see your family. You never answered me and I would like an answer.” He says with a matter of fact tone to his sexy voice.
I sigh and start to walk towards the backdoor so I can go outside and smoke really quickly before I start to deal with nasty truckers. “ Layla, come with me and smoke. I am not sure about everything that happened last night. I thought I was going to be able to hold my own but I forgot it has been a while since I have had a drink. Last thing I remember is being in the car and it starting, next thing I know I was awake in my bed with my mouth tasting like someone shit in it. Your brother was sleeping on my couch.”
I stop to take a drag of my smoke. “Guess it’s a good thing you picked a comfy couch.” I start to laugh and I see the roughness start to crack in Layla’s face. “I woke up in the same damn clothes you put me in yesterday if that makes you feel better about it.”
She grabs me by surprise and hugs me. “Oh honey, I was so worried. I thought something happened and that he got to you somehow and…” she stops mid-sentence, staring over my shoulder, and I hear someone walk up behind me.
I turn and see Ryder walking up towards us. I have to say he never comes to the back of the diner. Hmmm, hope everything is okay.
“Come here and give me a hug Layla so I don’t have to hunt you down before I start grabbin’ gears.” Ryder reaches over and grabs a hold of his sister and she disappears into him.
“Ryder, is this your last run? When are you going to stop paying for a debt that has long since been paid? It died with daddy’s death.” I hear Layla saying to her brother in a kind of hushed tone but I can still hear her, I think she did it on purpose.
“I have one more after this. Then I am done for good. I think I found something that makes me want to be a different man. I want to see where that goes.” Ryder is not very subtle at all and I can hear everything he says to Layla, it honestly scares the shit out of me.
He backs up from Layla, kisses her on the forehead, says that he loves her and will be back in a few days. This feels like I am sending him off to war, it feels like I am never going to see him again. Wow, now I understand what military wives feel like when they send their men off to war. Only difference is this isn’t my man and he isn’t going to war. “Layla, can I get a minute with Faith before I leave?
“Faith, come here please.” I snap back to the present, walk over to Ryder and sit on the stack of tires next to where he is leaning against the wall. God, he looks amazing. Tan khaki shorts, blue t-shirt with Ecko stitched on the shoulder and a pair of DC’s on his feet. He looks like a very hunky skateboarder; I could get down with this look because he looks like a tall glass of raw sex.
I sit there and pull out another smoke and light it up. I tend to smoke a few more when I am stressed or anxious about something. Everything I have been anxious about lately is standing next to me. Stop thinking about this shit Faith!
“I have two questions for you and then I have a statement. I expect you to answer these questions, if you’re not comfortable answering then say we can discuss it later but you will answer me. Do you understand me, Faith?” Even with his dominating ways he is drop dead sexy, if anything it makes me ache for him even more.
I really need to distract myself with something because if I keep thinking like I am it is going to get me into trouble. “Yes, I understand you Ryder. But why so demanding?” I ask out of the corner of my eye not giving him the satisfaction of my whole attention.
“Because Faith, I asked you the day before our dinner if you wanted me to take you back home to Alabama to see your family. You never answered me and I would like an answer.” He says with a matter of fact tone to his sexy voice.
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