Chapter 3: November 15-16, 2009Larkin’s Home Improvement, Short Pump
Far West End, Richmond
November 15-16, late Sunday, early Monday
Jamey and Henry were both assigned to work on the loading dock. All the holiday paraphernalia had to be unloaded, sorted, inventoried and stocked.
They didn’t talk to each other more than necessary, not that they could have because Carlos and Dooley were working with them. Henry had barely nodded when Jamey showed up a few minutes late, and after that Henry looked up a few times to see Jamey staring hard at him, as if by the intensity of his stare he could communicate without words. He felt Jamey’s gaze on his skin, a tangible weight, a sweet pressure he recognized from the first time he had seen Jamey, but that was all.
He looked away, hating that it s
