The next morning Hayden woke to a cloudy sky and torrential rain. As far as he was concerned, it was liquid sunshine. After Neal left the night before, Hayden had reported for his shift and whistled through his duties. Working only twenty hours a week was much better than the nearly forty he’d put in at the coffee shop. His shifts were mainly at night, which was a perfect arrangement for his school schedule. Since he used Neal’s pickup truck now, he and Rick took turns driving to school.
“Howdy!” Hayden welcomed Rick as he climbed, blurry eyed, into the passenger seat of the pickup.
Rick’s eyes narrowed, and he turned to face Hayden. “You get laid? It’s the ass crack of too early in the morning and pouring rain.”
“Yeah, right, I forgot. You’re not a morning person.”
“To be fair I’m not
