FAMILY BOND

Chapter 31

After Nate had left the room, Tim decided to try and get to the bathroom to take a shower. He hoped that the warm water would soothe his aching ass. He doubted it though, he felt as if he had been ripped from his butthole to his nuts. This thought actually made him chuckle as he slowly steps into the shower.

With the shower not doing much to help his sore ass, he slowly and painfully gets dressed. Apparently, his loving husband had forgotten that he was upstairs on his death bed.

Tim slowly walks down the hallway, holding onto the wall for support. Walking up to the large staircase, he knew there would be no way he could make it down it in the shape he was in. He thought he heard voices coming from the kitchen area. It sounded like Adam and Avi.

He didn't want to make a big issue out of not being able to come down the stairs without needing help. Because he knew Avi well enough to know, the green-eyed menace would never let him live it down.

"The elevator." The brunette whispers and nods. He hasn't used the elevator since he bought the place. Might as well make use of it.

He makes his way farther down to the end of the long hallway where the elevator was located and presses the button. The door creaks as it slowly opens. He walks in and presses the button for the lower level.

He leans against the back wall as he tries to mentally forget the burning of his ass. He had to remember to try to walk normal and not like John Wayne after a weeks ride on his horse.

A sudden jolt almost knocks him off his feet.

"What the hell?" He says as he presses the button again. Nothing happened. "Oh, this is just real f*cking great." He growls as he realizes he was stuck between floors.

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Adam looks up as Nate enters the kitchen.

"Oh, sh*t." He giggles as he remembers, after seeing the doctor, that he was supposed to be getting his husband another cup of coffee.

"Something wrong?" Avi asks.

"I was supposed to be getting Tim another cup of coffee. I totally forgot." He laughs as he pours a fresh cup.

"You gave it to me to carry to him, remember? He didn't seem like he was in a too good of a mood. He didn't say anything about it but his shoulder must have been hurting him. I think he was fixing to get in the shower." Nate replies, picking up his phone that he had left on the table and begins to thumb through his contacts as he leaves the kitchen.

"His shoulder wasn't the only thing hurting." Avi mumbles.

"Oh, okay. Avi distracted me." Adam chuckles as he hits the bearded man with his elbow. "I'll go see what's wrong."

"Huh, maybe he's pissed cause you haven't come back. More angry sex?" Avi chuckles. "But this time it will be you on the receiving end."

"I don't mind at all." Adam laughs and winks before heading toward the stairs.

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"Hey, Babe? You feeling better after your ......" Adam says as he walks into the bedroom. He figured Tim might have laid back down after his shower but the bed was empty. "Sweetie?" He calls out as he sees the half-empty coffee cup on the nightstand before walking to the bathroom.

Water beads were still on the shower door and a damp towel was laying on the edge of the sink. But no Tim.

"Hmmm." Adam says as he comes back into the bedroom. He puts his hands on his hips and looks around. "His boots are gone." He says to himself. "He must have gone downstairs. How did I not see him?"

The blonde heads back downstairs and into the living room.

Avi was sitting on the couch watching a movie while Nate sat on the other end scrolling through his phone.

"Guys? Have you seen Tim?" Adam asks.

"Nope, haven't seen him." Nate says, shaking his head while not taking his eyes off his phone.

"You lose your loverboy?" Avi smirks as his eyes never leave the tv.

"Uh, no, I haven't lost him." Adam chuckles as he heads for the game room. "At least I don't think so." He says to himself.

Everyone else had left for work so the game room was quiet, except for the sounds of the game machines. He sighs as he looks around. But still no Tim. From there he headed to the pool area thinking Tim might have decided to take a swim. The thought of Tim in swimming trunks and cowboy boots made him giggle.

"Tim?" Adam calls out, his voice echoing inside the empty pool area. "Well, sh*t, where the hell are you?"

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"Holy f*ck, it's hot in here." Tim says as he fans his tee shirt.

He had already beat on the door until his hand hurt. He had already yelled as loud as he could for somebody to come help him but the elevator was located too far away for anyone to hear him.

"What moron closed the d*mn air conditioning vent?" He asks himself after looking up at the ceiling and seeing the vent closed. He tried to reach it but it was too far up. "F*CK!!" He yells out in anger.

Surely, Adam will come looking for him once he discovered him missing. But would he think about looking here? They never use this part of the lodge much less the elevator. To his knowledge, no one has ever used it. Surely the stench of his decaying body will get him found.

"You dumbass." Tim chuckles as he reaches in his pocket for his phone. "F*CK!!" He yells out once more when he realizes he had left his phone in the bedroom. "That's it. I'm going to die here. I'm going to die and cook in this microwave oven." He adds as he paces back and forth inside the elevator.

He wipes the sweat from his face with his sleeve before banging on the door again.

"ADAMMM!!! SOMEBODYYY!! ANYBODYY!!" He yells as he beats on the metal door. "SH*T!!!!" The brunette shouts angerly as he punches the door with his fist.

He groans as he uses the hand railing that circled the elevator, to sit down on the floor. The hitman sighs as he leans his head back against the wall.

"Here lies Tim Foust. Too sore to use the stairs from getting f*cked senseless by his husband that he decided to take this PIECE OF SH*T ELEVATOR!!!!" Tim yells.

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"Guys, I'm can't find Tim anywhere. I'm getting worried." Adam says, walking back into the living room.

"Did you try calling him?" Avi asks, looking up at the blonde.

"Well, hell no." Adam laughs, reaching into his pocket for his phone.

"Duh." Avi laughs, shaking his head.

"Answer, Babe, answer." Adam says softly as Tim's phone continues to ring. "Dammit!" Adam growls as his call goes straight to his husband's voice mail.

"Still nothing?" Nate looking up after hearing the blonde cuss.

"No. Guys, this ain't like Tim. He wouldn't just disappear like this." Adam huffs as he sits down between his two friends.

"He has to be here somewhere." Avi says. "Maybe he had a job to go scope out."

"No." Adam says, shaking his head. "Even if he was going to leave, he would have told me or you guys would have seen him leave. I've already checked everywhere that I thought he might be."

"Well, we really weren't paying attention. Did you check to see if his car was here?" Nate asks.

Adam jumps up and runs to the door leading to the garage. Swinging the door open, he sees Tim's black Charger still sitting where he had parked it. "SH*T!!"

"Okay, don't panic. He has to be here somewhere." Avi says as he looks around Adam into the garage.

"Too late, Avi. I'm already panicking. My husband is missing." Adam says as he runs his hand through his hair.

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Until next time ..... ✌️