Chapter 31
“Not now. Not yet,” Zeth said. He sat up, pushed a bare-chested Josh away by placing one palm against the man’s muscular shoulder.
Shocked and wide-eyed, Josh asked, “What happened? Did I do something wrong?”
Zeth blushed, shaking his head. “It’s not that. I have the meeting with Sandra. I can’t miss it. We rely on our meetings.”
Josh pulled away from Zeth, stood, and wiped the back of his left hand across his mouth, removing spittle. He told Zeth, “No worries.”
“I’m sorry,” Zeth said, dressing, pushing one arm into his cotton shirt, then the other arm.
“No need to apologize. We all have meetings to get to.”
Zeth walked out of the bedroom and downstairs. Once in the kitchen, he pushed his feet into his boots and pulled the wet poncho over his head. Outside, thunder raked across the heavens, and a bolt of lightning filled the sky with bright yellow-gold-orange light.
Zeth said, “I’ll check in on you again.”
“Soon, I hope.”
“Soon.” Zeth exited the house, into the rain.