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Oh, yeah, that looks good there.
“I can’t thank you enough,” I tell them both. “I thought I’d be able to lift it on my own, but clearly I overestimated my strength.”
“Don’t mention it.” He stares at me a beat, then says, “I’m Jared.”
It’s a name that fits him perfectly.
“Nia.”
“That’s a pretty name.”
I feel heat rising in my cheeks at the unexpected compliment.
“Thank you.”
He glances over his shoulder out of the window toward the garage before bringing his attention back to me.
“Looks like we’re neighbors, huh?”
“It looks that way. Is it just you and Slide?”
“Slider,” the second man corrects, “and our buddy, Beanie, works with us too, but he’s out on a tow.”
Slider, Beanie… These people have strange names.
“Have you worked at the garage long?”
“I bought it about two and a half years ago,” Jared says. “Then I invited the two knuckleheads to work for me.”
Slider grins and winks at me. “You’d be lost without us, pal.”
Jared grunts, but I can see the quirk of his lips as he does. I get the impression there’s a lot of banter that goes on between these men.
“You’re all friends?”
“Yeah, doll. We go way back,” Slider says. “We served in the Army together for years.”
Looking at the two men, that I can believe. They look built enough to have been in the military. Clearly, they both maintain working out.
“What did you do in the military? Or is it top secret?”
Slider snorts at my wiggling eyebrows. “We were mechanics, although J had med training too.”
Jared shakes his head. “Barely enough to patch you up until the real medics arrived.”
I can’t tell if he’s being modest or not, but an image of him in cammies and Army gear flashes across my mind. It’s a good image.
I stare at Jared and shake myself when I realize I’m ogling him.
“That’s impressive.”
“Yeah, that’s J-Dog. Impressive.”
Jared smacks him in the ribs, but Slider just chuckles.
“So, that’s why you set up the garage?”
“Yeah. It made sense to come out and do the same shit we spent most of our twenties training for.”
