Page 34 of All Right No

Spook gave a scoffing little laugh that turned into a belly-aching howl when she assured him she was deadly serious. “He’s brought it up several times.”

Spook fell back onto the sofa. “That’s a good joke. Seriously, he’s worried about us? You’re living under the same roof as a sex addict and a man mountain who hasn’t got laid in weeks and he’s worried about us being intimate. Did he forget who I am?”

“I guess he figures that Luthor and Dani are keeping Xane busy, and Rock Giant hasn’t actually been around all that much.”

“Ginny, has Ash actually accused us of something?”

“Not outright.”

“He’s off his rocker.”

Yeah, yeah, he was, and it seemed it was down to her to change that. Ginny sucked her lower lip. She needed a plan, something a little outside the box, something that would pry Ash out of his rut and get him focussed when all else had failed. Too bad she didn’t have a single idea.

Okay, so the biggest priority was getting him to play guitar. That meant she needed him to do the physiotherapy exercises. How could she make those more palatable to him?

The answer came to her surprisingly quickly. Ash had been advocating the idea himself when they’d first arrived here. She needed to encourage him to do things with his fingers he took pride and pleasure in.

“How soon do you fly?” she asked Spook.

“Thursday.”

“Thursday, as in the day after tomorrow, or next week?”

“This week.”

That didn’t give her a whole lot of time to come up with a workable action plan.

“Do you have any paper?”

“Got an idea?”

“Maybe.” She bit her lip.

“There’s pens and paper in the top drawer to the right of the door.” He pointed through the internal window to where he meant. “Use whatever you want. I’m going to take a nap as Xane’s not showing any signs of reappearing. If he turns up, would you let him know it’s fine to come and wake me.”

“Sure,” she muttered, no longer really focussed on the handsome blond. If she was going to ensure Ash retained his position as Black Halo’s lead guitarist, then she had some serious planning to do.