After the Hollister fire, Grady and Sully reached an uneasy truce—no more sniping from Sully, while Grady tried to tone down his habit of emphasizing he was the one in charge. The other unknown factor in the equation simmered under their every contact, but they each worked to hold that down to a manageable level. Now and then, a glance held a strange sizzle and, by unspoken agreement, they both avoided touching.
All too soon, school let out for the summer. That meant Jamie would be there full time, with Lots, who’d become the kid’s inseparable shadow.
Grady didn’t mind—too much—so long as he was working around the station. Since his father had been in the construction business, Grady was a fair rough carpenter so he took on the job of fixing up the station itself. That left vehicles. He
