The clearing was loud all afternoonh and the sound of tools and engines carried all the way to the house. I stayed close enough to watch but far enough that no one could say that I was in the way.
The girls didn’t leave. If anything they got worse which I didn’t know was possible.
They hovered around the edges of the work and laughed too loud and leaned into men that barely paid attention. They circled Drake more than anyone else like they had decided he was a challenge worth chasing.
One of them stepped right into his space while he was marking a line in the dirt and she brushed her hand over his arm like it was nothing.
“You look like you could use a break.” She said in a fake softness that didn’t fool anyone that was actually paying attention.
“I’m working.” He replied without
