Chapter Nineteen
Torex
“Sam?” the man said, his eyes landing on her. His laugh threatened to bring the ceiling down on them. “Boss’ll be tickled to see you.”
Cody leaned in to whisper to Joel. “How did a man that large sneak up on us?”
Joel whispered back, “How does a man that large use the word ‘tickled’ like that in conversation?”
“Sparkle,” Sam said with a smile. “It’s good to see you.”
Joel chuckled. “His name is not Sparkle.”
Reggie elbowed him in the ribs. “Dude, you need to start using your brain voice.”
Sam opened her arms like she expected a hug from the large man.
He shook his head. “Don’t come in here like that,” he said. “Don’t act like nothing happened.”
“Is he really that mad about it?” she asked. “Still? It wasn’t that big a deal.”
“Was to him,” Sparkle said. He p
