I laugh and promptly turn my board to face the waves again.
‘You still haven’t told me about you and the barista from Dark Bean yet,’ I say. ‘Don’t hold out on me. I wantallthe details.’
‘Later, over whisky,’ Ranger replies. ‘I can’t be getting all down and dirty in the water. I need to focus if I’m going to shred these waves harder than my best bro and long-time surf rival.’
‘Rival?’ I roar. ‘To be a rivalry, you’d need to be close to as good as me!’
Ranger belly laughs and paddles harder.
The pair of us are excellent friends who have each other’s back at all times. But right now, all friendship is about to be temporarily put to one side.
Some premium waves our heading our way and both of us want to take the best ones for ourselves.
It’s time to let loose and ride the wives harder than we’d ride our best boys…
Chapter 9
Mikey
‘Yeah, yeah, that’s right,’ I say, happily chatting away to Xander on speakerphone as I navigate the freeway segment of my journey. ‘I’m on schedule and loving every second.’
‘I love to see my crew in a good mood. Sounds likesomeonehad a good time last night,’ Xander says, a knowing tone in his voice. ‘You can fill me in on all the deets when you get home.’
‘Will do, over and out!’ I giggle.
‘Over and out!’ Xander replies, ending the call.
I’ve been driving for five hours and I’m making good time. So far I’ve driven through the countryside, freeway, and am about to head back into a more rural road for the last leg of the journey there.
The fact that this happens to be the longest leg of the journey is probably a good thing.
I’m totally fine with driving on the freeway, but it’s just not as fun as hitting the backroads and discovering all the hidden gems that small towns and old school diners bring.
My plan is that once I pick up the goods, I’ll rest up and have a nap in the truck. Ideally, I’ll do this at a nice roadside layby somewhere, preferably with a nice view of a lake or mountain range.
Honestly though, all I’ll need to do is find somewhere relatively quiet and I’ll probably fall asleep within ten minutes.
I slept so well last night with Trent in the bed next to me, but for whatever reason I don’t feel that well rested. I guess it might take some getting used to having someone else in the bed with me – not that I’m complaining!
From the second that Trent began to bathe me, I knew that it was going to be a good evening. But when things took a naughtier turn, my mind was made up… it was going to bethe bestevening.
And I wasn’t wrong either.
All I can think of now is getting home and seeing Trent again.
The fact that Trent is totally cool with my job is just great. In the past I’ve had issues with Daddies not wanting me to be away for so long with work. Maybe it’s a trust thing, or maybe it’s all about attention, but somehow my job has always caused problems with other Daddies.
I guess I was just looking in all the wrong places.
Either way, I’ve found Trent now and things are looking like they’re well and truly on the up as far as my love life goes.
I feel my tummy rumble and reach down to pick up a protein bar from the passenger seat.
‘Boy, that’s good,’ I say, the oats, sugar, and chocolate coating hitting the perfect spot as I devour the protein snack in three quick bites. ‘I could eat another ten of those…easily!’
With that, I turn up the volume on my car stereo and ease my foot down on the accelerator.
It’s time to make some serious inroads into this journey.