Chapter 57. Doubts and Clarifications (Part 2)

The call ended right at that moment when the main door opened and Jack came out of the house and into the front porch.

“Hey bro, everything okay?” cheerfully greeted the lumberyard foreman.

“Jack, I’ll get used to that attention if you keep it up. Just warning you, I don’t think you’ll be happy with me if I reciprocate your feelings. I’m a pretty jealous boyfriend, hehe.”

“Yep, with that kind of answer, I can see that everything is back to normal. And that's good,” Jack replied with a small smile. “I thought your mood would be darker because of what happened to your motorbike.”

“I don’t know, I guess in normal conditions, I would have been really down, but now…” Eron looked at his cellphone, still in his hand then placed it inside his shirt’s chest pocket.

“What do you mean by that?” Jack asked as he leaned on the banister quite near his new hire.

“Well, Scorpia has been my friend in times when I was really lonely, but I don’t feel like that