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Chapter 21
Jax
“Don’t make me do it,” I begged.
Cameron pushed his tongue into his cheek and studied me with shrewd eyes. “Wade trained Rob, which means it’s your turn.”
Next to me, Wade had his arms crossed and a shit-eating grin on his face.
“Don’t gloat,” I told him. “It’s rude.”
Wade chuckled under his breath. “Oh, I can’t wait to watch this. If you make it one week without losing your mind, it’ll be a fucking miracle.”
A tool dropping loudly on the floor had all three of us turning to look. Rob’s friend—I didn’t know his name—slowly bent over to pick up the tool belt he was supposed to be hooking around his waist.
At our notice, he paused, eyes wide and a sheepish grin on his baby face. “I, uh, missed the first buckle.”
Rob slapped his back. “Don’t worry, we all had a first day at one point.”
“I didn’t,” Wade muttered. “I didn’teverhave a first day where I didn’t know how to put a tool belt on.”
The friend tried to line up the hammer in its slot, missed, and it clattered back to the floor.
Wade’s eyes fell closed, and he pinched the bridge of his nose.
Rob shoved him with a laugh. “You dipshit,” he said.
“He has experience?” I asked skeptically.
Cameron sighed, scratching the back of his neck. “A couple of summers ago, he helped his uncle in Michigan on a job while he visited.” Both Wade and I swung around to stare at him. He held up his hands. “Iknow. Greer liked him. She said he’d bring a good energy to the jobsite.”
The kid sauntered over, his long, scraggly hair swooping down over his forehead. He had to do this weird head toss to keep it out of his eyes, and I set my hands on my hips.
“I’m Jax,” I told him. “I’ll, uh, be training you, I guess.” The kid leaned forward, staring into my face like he was searching for something. Unthinkingly, I backed away. “What are you doing?”
His eyes were a vivid green, and then he straightened after another second. “You have a red aura.” He lifted his hands, motioning around my body. “Some orange too. Interesting.”
Cameron choked on a laugh.
I stared at him for a few seconds, waiting for him to elaborate. “What now?”
“Red is very passionate. Grounded. Physical. But orange is an adventurous spirit. Hard to settle down.”
Rob settled a hand on his friend’s shoulder. “He’s very good at reading people’s energies.”
“Dipshit is?” I asked.
Wade snorted.
“That’s not his name.” Cameron sighed.
“It’s what Rob called him.” I hardened my jaw and studied the kid head to toe. “That’s what I’m calling him.”
Dipshit nodded like this made a lot of sense. “You were right, Rob. He’s got a very hard exterior. What was your childhood like, Jax?”
Immediately, I turned to Cameron. “No. I cannot do it.”
Cameron was still staring slack-jawed at the kid. “I?—”
