Chapter 9

“Um,” Randy swallowed. “I’m not crazy or anything. I just though the coincidence was cool. I don’t even…”

Another moment passed as Randy mentally ran through ways to reassure the men he wasn’t a moron. There were none.

“So.” He nodded at both of them before pursing his lips and edging away. “Yeah. I’m gonna go. It’s kind of chilly and, you know…I-I’m just gonna go.”

Vaughn shook his head and looked over at Lyle. “Didn’t I tell you to get that wood picked up? Randy, thank you for the introduction, and my apologies for the confusion. We’ll finish getting this cut up and I’ll send Lyle around to stack it for you. You can just show him where.”

Although the thought of Lyle working tirelessly in his backyard didn’t break Randy’s heart any, it didn’t seem fair that the two of them had gone to all that trouble for nothing. “No. I couldn’t. Please keep it. As thanks. For doing the work and everything.”