It wasn’t only his arms, though. Everything about Trevor was cut—even his jaw muscles bulged when he chewed. The guy could probably chew rocks.
Trevor opened an issue of Olympic Coach magazine and turned to the table of contents. His meaty fingers struggled with the periodical’s flimsy paper.
“You’re not thinking of leaving us, are you?” Lucas asked, trying to gauge his friend’s interest in the sports magazine.
“No. I stay here,” Trevor said, flipping to an article with photos of two male wrestlers.
“Are any of your old friends still on the team?”
“Ja. They do vell. Two gold medals and a silver.”
“Do you miss it?”
“Ja, very much.”
“Did they ever apologize for botching your drug tests?”
Trevor stopped chewing in an instant, then his eyes glazed over and his face went blank. He looked down at his food in silence, not moving a muscle.
Lucas knew he’d just upset his mammoth assistant, putting his foot in his mouth. He’d obviously crossed the line from professional colleague to nosy friend. He scrambled to change the subject. “Uh, did you order your tickets yet for the twenty-fifteen games in Orlando?”
Life returned to Trevor’s face. “Tampa Bay. Ja, tickets ordered.”
“Sorry, my bad. Shows you how much I know about the Olympics. I might have to actually watch some of the events this time, since our country’s hosting it.”
Trevor only grunted before scooping up another spoonful of mixed fruit.
Lucas had known Trevor for almost two years and had eaten with him countless times. He knew it was pointless to try to carry on a meaningful conversation with his lab assistant once the brute started replenishing his calories. Trevor was on the other side of thirty, but there certainly wasn’t anything wrong with his appetite—a byproduct, no doubt, of his over-charged metabolism.
Trevor had started his academic career late but held twin doctorates in physics and computer engineering. Lucas was intimidated by his friend’s sheer size and would take odds that Trevor was probably the largest scientist on the planet.
Even though Trevor was assigned to their team as his underling, Lucas never really felt comfortable about it. Trevor was almost nine years older than he was, and he often wondered how his Swedish friend felt about working for—as some of the other researchers called him—a grubby-faced youngster. Trevor never gave him any indication there was an issue, but Lucas was cautious nonetheless.
“Okay, then. I guess I should get back to Drew. I just wanted to let you know we’re here, but it may take a few minutes to get through the line.”
Lucas returned to the cafeteria door and saw Drew in trouble. A bespectacled, lanky student was standing between Drew and three burly students wearing red and blue rugby uniforms. The athletes were all tall, tan, and clearly spent far more time working on their muscles in the gym and lounging in the sun than they did studying in the library. Rugby wasn’t an official Pac-12 NCAA sport, but the members of the rugby club were every bit the arrogant jocks as the guys on the football team. They walked around campus like they owned the place and were notorious for getting drunk and picking on anyone they determined to be a geek.
His eyes took in the facts, instantly realizing what was happening across the room: his disabled brother was being picked on, and the underweight kid with glasses was sticking up for him. Lucas couldn’t make out what Drew’s protector was saying, but it was obvious the skinny guy was arguing with the rugby jocks.
Great, Lucas thought. Just what we need today. More bullshit. He took off for his brother.
The tallest stranger, who sported a Mohawk-style haircut, grabbed the skinny kid and shoved him hard, sending him across the polished tile floor. He landed in an awkward sprawl.
Then the burly jock took the handles on the back of Drew’s wheelchair and shoved it with force toward the back of the line. The chair wobbled to the right as it shot across the floor, sending the upper half of Drew’s body over the left armrest.
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Bunker (Book 2)
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
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