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“We’re getting along in a state of ‘none of your fucking business.’”
Travis laughed. “Then you shouldn’t have dropped that tidbit about you two hooking up every time you see each other. Besides, you might as well tell me. Next time you see Tobi I guarantee she’ll worm it out of you.”
“Whatever. Dana and I are purely business.” For now, anyway.
“That’s what I figured.” He started toward the hangar office.
“What do you mean, that’s what you figured?” Levi asked, following.
“If you had been getting any you wouldn’t be so cranky.”
“I’m not cranky.”
Travis laughed. He opened the small fridge in the office, got out two bottles of water and tossed one to Levi.
Zack walked into the office. “Thanks, I’ll have one. What’s so funny?”
“Levi saying he’s not cranky.” He tossed a bottle of water to Zack.
Zack caught it, opened it and took a drink before he looked at Levi. “Give the poor bastard a break, Travis. He can’t help it that Dana shot him down.”
“Dana didn’t shoot me down,” Levi gritted out. “It’s a mutual decision.”
“You keep telling yourself that,” Zack said. “Now it’s time for business if we can set aside Levi’s troubles with his love life.”
Levi clamped his jaw shut. No point giving them more ammunition.
“We have a chance to buy some land adjoining the airport. It’s not cheap, but I think we can negotiate a better price. I know we don’t need it now, but we will in the future if the airport continues to grow. At least, we hope we will.”
“Won’t the bank lend us the money?” Travis asked.
“Sure. If we put up one of the planes as collateral.”
“What the hell? That’s ridiculous,” Levi said, leaning against the messy desk. It was always a disaster, although Travis swore he could find anything he wanted and had told the cleaning service not to touch anything on it.
“Yep. But that’s what they want,” Zack said, scowling.
“They gave us the first loan without demanding anything outrageous.”
“The bank is under new management. That might have something to do with it.”
“We could try a different bank,” Travis suggested. “As long as it’s not Taylor’s bank. Not after what he did to Harlan and Savannah.”
“I thought they made up when Harlan and Savannah got married?” Zack said.
Savannah’s father had been instrumental in breaking up the two when they were young. But Harlan had returned to Whiskey River almost a year ago and married Savannah not long after that.
Travis shrugged. “I don’t care. I still don’t trust the bastard.”
“Screw that. I’ll put up the money,” Levi said.
Zack pointed his water bottle at him. “You’ve already put up a lot of money. Who knows how long it will take for you to make that back?”
“That’s not a problem.”
Travis frowned. “If you do this we need to make it a loan and pay it back with interest. Your money isn’t the reason we wanted you in on this, Levi.”
Levi simply raised his eyebrows.
