She worked slowly and
with precision on Jon. First making him
sit with his arm to the side, then making him turn his head this way and that.
Then she made him lay
on his back, running her hands around the back of his neck, into his hair line,
damn it was soft; finding the little bumps that showed where it was out of
alignment. ‘Ok I want you to take a deep breath in, now drop your shoulders, a
little more. Right let your head go
floppy, that’s it, look toward the wall and up, relax shoulders a little more….’
And with that she twisted his head sharply to the side, a loud pop could be
heard. Jon sighed and Richie winced.
‘You ok down there?’
‘Fine darlin.’
‘Right let’s do the
other side.’ She went through the same
process, with the same result the loud popping.
She had him turn onto
his front, she held his left arm, getting him to push slightly forward, her
other hand walking down his spine. She
dropped his arm and he let it flop onto the armrests. He was in heaven, he may have thought she
wasn’t up to the job, but damn she was good!
She then slowly worked
her hands down his spine, her fingers finding a knot, she walked around the
bench and lent over him. ‘Right take a deep breath in, hold it, ok let it go, let
the shoulders go loose, and …’ pushing
down on his spine a quick bounce and it popped!
She moved again and repeated each step, every time getting a pop and a
groan.
She then rubbed his
shoulder and back lightly, then did a quick check from neck to buttocks. She forced her brain away from who she was
touching, and tried to think of him as someone else.
She raised his legs
back checking movement and alignment again; making certain he had no aches.
Richie sat and watched
her touch his brother, why did he have the need to rip Jon’s arms off and beat
him with them? He’d never felt
like this so quick, it scared the shit out of him, he wondered if he asked
nicely she’d give him a once over. Mind
you he wouldn’t be able to get off the damn bed if she did!
Gail made Jon sit
again, and went through the same process as she had at the beginning. ‘Ok, seems my work here is finally
done.’ She laughed and Jon looked up at
her, she was something.
‘Gail, you are the
best! I can’t thank you enough.’
‘You’re welcome, but
you really need to make sure you see someone for a couple of weeks. You can’t afford to let it get like that
again. I’m surprised you could walk or sit.’
‘He couldn’t! He of
course wouldn’t listen to anyone. He
didn’t trust anyone else and his normal guy is out of action, he’s in a body
cast, don’t ask! It wasn’t till he was
nearly crying with pain he remembered Elton has back trouble, so he rang him,
and here we are!’ Richie now stood next
to her, she smelled of vanilla and other scents, he wondered if she’d taste
like that too.
‘Hey, still in the
fuckin room bro!’ Jon was a little
embarrassed, Richie spoke the truth. ‘I’ll take your advice, we’re in the UK for
another week, so can you fit me in?’
‘Nope, sorry no can
do, I can arrange for you to see another chiropractor if you want.’
‘Hey monies no object
and I don’t care what time you need to see me I….’
‘Hold it! I’m not
trying to palm you off on anyone else, it’s just that well today you are my
last client, ever. I’m retiring myself.’
Jon looked shocked and
deflated, he finds the perfect masseuse and chiropractor all rolled into one,
and she’s retiring! Well crap! ‘What do
you mean, retiring, you’re not old enough.’
‘Well aren’t you
sweet, I’ve owned this place for over twenty-four years now, I think it’s time
I get a rest out of it.’
‘You own this
place, I thought someone called Laurel
did? That is the name, isn’t it? How old are you, if you don’t mind me askin?’
‘Yes, Jon it is, I
didn’t have a big enough ego to call the place after myself. And I’m not telling!’ She went bright red as Richie laughed, she
finally caught up with what she’d said.
Oh hell!
‘Well Frank doesn’t
have that problem, do ya bro?’
‘Fuck you Dean!’
‘I’m sorry that came
out wrong ………’
‘Don’t worry Gail, I’m
big enough to take it.’ Jon grinned and
flashed his smile, he really liked this woman, refreshing was the word he’d
use. She hadn’t gushed or simpered, she’d
pushed and pummelled the kinks out of him without caressing him! She’d blushed yeah but what the hell, that
was fun.
Just then a loud noise
broke the bit of tension, Gail prayed the floor to open up and swallow her.
‘Well there darlin, sounds like someone’s a lil hungry.’ Richie grinned down at her.
‘Sorry, you guys caught
me, I was heading out for dinner.’
‘Where were you
going?’ Jon asked.
‘Just to a local
Chinese, hell who am I kidding I eat there nearly every night.’ She laughed a
bit self-consciously.
‘Well how about we tag
along and buy you a thank you for fixing me meal, I could go for Chinese.’ Jon said giving his best smile, eyes
crinkling in the corners.
‘No, no, that’s fine,
I didn’t mind staying behind. Don’t
worry yourself, you have better things to do and places to be than eat with me,
I’m sure.’ Holy hell she couldn’t cope
with Richie being any nearer her without jumping him! He’d moved right next to her and she could
feel his warmth. And his smell was just heavenly!
Aw hell she wasn’t
getting away from him that fast!
Reaching out he put his arm over her shoulders, damn she was just the
right height for him to do that without breaking his back. ‘Now Gail, darlin,
you see we’d like to take you to dinner, a beautiful woman is preferable to
sitting looking at Frank there any day! You wouldn’t want me to have to look at
his ugly face all night, would you?’ He
turned his chocolate brown eyes on her, as she’d always called it, the puppy
look! The one that turned any sane
female to mush, and damn it she was sane!
‘Well, if you’re sure,
be warned it’s nothing fancy, but the food is fantastic.’ Emerald eyes sparkled at brown slumberous
ones, god his eyes were like melted pools of chocolate, she wanted to dive in
and stay there.
Jon felt a tad left
out, ‘Well how about I put some clothes on and then we can git, after I settled
my bill that is.’
‘Oh, you don’t owe me
anything, it’s on the house! And don’t try talking me around; I don’t take
orders from anyone. I couldn’t have
wished for a better ending to my career than to work on you Jon. Oh, hell that sounds dirty!’ She hid her face in her hands praying they’d
be gone when she looked again!
Richie’s arm tightened
and squeezed her too him, ‘Dirty in a good way darlin.’ The grin was pure devil!
‘Ok, but we’re paying
for dinner, right.’ Jon’s eyebrow winged
up.
‘Ok and I can do that
too.’ Gail’s brow shot up too. They laughed at each other.
‘Frank, get dressed
will ya?’
‘Yeah I better change
too; I’ll meet you in reception.’ With
that she moved from under Richie’s arm, turned and walked quietly out of the
door. Once out she sagged against the
wall, nearly hyperventilating. Sweet
mother of god she was having dinner with two of the hottest men, ever,
frak!