Chapter 10

Catching his breath, feeling as if he would pass out, he watched the handsome, tall man vanish into the woods between the two properties. Holding his chest, feeling the heat of the afternoon consume him from the inside out, Bay observed the stranger’s departure: gliding into the woods, tight ass shifting left and right, slowly walking, nothing hurried.

“Hey,” Bay whispered, caught up in the moment of heat, exhaustion, and anxiousness. Facing his dilemma, realizing he only had that single moment in time to confront the stranger, he found the strength to cross the yard and head towards the woods, following the man in blue.

His pace quickened, matching the crescendo of his heart. Bay’s legs lifted and fell, moving him forward. As the July heat felt as if it were berating and blinding him, frying him as if he were a piece of steak on the summertime grill, he continued his trot.