Page 11 of A Second Chance At Forever

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Mason

Nicoleand I had been together for three months and honestly, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It was nice having someone around to share things with. I had been single for far too long.

I forgot what it was like to fall asleep holding someone close to me. To have that same someone wake up next to me and just to have someone around to talk to and be with.

Nicole rolled over and wrapped her arms around me. “Good morning, babe.”

“Good morning, how’d you sleep?” I asked pulling her in closer, happy just to have the contact with someone.

“Like a baby.” She stretched and pressed her lips to mine.

Our kisses led to other things like they so often did and by the time we finally managed to get away from one another, I was late for work.

I showered at record speed and kissed Nicole before leaving her to get cleaned up.

I walkedinto the shop an hour late. The bell above the door rang and Joey’s eyes landed on me. “It’s about time you came in, this place is falling apart without you,”

Pouring myself a cup of coffee, I turned to look at her. “What’s going on?”

“Some kind of mix up with the boats. Then we’ve had two break down today, so they need to be worked on. Also, your brother has called three times already looking for you.”

I hung my head and went to see what the mix up was.

I made my way down to the rental counter and pushed open the door to find Trent bent over the counter with his eyes trained on the computer. “What’s going on?”

He stood upright and motioned toward the computer. “The same boat has been rented twice.”

“How the hell did that happen?” I asked walking around the counter to look at the screen.

“I don’t know man, it was picked up this morning and not even twenty minutes later, someone else came with a reservation slip to pick it up.”

I leaned over to look at the screen. “Where’s the boat now?”

“On the water and won’t be back until five.”

“What time was the other guy supposed to pick it up?”

“First thing, man. I sent him up to the bar for breakfast on you while we figure this thing out.”

I sat down and clicked around on the computer. Sure enough, the same boat had been reserved twice for the same day and same time. “How the fuck does this happen? The system shouldn’t allow it,” I began clicking on anything to try to magically fix the problem. It didn’t work. “Is the boat reserved for tomorrow?”

“No, it’s open but I’ve already offered and he won’t be here tomorrow. He’s on vacation and he’s leaving first thing in the morning.”

“Do we have any boats today, besides the two that are down?”

“Yeah, a few actually.” Trent took the mouse from me and brought up the options we had available.

“Okay, give him a free upgrade. That’s the only thing we can do. Make sure you apologize and be polite. If he doesn’t like the offer, he can leave.” I pushed away from the desk.

Trent handed me the keys to the two boats that needed to be repaired and I made my way out to the dock to see what I could do to get them running.

After spending the morning with my head stuck in a boat motor, I needed a break. My head was starting to hurt and my ears were ringing from sweating my ass off in the sun and not staying hydrated.

I grabbed my shirt, that I removed, and used it to wipe the sweat and grease from my face and hands before making my way into the office for a clean shirt.

I pulled my phone from my pocket and called Nicole to see if she wanted to meet up for lunch. She was already on her way to town and agreed to meet with me.

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