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- Authors: Morgan Brice
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BEN
“This brings back memories.” Ben Nolan and his partner carried the last
boxes up the stairs. “I spent too many Saturdays in my twenties
helping my friends move in and out of apartments for free pizza and beer.”
“Look at it as a built-in fitness workout,” Erik Mitchell, his boyfriend,
replied. “The good thing is that most days, you don’t need to go up and
down more than once.”
“I’m sure I can come up with reasons to stay in.” Ben dropped his voice
to a sexy growl and gave Erik a knowing look.
Erik shook his head fondly. “Sounds good—but we still need to go to
work sometime.”
Erik owned Trinkets, the antique shop on the first floor of the old
Victorian house where their apartment took up the second level. “Can’t beat
the commute,” he added.
“True—and mine’s still totally walkable unless the weather is foul.”
Ben managed Nolan Resort Real Estate, owned by his aunt and uncle. Until
recently, he had stayed in one of the company’s rentals. Ben had moved in
with Erik a few months ago, but forgot about a stack of boxes that were still
stored in Trinkets’ back room.
The important stuff had already found a place in the apartment. Now
Ben needed to figure out what in these last boxes to keep or toss. He’d
packed long enough ago that he had forgotten what remained.
“Actually, I was surprised how fast I got used to the stairs,” Erik told
him. “My place in Atlanta had an elevator, but nowhere near the charm.”
Both Ben and Erik had recently moved to Cape May, New Jersey, to
make a fresh start after their old lives went off the rails. Ben stepped away
from being a Newark cop after a betrayal and a near-fatal shooting, and
becoming a private investigator had left him burned out and bitter. Erik left
his high-profile work stopping art fraud and antiquities smugglers when a
bust gone wrong nearly got him killed—and his boyfriend cheated.
Differing circumstances led them to Cape May and chance brought them
together. Ben thanked his lucky stars every day for how things had turned
out.
“Now we just have to figure out what’s worth keeping.” Ben surveyed
the stacks of boxes in the living room. “We already have an interesting
decorating style.”
They had found a quirky way to blend his statues of Spider-Man and
Optimus Prime and wall art of some of his favorite comics and sci-fi
movies with Erik’s more traditional taste, honed by his work for art
museums.
“Bring it on,” Erik said with a laugh. “It’s good to shake things up.”
Ben reeled him in for a kiss. “I can think of ways to get a whole lotta
shakin’ going on,” he growled.
Erik returned the kiss and stepped away. “Hold that thought. We need to
be able to navigate through the living room, so the boxes can’t stay—which
means unpacking.”
“Spoil sport,” Ben grumbled good-naturedly.
Erik ordered hot subs for lunch so they could work without worrying
about food, an Italian club for Ben and meatballs for Erik. Ben would have
liked to turn up the music while they worked, but the shop downstairs was
open, so they kept the volume down.
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